Party leaders questioned over women MPs post-2020
Commons day starts with Scotland questions
PMQs is at noon
Opposition day debate on Parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit
Lords kicks off at 3pm with questions to government ministers
Main business is report stage of Bus Services Bill and a debate on the BBC Royal Charter
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Conservative chair Maria Miller confronts her party's chair, saying she hears "warm words" on female representation.
Sir Patrick McLoughlin asks her to "judge us by our actions", stressing the importance of "taking the party with us".
He points out that David Cameron's A-list met with significant resistance.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells the Women and Equalities Committee he thinks it strange to have "four white men" being interviewed for its inquiry into women MP numbers, as the Conservative chair of the committee Maria Miller says: "With respect, that's your fault not ours."
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Conservative Maria Caulfield challenges Sir Patrick McLoughlin over the representation of women at the level of Conservative association chairs.
He acknowledges her point, adding "if this is a question of points, I hope we get a bonus" for having a female prime minister.
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Questioned by Conservative Maria Caulfield, Sir Patrick McLoughlin says "there's nothing to stop" all-women shortlists but "we do try and give local associations as much freedom as possible".
He goes on to say that "imposing them would create a risk of resentment" towards the candidate selected.
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Following a question from the SNP's Angela Crawley, Mr Corbyn says: "You're assuming the party is riddled with intimidation, and it's not."
He repeats his commitment to tackling abuse where it exists.
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Labour's Gavin Shuker is asking about behaviour towards women in the Labour party at a local and activist level.
Mr Corbyn says he's committed to rooting out inappropriate behaviour, adding that the way MPs behave towards in Parliament "sets an appalling example".
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Conservative Flick Drummond asks what can be done to prevent female MPs being deselected.
Mr Corbyn says he can't interfere in local parties' decisions, insisting there's no contradiction between this and the use of all-women shortlists.
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Labour's Gavin Shuker is quizzing Mr Corbyn about measures for tackling intimidation or harassment of women in the party.
Mr Corbyn says such abuse and trolling is "disgusting" and he's "determined" to tackle it.
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Jess Phillips accuses the Conservatives of having no strategy to boost female representation.
Party chair Sir Patrick McLoughlin says the prime minister takes "a very direct interest" and the party board is looking at research on different seats with the 1922 committee, external.
"The strategy is to get women into winnable seats," he adds.
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Labour's Jess Phillips refers to the number of female MPs her party stands to lose under the boundary review and expresses concern "we will be going backwards".
There's a sharp exchange as Jeremy Corbyn talks about objections to the review and Ms Phillips says: "Let's assume it's going ahead."
He tells her he's open to the idea of all-women shortlists.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn begins with a challenge to the committee, saying he hopes it will take evidence from women as well, as it seems strange to have "four white men" being interviewed.
Conservative chair of the committee Maria Miller shoots back: "With respect, that's your fault not ours."
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Conservative Flick Drummond asks why progress is so slow on ensuring the representation of women in Parliament.
Chair of the Conservatives Sir Patrick McLoughlin agrees progress has been slow but says changing sitting hours may be making a difference.
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The Women and Equalities Committee will shortly start taking evidence as part of its inquiryinto women in the House of Commons after the 2020 election
The witnesses today are:
Welcome to another busy day at Westminster.
We kick off the day's coverage with the Women and Equalities Committee questioning party leaders about the number of women MPs post-2020.
But there's plenty of other drama to come. PMQs, obviously, at noon today; and then an Opposition Day debate on Parliamentary scrutiny of the UK leaving the EU.