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Eleanor Laing - the chair of the proceedings - suggests that "the way things are going" MPs will not get to third reading tonight (that is complete its House of Commons stage) because "the committee stage is likely to take the whole of the time available".

She says that if people limit themselves to short speeches, it will be possible for all stages of the bill to be completed.

However Conservative MP Bill Cash is reluctant to limit his contribution.

"This bill has been rushed through," he says, adding "it is not only an abomination in its own right, it is gravely unconstitutional."

"I am not going to fail to make the points that need to be made," he says.

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"This bill will come back to haunt this House," warns Conservative Anne Main.

She says that "without sensible amendments" the bill could become "a nightmare" and "a lawyers' charter".

She predicts it will be challenged in the courts by those arguing that the contents "do not stack up".

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Labour MP Jess Phillips says there is "enough pressure" on and "will" from her party's front bench to push for a confirmatory referendum.

She told BBC News that while trust is "very low across the board" in Westminster, it would be "a massive stretch" for Jeremy Corbyn not to put it forward.

She adds: "His own position would be threatened it is what the party wants.

"He isn’t foolish enough not to put that forward."

But she warned that the public had other things on their mind, saying her own constituents "talk to me more about their bins than Brexit".

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At the committee stage of a bill, MPs are allowed to table and debate amendments to it.

Here is a brief rundown of the amendments that have been tabled to tonight's bill:

• 13 & 14 - tabled by Labour's Yvette Cooper: This is a simple re-drafting of parts of the bill
• 20 - tabled by Tory MP George Eustice: Limits the extension to 30 June
• 21 - tabled by Tory MP George Eustice: Takes out the requirement for the prime minister to put the EU’s chosen extension date to MPs
• 22 - tabled by Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay: Ensures that nothing in this bill rules out the government extending Article 50 in a different way
• 1 - tabled by Tory MP Anne Main: Limits the government to a 22 May extension
• 6 - tabled by Tory MP Sir Bill Cash: Ensures the extension is subject to approval by the devolved bodies
• New Clause 4 - tabled by Tory MP Sir Bill Cash: Prevents amendments to standing orders during these extension motions - standing orders are the rules that govern the proceedings of Parliament
• New Clause 5 - tabled by Tory MP Sir Bill Cash: Limits an extension to 22 May
• New Clause 7 - tabled by Tory MP Sir Bill Cash: Ensures that an extension would not result in the UK taking part in elections to the European Parliament
• New Clause 13 - tabled by Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay: Amends the EU Withdrawal Act to make it easier to change the exit date in UK law

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Lord Adonis says MPs are pushing forward with the bill to stop no deal as they "don't trust the prime minister".

Speaking to BBC News, the Labour peer says: "There isn't enough trust between MPs and the prime minister to be sure she will ask for the extension to avoid a no deal."

He says he would be "happy" to put revoking Article 50 - stopping Brexit altogether - to a public vote, but he knew there wasn't the support for that in Parliament.

Instead Lord Adonis says the "only other way" to go forward was to have a long extension to sort out Brexit, and then call a referendum.

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A number of people have questioned why Labour's John McDonnell did not vote during a division earlier that ended in a draw.

Questioned by SNP MP Stewart McDonald on Twitter, external, the shadow chancellor said he was having an MRI scan on his leg and hip after "having a bit of pain".

He said: "I couldn’t put it off any more and survive pressure from family and friends.

"I think it’s a hangover from footballl days when I was a dangerous left back!"

His fellow shadow cabinet colleague Emily Thornberry was also absent from the vote.

She explained on Twitter, external that this was due to one of her children being in hospital.

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Conservative Sir Bill Cash wants to know, "given the rubbish this contains", who drafted the bill.

"Was it parliamentary counsel or drafted by some ad-hoc person?" he asks.

"I am beginning to observe that this bill is complete rubbish."

Away from Brexit, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has replied to his Labour counterpart Nia Griffith about the video showing soldiers firing at a Jeremy Corbyn poster for target practice.

In his letter Mr Williamson describes the soldiers' actions as "completely unacceptable".

Independent MP Chuka Umunna says the bill contains a "glaring omission".

He wonders why none of the amendments selected for debate contain proposals for another referendum, or people's vote.

"The European Council has been absolutely clear that the UK will not necessarily be granted an extension for a general purpose but we will need to specify what it is we wish to have an extension for," he says.

"To be sure of getting the extension to stop no-deal... you not only request an extension but it is for the purposes of something that will lead to us being granted the extension we require."

Labour's leader says "not as much change as expected" came out of his Brexit talks with the prime minster.

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MPs will now consider amendments to the bill.

It proposes requiring the prime minister to table a motion seeking MPs' approval for an extension to the Article 50 process beyond April 12 to a date of her choosing.

Further votes on the bill are expected at 22:00 BST.

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The second reading of Yvette Cooper's bill to prevent a no-deal Brexit is voted through by 315 to 310.

It is "absolute nonsense" a no-deal Brexit could be easily managed, Bank of England governor says.

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Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay is on his feet. We will be seeing a lot of him this evening.

He says the government cannot support the bill as it is "being passed in haste and is constitutionally irregular".

He notes that MPs have only been given two minutes to speak, which is not nearly enough and, if passed, the bill will come into conflict with existing legislation on the statute book relating to the Article 50 process.

He urges the "constitutional experts" in the Lords to address some of the flaws in the "defective" legislation.

MPs are now voting on the second reading, with a result expected in about ten minutes.

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Things are moving quickly in the Commons and shadow minister Paul Blomfield is now summing up for Labour at the end of second reading - the first parliamentary hurdle the Cooper-Letwin bill must pass.

Mr Blomfield says MPs have on many occasions made their opposition to a no-deal exit clear and the bill provides the "legislative lock" to ensure the "will of the sovereign Parliament is not frustrated".

On that basis, he says the opposition is backing the legislation.

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Back in the Commons, Tory MP Bob Seely says he is opposing the Article 50 bill which he describes as the "water torture of endless delay".

The Isle of Wight MP says the best way for politicians to improve their reputations in the eyes of voters is to do what they say they would do.

"This chaos is self-induced by people who don't want Brexit," he adds.