Footballer Eni Aluko tells the parliamentary inquiry over racism allegations that the FA grievance processes are "ad-hoc".

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Rachel Brace, HR Director at the Football Association, is pressed about whether the organisation's investigation involved eyewitness accounts.

Ms Brace says "it's an independent investigation... you can only speak to people willing to co-operate".

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Brexit minister Robin Walker says the government is in “listening mode” in terms of its decision to drop the charges for the universal credit helpline.

Robin Walker, a minister in the Department for Exiting the EU, confirmed people will be able to call the government's helpline for free after acknowledging there had been criticism of the charges, which can be up 55p a minute.

He told Radio 4's World at One that it is important to note that this shows the government can "press ahead in listening mode...we can listen and we can change things as we go along".

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Labour's Anna McMorrin says she's seeing vulnerable people "truly scared" about how universal credit will affect them.

She says she's particularly worried about the effect on single parent families. "Don't let homelessness, debts and misery pile up," she says, "listen to the overwhelming evidence and halt this".

Conservative Lee Rowley says he's "confused" about what Labour wants.

He says that yesterday Labour was talking about "pausing and fixing UC" but today they are just talking about "pausing" it.

The whole point of the Brexit bill is to provide certainty for business and, frankly, everyone else.

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Chief Executive of the FA, Martin Glenn, opens with the words: "We want to issue a full apology to Drew Spence and Eni Aluko."

"Should you apologise for the way the FA handled the complaints?" asks Chair Damian Collins.

Mr Glenn says he believes the FA dealt with the concerns "decently", and cites the two internal investigations.

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The FA's representatives now face the committee.

They are:

• Martin Glenn, Chief Executive, the Football Association
• Greg Clarke, Chairman, the Football Association
• Dan Ashworth, Technical Director, he Football Association
• Rachel Brace, Human Resources Director, the Football Association

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There's a testy exchange as Labour's Helen Goodman suggests there's no mechanism for Parliament to table an opportunity to have a binding vote on a statutory instrument.

Andrea Leadsom says a vote on a statutory instrument in an Opposition Day debate would be considered binding.

Shortly after that, the chair thanks the witnesses and the session draws to a close.

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Committee chair Charles Walker asks if MPs will sit later and longer to get the EU Withdrawal Bill passed.

Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom says it's "likely" there'll be late sitting days as it goes through.

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Lianne Sanderson, who played for the England women's football team alongside Ms Aluko, says she felt she was 'forced out'.

She tells the committee how the moment she reached 50 caps for England was "forgotten" by the Football Association.

Ms Sanderson has not played for the national team since 2015.

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Conservative Rishi Sunak says the welfare state should be "compassionate to those who need our help, effective in getting them the help they need and fair to those who pay for it".

UC "is a rare example of a policy that delivers on all three counts" he says to howls from the Labour benches.

The SNP's Mhairi Black says many in government are not "appreciating the reality" of what the six week delay in receiving payments means.

She says "none of us on this side are lying about our experiences, we're coming to you with genuine problems".

She says "every person here has the power to change this tonight...halt it and halt it now".

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Brexit Minister Steve Baker says exit day could be changed by mutual agreement, but the government is not intending to do so.

Peter Bone asks the minister to say here and now there's no chance exit date could be moved. He declines to do so.

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Conservative Peter Bone says government is asking MPs to "trust it a lot" on the EU Withdrawal Bill and it's "not unreasonable to have a committee" to decide which statutory instruments are subject to negative or affirmative procedure.

Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom says government is "looking very carefully at whether extra scrutiny is needed" of delegated powers in the Brexit bill.

But she stresses there are already "tried and tested procedures".

The prime minister appeared to give a surprising answer when the Labour leader asked her to pause the national rollout of universal credit.

Theresa May gave an initial “yes” - before telling noisy MPs to listen to the whole sentence. Pausing the benefit change would not help claimants, she added.

Jeremy Corbyn referred to his question a week ago about the cost of calling the universal credit helpline - the charges were scrapped ahead of the latest PMQs session.

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Lianne Sanderson, an ex-England teammate of Eni Aluko is now giving evidence to the committee.

"I knew Eni was speaking the truth and that's been proven today," she says.

In August, Ms Sanderson said she does not expect to be selected for her country again after speaking out in defence of team-mate Ms Aluko.

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Conservative Justin Tomlinson says he's "not just picking stats out of the air" when he speaks in support of universal credit.

He says he's come to his view having spoken to people affected. He says the government is rolling out a system designed to "treat people as individuals". Mr Tomlinson is a former Department for Work and Pensions minister.

Labour's Neil Coyle says jobcentre staff know universal credit doesn't work. He says the extension of UC to parents in Southwark led to a "tripling" of the numbers of children using the foodbank there.

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Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom and Brexit Minister Steve Baker are now in front of the Procedure Committee.

Mrs Leadsom starts by expressing her commitment to ensure secondary legislation is conducted sensibly.

Mr Baker is asked about setting up an extra scrutiny level for EU Withdrawal Bill and says "the issue is time".

He says it's imperative to have a functioning statute book on the day of leaving the EU.