MPs must be allowed a vote on the government’s Brexit negotiating strategy before triggering Article 50, Conservative MP Stephen Phillips has said.

Mr Phillips – a Leave supporter – said there should be a debate lasting several days on the “broad negotiating position” the government intends to adopt, followed by a vote.

“The implications of the government not having the support of the House are that it will get to the end of the process and it may not secure the approval of Parliament for everything it needs to do to unpick our relationship with the European Union,” he said.

“So it’s actually in the government’s interests at this stage… to come to Parliament and get Parliament’s approval as to the broad negotiating position it intends to adopt.”

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Labour's Sir Keir Starmer says a number of models for the UK outside the EU exist: "The Norwegian model, the Swiss model, the Turkish model and the Canadian model."

He adds that it is unlikely that the UK's deal would be the same as any of those "and nor should it".

Therefore, he argues, the terms of any deal should be subject to a vote in Parliament, otherwise:

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A government minister has suggested that MPs should not have a vote on the government’s Brexit negotiating strategy before Article 50 is triggered, beginning the two-year negotiating process for leaving the EU.

Asked on the Daily Politics if Parliament would get a vote on the broad parameters of the government’s negotiating position in the Brexit talks, Agriculture Minister George Eustice said the negotiating position was a matter for the “the executive”.

Mr Eustice, who campaigned for Leave in the EU Referendum, said: “This is a huge negotiation and you have to be clear about where the role for the executive lies, I believe an executive needs to be free… cabinet should decide the negotiating position."

Sir Keir Starmer, Labour’s shadow secretary of state for exiting the EU, has welcomed what he calls "the government's eleventh hour concession" in accepting Labour's motion calling for parliamentary scrutiny of the Brexit process.

"This is a real victory for Parliament and will help ensure there is proper democratic grip of the Brexit process," he said.

"Labour have argued that Parliament must have a say on the basic terms of the Brexit negotiations before Article 50 is triggered - not to frustrate the referendum result, but to ensure that there is rigour and accountability on this vital issue."

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This is the full text of Labour's motion, which is backed by the Liberal Democrats and calls for parliamentary scrutiny before the government invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which is the mechanism for a member state to leave the European Union:

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The Labour-led debate on exiting the EU begins. The Speaker says he has selected the government's amendment for debate but not the SNP amendment, which called for Brexit scrutiny to include devolved administrations.

"We've probably never seen such a set of significant decisions... since the end of the Second World War," says Labour's Sir Keir Starmer, opening the debate.

The shadow secretary for exiting the EU says the debate is about the role of Parliament. The vote to leave the EU "has to be accepted and respected... but that is not the end of matter".

The next question is on what terms the UK should leave. "That question was not on the ballot paper," Sir Keir says.

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BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg gives her reaction to today's Prime Minister's Questions, particularly over issues raised about Brexit.

She says there isn't a common position in the Cabinet and Mrs May wants to look over the fine detail.

While everybody is desperate for the detail of the Brexit terms, so much will change over the two years once Article 50 is triggered, she says.

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Conservative MP Alex Chalk introduces a ten minute rule bill which would "increase the maximum sentences available to the court for stalking offences".

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Labour MP Chris Bryant also raises a point of order with the Speaker, John Bercow, following PMQs. 

He tells the House that former MP George Galloway still describes himself as a member of Parliament on Facebook. 

The Speaker says he is willing to write to the former member, and says that while he cannot be heard at the moment, because he is not an MP, when he was a member, "he was heard, fully, and sometimes loudly, and with very considerable eloquence".

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PMQs (which somewhat overran its 30 minute slot this week) is over and MPs are raising points of order with the Speaker.

One of them is Conservative Michael Fabricant, who told the House about his successful prostate treatment. He says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wished him well but "he went on to imply that in some way I had had special treatment under the NHS".

Mr Fabricant says this is "completely outrageous" and calls on Mr Corbyn to apologise.

"I did no such thing," Jeremy Corbyn responds. He says he loves the NHS "because it treats everybody equally".

During PMQs, Mr Corbyn said: "I obviously hope that the treatment that he got is the same treatment that everyone else got, because we want good treatment for everyone in our society."

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Conservative Rishi Sunak calls for Yorkshire's coast to coast footpath to become a national trail.

Mrs May comments that she's a keen walker, although she hasn't tried that one.

She says there are some fantastic walks across the UK, although she doesn't have much time to do many of them at the moment.

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Theresa May is asked a couple of questions about babies, including care for parents who lose a child.

The PM insists bereavement care must be given to parents, adding that dedicated bereavement rooms have been opened in 40 hospitals.

Conservative MP Victoria Prentis also raises the issue of Banbury's Horton Hospital, which has temporarily become a midwifery-led unit.

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Former Labour leadership contender Angela Eagle asks if the Labour motion calling for "proper scrutiny" of Brexit discussions will result in a vote, to which Theresa May lists the many occasions Parliament will be involved in the process.