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Ex-culture secretary Maria Miller asks Mr Gove about the effect of "leaked information" on the public, and she asks for reassurances for parents whose children rely upon short-shelf life medicines and food.

Mr Gove says Mrs Miller is right that leaks should not be used to exaggerate challenges.

He says that the securing of medical supplies and drugs for the NHS has been the subject of most of the work mitigating no-deal risks.

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Labour MP Owen Smith asks Mr Gove if police officers will be asked to patrol the Northern Irish border in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Mr Gove says there are no plans to erect infrastructure "at or near the border which would require" officers to be placed at risk.

Boris Johnson is due to face MPs later, after flying back from New York.

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Labour MP Liz Kendall tells Mr Gove that staff at food banks have told her that a no-deal Brexit could threaten the supplies of surplus food which they "tragically" depend on.

Mr Gove says "it is vitally important" that food banks are supported but that he has not seen "any evidence" that the supply of food to them would be affected under a no deal.

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Some on social media have been poking fun at Dominic Cummings, one of Boris Johnson's advisers, after a photo of the ex-campaign director of Vote Leave showed him wearing a bulldog clip on his shirt.

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Independent Group for Change MP Anna Soubry asks Mr Gove whether Operation Yellowhammer - the government's no-deal plan - still exists.

Mr Gove says that it does and that Yellowhammer represents a "reasonable worst-case scenario". He says that Operation Kingfisher - a Treasury plan - also still exists.

He adds that Ms Soubry's suggestion of an Operation Dodo does not exist "though I can well understand why the Independent Group for Change would be interested in such an exercise".

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Independent MP Dominic Grieve says the Schengen Information System is a "key piece of data for the security of the UK".

He asks Mr Gove for details of the mitigations there are when the UK loses access in a no-deal Brexit.

Mr Gove says this system is "not the only law enforcement or national security tool we will lose access to in no-deal Brexit".

But, he says, there are "appropriate steps we can take" in this scenario, but he does not go into detail.

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Labour's Hilary Benn reads from the government's Operation Yellowhammer document about what could happen in a no-deal Brexit - which you can read here., external

He questions Michael Gove over paragraph 18, which references the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, and says: "This model is likely to be unsustainable... and no effective unilateral mitigations to address this will be available."

Mr Benn says: "This is not a description of a worse case scenario, this is a description of what is likely to happen because, as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster knows, Northern Ireland businesses will all face tariffs from the first day."

Mr Gove says he stresses again that the document is a reasonable worst case scenario.

"But he is right to say that Northern Ireland businesses will face specific challenges," Mr Gove adds. "There are steps we can take... to help those business and it's important that we do so".

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Responding to Labour's Sir Kier Starmer, Mr Gove quips that in the House of Commons, votes are counted accurately.

It follows confusion over a vote at Labour's conference in Brighton which decided the party's Brexit policy.

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SNP MP Tommy Sheppard MP asks Mr Gove: "Surely the time has come to assess - is it realistically possible to get a deal to leave the European Union before the deadline of 31 October?

"The House has considered the question and come to judgement that it probably would not be possible and therefore it is necessary for the government to apply for an extension.

"I want to know... Will he accept that mandate from that Parliament?"

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Mr Gove says it is "vital" the government ensures it can safeguard citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

"We have been talking to the EU about making sure we continue to have access to law enforcement and security instruments," he says.

"It is also important to recognise that as we leave the EU it will be the case there are new tools available to tackle people trafficking, smuggling and other criminal activity."

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Labour's shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer is quizzing Michael Gove about the government's Operation Yellowhammer document, which sets out the plans for a no-deal Brexit.

Sir Keir mentions the plan for the agri-food sector in Northern Ireland, saying: "This document indicates that that model that the government is proposing...is going to come under such pressure it's unlikely to survive for a few days or weeks.

"That's not a plan, a plan for a model that won't last more than a week.

"There must be an update and where is it?"

He adds: "Anyone watching today's proceedings and still thinking somewhere lurking there's a clever and cunning plan to get through the chaos of the government's own making needs to think again.

"For the government to be five weeks away from leaving the EU without a plan is unforgivable."

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"We want to make sure that UK nationals can continue to travel to the EU without impediment," Mr Gove says.

"UK nationals will have visa-free travel into the EU," he adds. "And we're also talking to EU member states to understand how people who provide professional services can continue to do so member state, to member state."

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Mr Gove says "many businesses" are "well prepared" for a no-deal Brexit.

He says more than one million people have been granted settled status in the UK under the EU Settlement Scheme.

The government has also taken steps to secure the rights of UK nationals in the EU and "will continue to work with member states" on this, Mr Gove says.

He reiterates the government's commitment to the Good Friday Agreement and says there will be no checks at the Irish border and no tariffs.

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Cabinet Minister Michael Gove, who has responsibility for preparing for no-deal, has begun his statement in the Commons.

He tells MPs that he "commends the prime minister and colleagues for progress in negotiations".

"It's better for all of us if we can leave with a withdrawal agreement in place," he said.