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The prime minister begins by saying that it is six months Grenfell Tower fire and she says she will be attending a memorial service later today.

The first question comes from Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan, who says the PM will take the thoughts and prayers from every MP to that service.

She goes on to ask whether the government intends to hold a vote in Parliament on the agreement between the UK and EU.

The prime minister says the final agreement will be agreed before the withdrawal date, and MPs and peers will be given a vote on it.

There will be a bill to give the withdrawal agreement domestic legal effect, she says.

There will be the chance for further parliamentary scrutiny after that, the PM says.

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Theresa May is in the chamber and sitting on the Treasury bench - the frontbench - ready to answer questions.

PMQs starting soon...

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Shadow Wales secretary Christina Rees returns to the dispatch box and raises the possibility that the Welsh government would not pass a legislative consent motion ratifying the EU Withdrawal Bill.

Alun Cairns says the government is determined to deliver certainty and continuity as the UK leaves the EU.

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The first question comes from Labour MP Bambos Charalombous, and he asks whether Wales will continue to receive the benefits of the EU structural funds, after Brexit.

We've committed to honouring those up to the time of leaving the EU and want to seek an implementation period too, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns says.

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To kick off today, we'll have questions from backbench MPs to the team of ministers from the Wales Office.

Then it's PMQs at noon - and the first question will come from Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan, before Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asks his set six questions.

There's a ten minute rule bill on short and holiday-let accommodation.

Then it's on to the EU Withdrawal Bill. It's day seven of committee stage - and the focus is on amendment 7, on whether MPs will get a meaningful vote on the terms of the UK's withdrawal.

And that vote is expected at 7pm.

Today's going to be another busy day in Westminster, as from about 1pm MPs turn their attention to the EU Withdrawal Bill, for detailed, line-by-line scrutiny.

But the government is facing the threat of a defeat by rebel backbenchers when MPs vote.

Led by former Attorney General Dominic Grieve - a Conservative MP - the rebels want to insert a legal guarantee that MPs should get a vote on any final Brexit deal before it is finalised.

The amendment, which will be backed by Labour, will be debated later.

And, of course, there's PMQs before that at noon.

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MPs' main focus was the sixth day of committee-stage debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill - particularly concentrating on the delegated powers created by the bill.

Five votes were forced on amendments seeking to restrict the use of delegated powers, and the government won each of them.

There was a broad welcome for proposals for a sifting committee to sort through the delegated powers and decide which should receive scrutiny - although opposition MPs expressed concern about the make-up of the committee.

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According to the Commons Voting app, two Conservative MPs voted for Lib Dem Tom Brake's amendment 124 - which would have prevented powers being used to create barriers to the UK's continued membership of the single market.

Those two MPs were Ken Clarke and Anna Soubry.

Only 44 Labour MPs voted for the amendment - most Labour MPs abstained, while pro-Leave Labour MP Kate Hoey voted with the government.

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MPs vote 314 to 292 against Labour's amendment to prevent the use of delegated powers to reduce rights or protections.

Clause 7 passes without a vote, and the sixth day of committee stage debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill draws to a close.

The government faces a potential defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill.

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MPs vote 315 to 291 against Labour MP Stephen Doughty's amendment to stop ministers using new powers under the bill to amend the Scotland Act or the Government of Wales Act.

MPs now divide to vote on Labour's amendment designed to prevent the government using delegated powers under Clause 7 to reduce rights or protections.

According to initial reports from the Commons Votes app, three Tory MPs voted in favour of Yvette Cooper's amendment 49 (that's not the amendment which Laura is talking about above)...

They are Ken Clarke, Nicky Morgan and Anna Soubry.

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MPs vote 315 to 93 against a Lib Dem-led amendment which would prevent ministers introducing regulations which place barriers in the way of continued single market membership.

The next vote is on an amendment in the name of Labour's Stephen Doughty, which would stop ministers using powers created in the bill to amend the Scotland Act 1998 or the Government of Wales Act 2006.

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MPs vote 312 to 295 against an amendment in the name of Labour's Yvette Cooper, which would have placed a general provision on the face of the bill to say that delegated powers should be used only so far as necessary.

MPs now divide to vote on a Lib Dem-led amendment which would prevent ministers introducing regulations which place barriers in the way of continued single market membership.