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Former Brexit minister Steve Baker says that this agreement is unacceptable and asks for all contingency plans for no-deal Brexit to start to take effect.

Mrs May says the government is continuing no-deal preparations.

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Conservative MP Nicky Morgan - who backed Remain in the referendum - points out the irony of Brexiteers planning to use the "meaningful vote" to defeat a deal after the “torrent of abuse” she and others received for securing it.

Nicky Morgan backs the deal and urges the prime minister to put the deal to the House irrespective of "how many" resignations she receives.

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Gareth in Derbyshire: "Now is the time for David Davis to properly enact the UK leaving the EU. Theresa May must resign today before she does any more damage to the country."

Shane: "Theresa May has basically turned up to the poker table with all cards showing. It's no wonder Barnier, Juncker and clan are all smiles. We have to walk out now."

Jan in Yeovil: "I hope Theresa May gets the backing she needs to remain as prime minister. She was given an impossible task by her own party who have only their best interests at heart and not what's best for our country. I will not vote Conservative if any of those self-centred people take her place."

Jo in Devon: "How long before the EU loses patience with this government and orders us to have a second referendum? Before having any more negotiations to stop us wasting their time and money negotiating deals which will never get passed in parliament?"

Daniel: "Starting with David Cameron's resignation, and the many resignations within the Conservative party since, it is abundantly clear this party cannot deliver Brexit competently. We often hear of their sense of duty to deliver the 'will of the people', but I think the party is largely unaware that the majority of the public now feel disenfranchised in the Brexit process."

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Labour's Pat McFadden says this has turned into a "humiliation" but the promises from the "right-wing nationalists who drove this have" been "turned to dust". He says this is the "biggest voluntary surrender of sovereignty in living memory" and that it is "time to think again".

Mrs May says that it isn't, and that the future relationship is "designed" to "deliver on exactly the issues that matter to the British people".

"Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed," she adds.

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The president of the European Commission has said he does not want a “punishment” for Britain over Brexit.

But Jean-Claude Juncker said he was swimming in the “opposite direction” from the UK.

"We have to respect the vote of the British people and it's our duty to make the best of it in the interest of Britain, in the interest of the European Union,” he told the EU Parliament.

“We are not in an aggressive mood when it comes to the future relations with Britain."

But, he added: "I do think that [to] leave is a tragedy, an historical error, a mistake and we have to do the best out of it.

“And the European Commission together with [EU Brexit negotiator] Michel Barnier is moving into that direction."

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Labour's Ben Bradshaw - a Remain-backer - says that the "main financial backer of Brexit" is now "under criminal investigation by the National Crime Agency" (he denies wrong-doing).

Mr Bradshaw asks if the PM had previously denied a request to investigate Mr Banks when she was Home Secretary.

Mrs May says that she does not comment on individual cases.

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Tory MP Mark Francois, a Brexiteer, says "I agree that the whole house accepts that you have done your best."

"The Labour Party have made plain that they will vote against you, the SNP will vote against you, the Liberal Democrats will vote against you, the DUP, our main ally, will vote against you, the 80 Tory rebels will vote against you - and the number of those is going up in the hour," he adds.

Mark Francois says "the stark reality, prime minister, is that this deal was dead on arrival before you stood up".

"I plead with you to realise the political situation," he says.

Theresa May says "we will go forward with the final negotiations at that European Council meeting on the 25 November and, after this, members of this house will look at the details and consider our duty to deliver on the vote of the British people."

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Labour's Angela Eagle - who was Remain in the 2016 referendum - says that the PM made a "catastrophic error" when she decided to "kowtow to the extremist beliefs" in her own party.

She says they are now "openly plotting against her". She says there is "no majority in this House for the botched deal she has brought back".

Mrs May says she has "kowtowed to no-one" but the instruction she follows is from everyone who voted in June 2016.

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A rare thing so far today. Some backing for the deal...

Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley calls for MPs to back Theresa May and the deal "to get the sovereignty she has argued for".

He says the alternatives are "the possibility of crashing out of the EU or a government led by the leader of the opposition."

Theresa May says "it is important for us to move forward in a way that delivers on the vote and delivers a better future for the British people".

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says political uncertainty in the UK over Brexit raises concerns about whether Theresa May's proposed agreement would end up being ratified.

"We need to prepare ourselves for the possibility of a 'no-deal' Brexit," he warned.

"It will escape no one that the current political situation in Britain could fuel uncertainty... over the ratification of the accord," he said, referring to the resignation of several ministers over the deal.

The French PM said the withdrawal agreement was a "step forward", but depends on being agreed by the UK parliament and governments across the EU.

He warned that the removal of Theresa May as prime minister would increase the risk of no Brexit deal being reached, which would cause "very serious problems" for France, especially around trade across the Channel.

"We therefore need to prepare ourselves for the eventuality that remains on the table - one that I must say very clearly we do not wish for - that of a 'no-deal' Brexit."

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Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg - the prominent backbench Brexiteer - says the PM said the UK "would leave the customs union" but "annex two says otherwise". He says what the PM says and what she does "do not match". He asks if he should write a letter to the chair of the 1922 Committee (which would be calling for a confidence vote in her as party leader).

Mrs May says she has been "absolutely clear that some difficult choices have had to be made" to ensure that there is no hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

What is being negotiated is a long-term future with the EU, she says.

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As MPs debate the deal in the Commons, several senior EU figures are speaking at a press conference at the European Parliament.

European Parliament President Antonio Tajani says the assembly is satisfied with the points in the draft agreement relating to citizens' rights, the Irish border and the financial settlement.

He says he would like to thank the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier for "listening" to the opinion of the European Parliament.

He says MEPs will soon vote on another advisory resolution setting out their reaction, with a final vote on approving the agreement to come early next year.

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Labour MP Chris Leslie, another prominent Remainer, says "it is clear the government cannot find a majority over this deal".

He asks whether "staying in the European Union is an option", and how the British people can "fulfill that choice if that is what we choose".

Theresa May says "I said there was a risk of no Brexit at all, but what the government is determined to do is to deliver on the vote that the British people took to leave the European Union".

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Conservative Justine Greening - who backs a new referendum with an option to rethink Brexit - says she "greatly" respects the PM's efforts in achieving an agreement. She says "young people" will have to live with these "crucial choices" and she asks why, if a referendum "was good enough before, why not now?"

Mrs May says the British people "exercised their vote in numbers that we have never seen before". Other countries in the EU have referendums on EU rules, and frequently go back and ask their populations again. She says she doesn't believe this is right.

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Labour MP Yvette Cooper says the withdrawal agreement "makes no reference to the criminal database that we check 500 times a year".

Access to this database "saves lives, stops criminals and stops terrorist attacks", she says.

Ms Cooper, who backed Remain in the 2016 referendum and is chairwoman of the Commons home affairs committee, asks how Theresa May "can reduce the national safety of the country at a time of heightened threat".

Theresa May, who is of course a former home secretary, says "this is an important issue which will be taken forward with negotiations".