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Labour's Lord Kennedy of Southwark asks whether the government intends to introduce legislation amending the provisions relating to the 2018 Boundary Reviews.

Detailed proposals for massive changes to parliamentary constituencies were announced last year.

The plans are part of reforms which would see the House of Commons reduce from 650 MPs to 600. A public consultation is under way and final proposals are due in 2018.

Lord Kennedy claims the boundary review is now "dead in the water because the DUP does not want it".

Cabinet Office spokesman Lord Young of Cookham tells him two elections have now been fought on out-of-date boundaries and "there is the risk of a third - which would be an affront to democracy".

He insists the review is taking place as planned.

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Labour's Pat McFadden asks how the proposed cut off date for EU citizens being able to claim settled status can be earlier than the date on which the UK leaves the EU, seeing as until that date the UK will still be bound by all of the arrangements and treaties of the EU which guarantee settlement rights for citizens.

Mrs May responds that the cut off date is about the date at which EU citizens are allowed to claim settled status in the UK and is only pertinent to those people directly affected.

Until the UK leaves the EU the current arrangements will continue, she says

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Liberal Democrat Tom Brake says that the only way to give certainty to EU nationals in the UK is to "immediately and unconditionally" grant them full rights - "no ifs no buts"

Anything less, he says, will make them think they are bargaining chips in "a cruel game of call my bluff instigated by the brexiteers sat next to her".

Mrs May reiterates that "no one is being asked to leave the UK".

Wales' first minister claims agreement "kills the idea of fair funding" and weakens the UK.

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Tory Eurosceptic John Redwood asks how far can we go with negotiating free trade agreements with non EU countries, and "when can we start spending all the money we are going to save?"

Theresa May tells the Conservative MP that legally there can be no signing up to trade treaties until the UK is no longer a member of the EU, but there is work to be done with countries such as India and America.

Labour's Hilary Benn, who was chair of the Brexit Committee in the last Parliament, asks whether there will be income thresholds for EU nationals wanting to live in the UK.

Mrs May responds that if EU nationals have lived in the UK for five years before the cut off date then no income thresholds will be needed.

She adds that for new people coming after the cut off date - new immigration rules will be outlined "in due course".

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Theresa May says the government is aiming for "a streamlined, light touch approach" to the process allowing EU citizens to stay so they don't have to fill out lengthy forms.

She rejects claims by former Chancellor George Osborne, referred to by Labour and the SNP, that she blocked guarantees for EU citizens just after the Brexit vote in June last year.

"That is not my recollection," Mrs May says.

The PM insists she has set out "a fair and serious offer to EU citizens staying in the United Kingdom" - but it is necessary to "have a care" for UK citizens in other EU countries.

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford says Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, called for EU citizens' right to remain in the UK to be guaranteed following last year's referendum.

He describes reports that Theresa May blocked such a guarantee in cabinet as "shocking".

Mr Blackford tells MPs: "We created these circumstances. We should be showing leadership."

He calls for the UK to remain in the single market.

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"This isn't a generous offer," says Jeremy Corbyn of the government's proposed offer to EU citizens in the UK. "This is confirmation the government is prepared to use people as bargaining chips."

He asks if the proposals take into account "the impact on our public services" such as the NHS.

He refers to a claim from former Chancellor George Osborne that Mrs May blocked a cabinet bid to guarantee rights for EU citizens when she was Home Secretary.

"This is people's lives we're talking about," the Labour leader adds. "Our neighbours, friends, husbands, wives, children.

"The prime minister didn't care about them then. Why should they believe she cares about them now?"

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The first question in the Lords this afternoon is from Conservative Lord Spicer, asking the government whether it intends to publish a strategy for aviation.

A Cabinet committee approved the plan for a third runway at Heathrow last year.

Transport Minister Lord Callanan says a comprehensive aviation strategy will be set out "shortly" and the government "remains committed" to Heathrow expansion.

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Jeremy Corbyn says that "cracks are already beginning to appear" in the Tory party, and warns Mrs May that she needs to ignore right-wing voices in her party.

He says that as the prime minister has promised to return the supremacy of the House of Commons, the process of Brexit in the House must be "more transparent" and MPs should be involved properly.

Mr Corbyn also asks if Mrs May will rule out the possibility of no deal being an option for the country.

On the proposal over EU citizens' rights, he says it is "too little too late" and that it "could have been done and should have been done" a year ago.

"This isn't a generous offer," he says.

People are tired of tough talk from a weak government and a weak prime minister, he says.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the prime minister has "lost her majority and her mandate is in tatters" - yet "still insists she is the best person to get a deal".

He accuses Theresa May of "taking Britain down a reckless path, prepared to put jobs and living standards at risk".

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Under the Government proposals, EU citizens' rights would be enforceable in the UK legal system. There'll also be commitments in the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU - which ministers say will have the status of international law.

The European Court of Justice would not have jurisdiction under the UK's proposals.

Family dependents who join a qualifying EU citizen before Brexit can apply for settled status after 5 years.

The Home Office will no longer require evidence that EU citizens who weren't working held "comprehensive sickness insurance".

The new arrangements would not apply to Irish nationals - they would continue to enjoy the same benefits as now

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The First Secretary of State, Damian Green has said the DUP deal means people "can be more confident that the government will be able to get its legislation through".

When questioned whether the UK government could remain an 'honest broker' in the peace process, Mr Green said "the agreement very specifically makes clear" that the UK government and the DUP support the Good Friday Agreement.

"We've illustrated that by the fact that the Northern Ireland secretary has not been part of the talks."