Summary

  • Brexit ministers face questions from MPs

  • It comes after government loses key Brexit vote last night

  • MPs hear statement on forthcoming business

  • Backbench business debates on hormone pregnancy tests and WASPI pensions

  • Peers question government ministers on probation service

  • Debates later on vulnerable children; and poverty

  1. Condemnation from Brexit supporters over government defeatpublished at 19:35 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  2. Government response to defeat in Commonspublished at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  3. MPs reject bid to curb delegated powerspublished at 19:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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    MPs vote 316 to 297 against a Labour amendment which would remove the proposed capacity of ministers to modify and amend the Act itself via delegated powers.

  4. Praise from Gina Miller for Tory rebelspublished at 19:29 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  5. Remember, this isn't over yet...published at 19:27 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  6. The moment of realisationpublished at 19:25 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  7. Voting on Labour amendmentpublished at 19:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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    We're onto amendment 30, which is a Labour amendment and which would remove the proposed capacity of ministers to modify and amend the Act itself via delegated powers.

    We'll get a result at about 7.30pm.

  8. Government defeat on amendment over meaningful vote on Brexit dealpublished at 19:17 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017
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    MPs vote 309 to 305 to defeat the government and pass the amendment in the name of Dominic Grieve, which would require the final deal with the EU to be approved by statute passed by Parliament.

    The amendment will become part of the bill, and MPs move to another vote.

  9. Another abstentionpublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  10. Another potential rebel changes mindpublished at 19:12 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  11. What did former MEP decide?published at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  12. Several votes to come after this...published at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  13. Some MPs to abstain?published at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  14. MPs vote on final say on Brexit dealpublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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    Labour's Yvette Cooper expresses her dissatisfaction with the arguments put forward by the government, saying they are being asked to accept a "blindfold".

    MPs move to a vote on the amendment in the name of Dominic Grieve, which would require the final deal with the EU to be approved by statute passed by Parliament.

  15. Former MEP does not indicate whether she will rebel or notpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  16. Charlie Elphicke will vote against Clause 9published at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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    Independent MP Charlie Elphicke says he thinks "we can't leave the EU fast enough".

    However, he says this is about values including "the rule of law and that executive power should not be abused".

    Something of this importance "should not be put through by statutory instrument", he tells MPs, pledging to vote against Clause 9.

  17. Government defeat on the cards?published at 18:53 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  18. Rebels not satisfiedpublished at 18:51 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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    Conservative Antoinette Sandbach says she's not willing to give away parliamentary sovereignty and the government has been "utterly unconvincing".

    Conservative Dominic Grieve then rises to say the concession offered is "too late - you cannot treat the House in this way".

  19. Not enough?published at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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  20. Government offers concessionpublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017
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    Justice Minister Dominic Raab offers a concession whereby ministers' powers over implementing a withdrawal agreement will not enter into force until after a meaningful vote by Parliament.

    He says this amendment will be brought in at report stage.