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Opening the debate for Labour, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch argues it's "a shame this speech has the same ambition as prime minister herself - very little".

She claims it's unsurprising, as it was born out of the Conservatives' "disastrous manifesto".

She says it offers "no hope, no change" and that's why "it's acknowledged Labour won battle of ideas in the election".

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Labour's Stella Creasy repeats the question made earlier by her colleagues Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper on the rights of EU nationals or their children who have studied or worked in Europe and therefore may be short of the five year residence target.

The prime minister says that for EU citizens who qualify for settled status or are here before the cut off date and are able to build up the five years required to gain settled status, there will be no extra requirements to bring family members into the EU - "we will not be splitting up those families".

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Labour's Stephen Doughty, the MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, says that the people of Wales feel they are being treated like second class citizens when the government can "magic up billions" for Northern Ireland "but won't guarantee future funding for Wales".

Mrs May responds that she wants to make sure that when we have money back from the EU we are able to spend that money as effectively as possible "across the whole of the UK".

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Conservative MP William Wragg welcomes the "warm and constructive" response from EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, in comparison to what he calls the "vested interests" of EU institutions.

Mrs May replies that the responses to her proposals from individual EU leaders were positive, and singles out the prime minister of Poland as being particularly positive.

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Peers now move on to the debate on the Queen's Speech, which today covers business, economic affairs, energy, transport, environment and agriculture.

First to speak is former MEP and new transport minister Lord Callanan, who says the Queen's Speech will help the UK become "stronger, more successful and resilient".

He foresees "closer links with friends and trading partners across the world" after Brexit which will help meet "aspirations of the whole nation".

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Labour's Lord Kennedy of Southwark asks whether the government intends to introduce legislation amending the provisions relating to the 2018 Boundary Reviews.

Detailed proposals for massive changes to parliamentary constituencies were announced last year.

The plans are part of reforms which would see the House of Commons reduce from 650 MPs to 600. A public consultation is under way and final proposals are due in 2018.

Lord Kennedy claims the boundary review is now "dead in the water because the DUP does not want it".

Cabinet Office spokesman Lord Young of Cookham tells him two elections have now been fought on out-of-date boundaries and "there is the risk of a third - which would be an affront to democracy".

He insists the review is taking place as planned.

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Labour's Pat McFadden asks how the proposed cut off date for EU citizens being able to claim settled status can be earlier than the date on which the UK leaves the EU, seeing as until that date the UK will still be bound by all of the arrangements and treaties of the EU which guarantee settlement rights for citizens.

Mrs May responds that the cut off date is about the date at which EU citizens are allowed to claim settled status in the UK and is only pertinent to those people directly affected.

Until the UK leaves the EU the current arrangements will continue, she says

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Liberal Democrat Tom Brake says that the only way to give certainty to EU nationals in the UK is to "immediately and unconditionally" grant them full rights - "no ifs no buts"

Anything less, he says, will make them think they are bargaining chips in "a cruel game of call my bluff instigated by the brexiteers sat next to her".

Mrs May reiterates that "no one is being asked to leave the UK".

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Tory Eurosceptic John Redwood asks how far can we go with negotiating free trade agreements with non EU countries, and "when can we start spending all the money we are going to save?"

Theresa May tells the Conservative MP that legally there can be no signing up to trade treaties until the UK is no longer a member of the EU, but there is work to be done with countries such as India and America.

Labour's Hilary Benn, who was chair of the Brexit Committee in the last Parliament, asks whether there will be income thresholds for EU nationals wanting to live in the UK.

Mrs May responds that if EU nationals have lived in the UK for five years before the cut off date then no income thresholds will be needed.

She adds that for new people coming after the cut off date - new immigration rules will be outlined "in due course".

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Lib Dem Baroness Ludford asks if Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith will resign when Heathrow expansion gets under way.

He stood down over the issue last year and was defeated as an independent candidate, but was re-elected as a Conservative in the recent election.

Transport Minister Lord Callanan says it's a question for Mr Goldsmith.

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The SNP's new Westminster leader Ian Blackford says that the government's outline of a deal for EU nationals "raises more questions than it answers".

He urges the government to unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals, saying that "we created these circumstances" and that we should therefore take the lead in dealing with the anxiety that has been caused.

Mrs May responds that the government has publiched a "fair and serious offer" to EU nationals, but again says that we must have a care for UK citizens living in the EU.

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Theresa May responds to Mr Corbyn's comments, saying first that Parliament will have many opportunities in leglislation and other ways to make its views known on Brexit.

She says that the government has been very clear that it wants to "protect and enhance" workers' rights.

Mrs May says that the Labour Party has had "seven plans on Brexit in nine months".

She adds that it is "bizarre if not worrying" that Mr Corbyn has no care for UK citizens living in the EU - "because that is what he is saying".

Mrs May says she is concerned about those in the EU who say the UK should be punished for leaving, and of those in the UK who say we should take any deal regardless of the cost - counting Mr Corbyn among that number.

"He would negotiate the worst deal with the worst outcome," she says

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The first question in the Lords this afternoon is from Conservative Lord Spicer, asking the government whether it intends to publish a strategy for aviation.

A Cabinet committee approved the plan for a third runway at Heathrow last year.

Transport Minister Lord Callanan says a comprehensive aviation strategy will be set out "shortly" and the government "remains committed" to Heathrow expansion.

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Jeremy Corbyn says that "cracks are already beginning to appear" in the Tory party, and warns Mrs May that she needs to ignore right-wing voices in her party.

He says that as the prime minister has promised to return the supremacy of the House of Commons, the process of Brexit in the House must be "more transparent" and MPs should be involved properly.

Mr Corbyn also asks if Mrs May will rule out the possibility of no deal being an option for the country.

On the proposal over EU citizens' rights, he says it is "too little too late" and that it "could have been done and should have been done" a year ago.

"This isn't a generous offer," he says.

People are tired of tough talk from a weak government and a weak prime minister, he says.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn responds to the statement, saying 68 days ago Mrs May asked for a strong mandate for negotiating Brexit but offered "little by way of strategy" and "hollow soundbites".

"Her mandate is now in tatters," he adds, and we "need a new approach to Brexit that a Tory government cannot deliver".