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Mr Davis updates MPs on the latest Brexit negotiations.

The Brexit secretary tells MPs that the UK government's proposals on the rights of EU nationals "go further" than their negotiating counterparts in the EU.

The application for "settled status" of European Union nationals will be "low cost and streamlined", he says.

Mr Davis tells MPs the negotiating team is working on "creative solutions" to tackle the Northern Ireland situation.

"We owe it to the people of Northern Ireland to get this right," he adds.

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Brexit Secretary David Davis is making a statement on the latest stage of negotiations on leaving the EU.

Theresa May and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last night agreed to accelerate Brexit talks - but no definitive breakthrough was announced.

"There is some way to go to securing a new partnership, but I am confident we are on the right path," Mr Davies says.

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Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable expresses disappointment that British companies "fundamental to the science base" in the UK, would be at risk of acquisition.

Greg Clark says that he is confident of a "very positive response" in corporate Britain to the proposals.

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SNP business spokesperson Drew Hendry wonders why the proposals have been announced now.

Greg Clark says it is right to "periodically upgrade" our systems for security, indicating that smaller businesses "have the potential" to pose a threat to the UK's national security.

Mr Clark assures Mr Hendry that Parliament will be invited to scrutinise the proposals.

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Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey says the government's proposals are "welcome" and says "Britain wants to be open to investment".

With regards to the Bombardier and Airbus deal, Ms Long Bailey asks for "unequivocal assurances" about the job security for workers in the long-term.

Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker have a "friendly" dinner - but there's no sign of a breakthrough.

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Business Secretary Greg Clark making a statement on international investment reforms which he says will better protect British interests and security.

Today’s proposals include enabling the government to intervene in mergers that raise national security concerns, even when they involve smaller businesses.

These changes are targeted at key areas, specifically companies that design or manufacture military and dual use products, and parts of the advanced technology sector.

He also addresses the news of a deal between Bombardier and Airbus, saying it offers the potential to protect Bombardier's Belfast workers.

The government now has one word they can use as evidence that they are getting somewhere.

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The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, says the UK's "friends and partners in the EU" need to "get serious" about the Brexit negotiations.

Mr Johnson told the Commons, "it is up to our friends and partners in the EU now to look seriously at the offer we are making, particularly on citizens and to make progress".

He said everybody wanted to make progress and told MPs, "that can only happen when our friends and partners decide to get serious in these negotiations".

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Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry asks her opposite number what he now thinks the so-called EU divorce bill should be.

He says his previous comments have been misrepresented but one report of a settlement of 100bn euros is "far too high".

He turns on Labour, asking: "Would you cough up, would you? I think they would, the supine invertebrate jellies."

Emily Thornberry says: "I don't think that's cleared up a great deal."

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Parliamentary correspondent

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has faced calls to "apologise or resign" over his comments that the Libyan city of Sirte could be the new Dubai once it had "cleared the dead bodies away".

During Foreign Office questions in the Commons, an SNP MP, David Linden, said the remarks, made at a fringe meeting during the Conservative conference, were the "latest gaffe from the foreign secretary" and called on Mr Johnson to "do the right thing and apologise or will he resign".

Labour's foreign affairs spokesman, Fabian Hamilton, called on the foreign secretary to apologise to the families of people who died fighting Islamic State in Sirte.

And the SNP's foreign affairs spokesman, Stephen Gethins, said Boris Johnson had "brought people together in Libya" because, "quite remarkably he has been criticised across the political divide and by a former British ambassador".

Mr Gethins said Mr Johnson had been accused of "dishonouring the sacrifice of those who fought and died in Sirte" and called on the foreign secretary to retract his comments.

Boris Johnson called the comments "political point scoring".

He said there was a "tragic absence of security" in Sirte and the city's problems had yet to be resolved.

But he said that when the problems were addressed, "then I think that the people of Libya do indeed have fantastic economic prospects and that is the objective of this government".

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Plaid Cymru's Jonathan Edwards raises the "horrific violence" he says was committed by the Spanish state against Catalonians over their recent independence vote

Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan responds that the "rule of law needs to govern the future of Catalonia" and the next steps "need to take place within Spanish constitution".

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Shadow Foreign Office minister Helen Goodman says while grants have been given to Dominica in the wake of Hurricane Irma, the UK is relying on private-sector loans for the British Virgin Islands.

She adds it's time the government "stopped trying to fiddle the definition of aid" and ensures the Caribbean gets what it needs.

The foreign secretary replies that UK aid contributions through the EU have not stopped and will "continue for some years".

He says the government will do whatever it takes to offer support.

Revised plans to cut the number of MPs in Wales are explained by the Boundary Commission.

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Rachel Reeves closes the committee and thanks the witnesses for their time.

We'll be back with more select committee coverage this afternoon - the Home Affairs Committee are hearing evidence from Home Secretary Amber Rudd at 2.30pm.

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Conservative Sir Henry Bellingham criticises the "minimal" coverage of the recent deadly bomb in Mogadishu, which killed over 300 people.

Foreign Office Minister Rory Stewart expresses condolences to Somalia on behalf of the government.

He says the UK through the annual London Somalia conference aims to improve the security situation there.

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The UK's two largest energy suppliers Centrica and SSE have the highest proportion of people on "poor value" standard variable tariffs, Dermot Nolan tells committee chair Rachel Reeves.

These organisations have "not made progress" in the way that some other companies have, he says.

Mr Nolan assures the MPs that there is Ofgem work ongoing to deal with these large differentials.

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The first question is from the SNP's David Linden on the protection of civilians in Libya.

He calls on Boris Johnson to "apologise or resign" over comments he made at the recent Conservative conference.

Boris Johnson says "the reality in Libya and Sirte is tragic absence of security" which UK is helping to address.

Shadow Foreign Office minister Fabian Hamilton repeats calls for Boris Johnson to apologise to families of Libyans who have died.

The foreign secretary says the best thing is to get behind UK's plan for helping Libya and "political point-scoring does no favours to the people of Libya".

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Labour MP Peter Kyle tells Mr Nolan - "60% of the market you regulate is failing" and asks why the organisation seems to be "more reactive than proactive?"

Senior Partner Rachel Fletcher tells the committee that Ofgem has "new tools" from the Competition and Markets Authority and that they are "determined" to use them to support consumers.

Ofgem says it will soon publish figures showing consumer detriment on energy bills.

The Competition and Markets Authority is responsible for strengthening business competition and preventing and reducing anti-competitive activities.