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Labour MP Chuka Umunna's amendment to the Queen's Speech, on continued single market and customs union membership has been defeated by 322 votes to 101, a majority of 221.
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Winding up today's debate for the Lib Dems, Baroness Walmsley says she was going to take the government to task over the cost of abortions for women from Northern Ireland, but notes during the course of the debate ministers have climbed down on this.
She welcomes the move but says: "I regret that it took the threat of a defeat in the other place in order for government to see sense on this."
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Image source, HoCMPs are now voting on Labour MP Chuka Umunna's amendment G which seeks to ensure continued UK membership of the single market and customs union.
The result of the division is expected at 5.30pm.
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Image source, HoCStella Creasy withdraws her amendment as Women and Equalities Minister Justine Greening, who's department is supplying the funding for Northern Ireland women seeking abortions in England and Wales, looks on
Labour MP Stella Creasy had tabled amendment D which seeks to secure funding for women from Northern Ireland to have access to abortions in England and Wales free of charge.
Business Secretary Greg Clark said in the closing speech of the debate that the government could not support the amendment as worded, but the government has pledged to meet the cost.
Ms Creasy says that given the assurances of the government she is happy to withdraw the amendment, saying "let us send a message to women everywhere that in this Parliament their voices will be heard and their rights upheld".
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Image source, HoCThe Labour amendment to the Queen's Speech has been defeated by 323 votes to 297, a government majority of 26.
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Image source, HoCThe debate comes to an end and MPs now divide to vote on the Opposition frontbench's amendment to the Queen's Speech.
The result of the vote is expected at 5.15pm.
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Image source, HoCBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary Greg Clark now concludes the debate on the Queen's Speech.
He has very kind words for MPs who made their maiden speeches in today's debate on all sides of the House.
Mr Clark thanks Stella Creasy and the supporters of her amendment, asking that women from Northern Ireland do not have to pay for abortions in England and Wales, for bringing an injustice to the House,
"We will put that right," he says, but tells Ms Creasy that the government cannot support the amendment as worded and urges her to withdraw it "so we can be united in tackling this issue".
The government best serves the people of the UK by a thriving market economy bringing prosperity for all, he says - as opposed to Labour's desire to "create a socialist state".
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Image source, HoCLabour's shadow business, energy and industrial strategy secretary Rebecca Long Bailey says the Queen's Speech was sadly threadbare and "evaded all substantial questions of policy and did nothing to undo the failed economic policies of the past".
She says that the Conservative approach to austerity was that it was a necessary evil, but says rising inequality, reliance on food banks, and regional inequality show things are "set to get worse".
Ms Long Bailey calls the Queen's Speech a "game of rhetoric bingo".
Britain stands at a crossroads, she says, MPs have a grave choice to make - more economic stagnation under the government or Labour's amendment "which sets out the change Britain needs".
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Image source, HoCWera Hobhouse, the new Lib Dem MP for Bath, gives her maiden speech.
She remembers her mother, who's birthday would have been today, and who remembered the persecution of Nazi terror, as someone born into a half-Jewish family living in Hamburg.
Ms Hobhouse says she was lucky enough to be born in another time, but is determined "never again to go down into the abyss of fanaticism, racial intolerance and exaggerated national pride".
"Whether we like it or not this Parliament will be absorbed by Brexit," she says.
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Tory MP Charlie Elphicke tells MPs that Brexit has to be a success and that the UK is prepared for every eventuality.
He says "I hope we have a smooth and easy move out of the European Union" but we have to be prepared, he warns.
"Le't do our bit to make sure it goes right," he says.
He calls for a more productive and fairer economy with everyone paying their fair share of tax, and a resilient economy with a renaissance of the regions.
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Image source, HoCStreatham MP Chuka Umunna, who is moving an amendment this evening, says that the thinking that there is only one way to leave the EU is "dead in the water".
Talking on the subject of his amendment, which calls for continued membership of the European customs union and single market, he says that access to it is "different and inferior" to membership.
Being outside these arrangements, Mr Umunna says, working people across Britain will be worse off and revenue to the Exchequer "will plummet".
He also attacks the idea that the UK can have all the benefits of these organisations on our own, arguing that national government cannot take on the power of global businesses "on its own".
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Image source, HoCGerard Killen makes his maiden speech. He's the new Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.
He starts by paying tribute to all those affected by the attacks in Manchester and London, including a constituent of his who was seriously injured in Manchester, and who is now making good progress.
The occasion of a maiden speech is the opportunity to leave a message for the future, he says. "Having served as a local councillor, I've seen at first hand the effect of government austerity," he goes on, saying he's heard of people using candles to heat and light their rooms.
"Stories not from the pages of history but from real life in my constituency in 2017."
He finishes saying that "in this era of fixed term parliaments, I have no idea how long I will have a seat in this place" but will "make every day count".
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Image source, HoCSammy Wilson from the DUP takes opposition MPs to task for their persistent criticisms of the deal his party has made with the Conservative government.
He says the assertions that it was a "backroom" deal are incorrect, "it was published in this House; everyone knows what the deal was".
Mr Wilson says that the arrangement came about because the government sought the influence of their votes and tells SNP MPs they would have done "exactly the same as we did" if approached by the Labour Party in a similar way.
The East Antrim MP says the DUP support the Queen's Speech for committing to the union, for supporting Brexit, and for its shared economic values.
He accuses Labour of fiscal irresponsibility and for supporting parties which have tried to break up the union with violence.
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Image source, HoCFaisal Rashid, the new Labour MP for Warrington South, begins by referring to recent terrorist attacks in London and Manchester.
He tells MPs that Warrington suffered terror attacks in the 1990s. "I say our nation remains united", and democratic principles will prevail, he says.
He goes on to attack the government's policies set out in the Queen's Speech, saying the programme is bereft of measures that will address the harm caused by austerity.
Mr Rashid says he will work to defend the NHS and police, and commits himself to "make Warrington constituents proud".
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Image source, HoCOutspoken Conservative rebel Heidi Allen has some strong words for her government.
She says that her party must change; it must be flexible, dynamic, modern, collaborative, and above all compassionate - "financial and economic competence is not enough". Ms Allen says she wants a Conservative party where people vote for it because they want to "not because they feel they have to".
She goes on to attack the Tory-DUP deal, saying "I can barely put into words my anger at the deal my party has done with the DUP - we didn't need to do it".
Whilst she says she cannot fault the DUP, she says she must "put on record my distaste at the use of public funds to garner political control", instead of running a minority government that showed the country what mature progressive politics looks like.
"This must never again be how this government prioritises spending."
The MP for South Cambridgeshire says that her vote as a backbencher must be earned by the government.
Just in case any MPs on the opposition side of the chamber were wondering if Ms Allen was a new convert; she also gave them both barrels - saying "Labour's policies would lead to economic ruin".
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Image source, HoCThe new Conservative MP for Chichester, Gillian Keegan, is making her maiden speech in the House of Commons.
She praises the beauty of her Sussex constituency and tells MPs of her apprenticeship in a car factory at the age of 16, which she says gave her the life chance to enable her to have a successful international career.
Ms Keegan challenges what she calls the "false narrative" surrounding multi-national companies and the contribution they make to our society - saying the UK needs the inward investment and jobs these companies bring.
The change of heart on funding abortions for Northern Irish women matters for three reasons.
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