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The Commons has voted to disagree with Lords amendment 128.

Ayes: 325

Noes: 304

Majority: 21

(The amendment is about the sifting of secondary legislation related to devolved authorities.)

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The Commons divides again to vote on whether or not to disagree with Lords amendment 128.

The amendment deals with the sifting of secondary legislation.

The result is expected at 4:40pm.

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The Commons have voted to reject Lords amendment 110 on scrutiny of ministerial directives used on retained EU law.

Ayes: 324

Noes: 302

Majority: 22

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As MPs divide to vote, a reminder of the question at hand.

This is the amendment, tabled by Lord Lisvane, which would prevent the government from using statutory instruments, external to change EU law once it is UK law.

The government is against it on the grounds that it would unreasonably slow down the process of transferring EU law into domestic law.

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MPs have started voting.

This vote is on whether or not to disagree with Lords amendment 110.

The result is expected at around 4:30pm.

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Conservative backbencher Antoinette Sandbach says the Lords have "improved the bill considerably" but acknowledges the government's concession on the Grieve amendment and she says "would have supported the Lords" had the minister not made it.

She can't explain any further because she is cut off by the time limit.

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Conservative Jonathan Djanogly says that Dominic Grieve's amendment just brings the UK into line with the European Parliament in ratifying a final deal.

He says he is not "one who would wish to undermine this concept" of the executive entering into international agreements, apart from in extreme circumstances, he adds.

"The government has gone some way to address concerns on this issue," he states.

"If the prime minister gets the deal...there is still no plan B if Parliament were to reject the deal," he says.

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Solicitor General Robert Buckland stands up briefly to say he "reiterates" the commitment he made earlier to discuss Dominic Grieve's amendment further in a meeting.

He now says it will be a "structured discussion" and that he is looking very carefully at the proposal.

Conservative rebels have been out of the chamber for discussions with ministers, although it remains to be seen if this part-compromise will stop them voting for the amendment.

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Liberal Democrat exiting the EU spokesperson Tom Brake says that ministers have had their arguments over negotiations in the British media rather than at the negotiating tables in Brussels.

"We've heard a lot about the will of the people" and he says "this is the only reason the government can deploy for supporting a Brexit".

He says there will be no savings, security will become worse and trade will not be boosted while President Trump is in office.

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Conservative Kevin Hollinrake is running through what he sees as a set of problems that would come out of needing Parliamentary direction in the event of no deal.

"What would happen if we go back to the negotiating table?" he asks.

The SNP's Angus MacNeil says that the government having to get a deal through Parliament "actually strengthens their hand [in negotiations with the EU]...if they've got any wit about them".

Kevin Hollinrake disagrees and says it would "delay the process of Brexit".

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Labour's Seema Malhotra says that if Parliament wants to reject the outcome of the negotiations then Parliament should be able to suggest how the negotiations move forward.

"Deal or no deal, this country's future should be determined by Parliament, ultimately the House of Commons, and not by ministers," she says.

If the government are as confident about getting a good deal, then they would not be worried about this amendment, she adds.

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Independent MP Charlie Elphicke says that people in Dover ask "why haven't we left already?"

He says that the "clear view of my constituents" is to honour the commitments made during the referendum.

He says that "across the Channel" they know that they would have the UK "over a barrel" by offering a bad deal if Mr Grieve's amendment is passed.

"You can't micromanage a negotiation," he says.

Speaker John Bercow says MPs should ignore threats and vote on the Brexit bill with their consciences, in the interests of their constituents and the country.

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Labour's Stephen Doughty criticises the front pages of two of today's newspapers, the Express and the Sun. He says the two are threatening MPs who all have the "best interests of the country at heart".

"Those two tabloids don't own patriotism in this country," he says.

The Express headline this morning told MPs to "ignore the will of the people at your peril" while the Sun suggested the choice the Commons face is "Great Britain or great betrayal".

He also urges MPs to vote for the amendments to the bill put in by the House of Lords. He says that in their time in Parliament MPs will find "some things that we will compromise on...but when it comes to the very big issues we should be voting with our conscience" and "in the interests of our country".

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Conservative Mark Harper says that if he was on the side of the EU, he would "stall and delay" until the UK government was "forced" to take whatever deal is on offer.

He says this is not the "intention" of the amendment from Dominic Grieve, but these will be the consequences.

"I respect the decision that the public have made," adding that he wants the prime minister to have the "strongest cards" the UK can play.

This page on Parliament's website , externalshows how the bill has moved through the Commons and the Lords.

It also provides all the documents relating to the bill, including the list of amendments being debated today., external

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Labour's Kate Hoey says that people in the UK want to see "Brexit being done well", which means not only leaving the EU but the single market as well.

She urges the Commons to send Amendment 19 back to the House of Lords. She says she "regrets very much" that the Lords want to stop the process of Brexit.

"The reality is that we want to take back control," she says, but she warns that the European Commission will give the UK a bad deal if the UK Parliament is obstructive.

The EU does not want to give the UK a good deal, they want to punish the UK, she adds, saying that the EU wants the UK to have to go back to the EU "cap in hand".