Summary

  • MPs back Brexit bill by 498 votes to 114

  • Bill gives go-ahead for Article 50

  • White Paper on Brexit published

  • It sets out UK's Brexit talks strategy

  1. UK should 'not seek to tell America how to run itself'published at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Statement on US immigration policy

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    Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says the UK government should "not seek to tell America how to run itself".

  2. Watch: Labour's Emily Thornberry asks if PM knew about the policy?published at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Shadow foreign secretary says it was announced shortly after PM's White House meeting

  3. John Sopel: US officials' concern at travel banpublished at 16:51 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

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  5. Sir Bill Cash urges MPs to remember victims of terrorismpublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

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    Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash says there is a threat from terrorism and urges the House to remember victims in the US, France and the UK.

  6. 'Those who ride the back of a tiger end up inside it'published at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Statement on US immigration policy

    House of Commons
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    Conservative MP Sir Simon Burns has a colourful analogy for the UK government's relationship with the Trump administration.

    "Those who ride the back of a tiger end up inside it," the former minister says.

    "Well said, Burnsy," says another former minister, Anna Soubry.

    Later, she asks whether Boris Johnson agrees with the view of Sir Mo Farah that the US order is "based on nothing more than prejudice and ignorance".

    Boris Johnson says he "delighted" that Sir Mo is now able to visit the United States.

  7. Foster and O'Neill 'must work together'published at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Arlene Foster says she and Michelle O'Neill must work together if the DUP and Sinn Féin remain the two largest parties after the assembly election.

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  8. Cooper: 'For the sake of history have the guts to speak out'published at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Statement on US immigration policy

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    Labour MP and former minister Yvette Cooper says Boris Johnson's statement that the travel ban "wouldn't be our policy" is "not good enough".

    President Trump signed the order on Holocaust Memorial Day, she says, telling the foreign secretary forcefully: "For the sake of history, for heaven's sake, have the guts to speak out."

    Boris Johnson says MPs have the chance "to come forward with fresh expressions of outrage".

    MPs are openly shouting at him by this stage.

  9. Labour MP: Have the 'guts to speak out'published at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Yvette Cooper says the US travel ban was signed into law on Holocaust Memorial Day, telling Boris Johnson "for the sake of history, have the guts to speak out" and to condemn it. 

    Mr Johnson says it would be perfectly possible for him to come out with "fresh expressions of outrage" - a response met with anger on the Labour benches - but he prefers to focus on the practical action the government can take and get the "best deal" for the UK.

    But he goes onto to say that the policy has caused real disquiet. 

  10. Tory MP: 'No question of us refusing to welcome Trump'published at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Statement on US immigration policy

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    Defence Committee chairman Julian Lewis says there should be "no question of us refusing to welcome [Donald Trump] to these shores".

    This would enable the UK government "to set him on the right path as soon as possible", the Conservative MP argues.

    Boris Johnson says the US president "should be accorded the honour of a state visit".

  11. Action is 'inhumane and racist' - SNPpublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Statement on US immigration policy

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    Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

    "This action is inhumane, it's racist and it's immoral," says SNP spokeswoman Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh.

    Of the prime minister, she asks: "Did she know in advance that the US was going to issue this order?"

    Boris Johnson says the UK was "able to intercede" on behalf of UK passport holders.

  12. Thornberry: Theresa May 'proffering hand' to Trumppublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

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    Emily Thornberry says some of the policies announced by the Trump administration in its first week is taking the US down a dangerous road.

    She says Theresa May should be standing up to the US President where she disagrees with him rather than "proffering her hand" and remaining silent.

    In response, Mr Johnson restates his position that the policy is wrong but the UK government has done its job to intercede on behalf of British citizens and receive "special protections" for them - saying this is an example of the special relationship in action.

    While the travel ban is likely to be subject to strong debate, he warns against "pointlessly demonising" the Trump administration. 

  13. Labour: UK slow to respond to travel banpublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Labour's Emily Thornberry is now responding. She starts by offering her condolences for the attack on a mosque in Canada.

    She then raises a series of questions about the US travel ban and how it will affect different British citizens, including a Glaswegian doctor. 

    She goes on to take issue with how the government has handled the issue, saying it took 27 hours after Theresa May's departure from Washington on Friday for the government to come out and criticise the US travel ban.

    She contrasts the UK's approach with Canada's, saying its government announced its own special guarantees and exemptions 10 hours earlier than the UK despite, she jokes, being five hours behind Canada in terms of time.

  14. US travel ban has caused 'unease' - Johnsonpublished at 16:26 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    The US travel ban is "controversial" and has caused unease in the UK, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says.

    He says where the UK has differences with the US, ministers will not "hesitate" to raise them and make them clear.

    The UK will work alongside the Trump administration in the long-term interests of the UK, both in terms of security and other issues.

    He says Theresa May's successful visit to the US last week is evidence of the continuing strong bonds between the two nations. 

  15. UK has sought guarantees over dual passport holderspublished at 16:24 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    The foreigjn secretary says US immigration policy is a matter for the US but the changes do have implications for the UK.

    He says that British passport holders continue to be welcome in the US and he has received guarantees that it will not affect British citizens irrespective of their birth and whether they hold passports for the countries on the US list. 

  16. Boris Johnson: US travel ban is 'wrong'published at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Boris JohnsonImage source, HoC

    Here we go. Boris Johnson is on his feet. He starts by saying the statement is about the implications for the UK from the recent change to US immigration policy. He says it is not UK policy nor is it a measure the UK would consider, adding that he has made his concerns known about a policy discriminating on grounds of nationality - adding this is in his belief it is divisive and wrong. 

  17. Commons benches filling uppublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    The Commons is filling up very quickly ahead of Boris Johnson's statement. 

    The Foreign Office ministerial team is out in force on the frontbench, including it seems Sir Alan Duncan and Tobias Ellwood. 

    We think shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry will be responding for Labour. 

  18. Watch: Nick Clegg says Trump state visit offer 'premature'published at 16:17 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

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  19. Listen: Journalist Owen Jones on Trump protestpublished at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

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    Owen Jones, the organiser of a demonstration on Monday evening against Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions, has told 5 live that Theresa May must take a stand against the President’s "bigoted policies".

    Speaking to BBC 5 live's Adrian Chiles, Jones – a Labour activist and outspoken newspaper columnist – said that the UK "looks weak" compared to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel.

    "Germany looks strong, Germany's leader looks like someone who is prepared to speak out against things that are wrong. We look like a poppet, like a stooge to the rest of the world."

  20. Theresa May chairs Brexit discussionspublished at 16:13 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2017

    Theresa May and British ministers with their Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish counterpartsImage source, PA

    If you are wondering why Theresa May won't be in the Commons when Boris Johnson makes his statement in about ten minutes time, that's because she is in Dublin, having earlier been in Cardiff, talking Brexit with the head of the devolved administrations.

    Read our full story about the discussions they have been having, under the auspices of the Joint Ministerial Committee.