Suggested amendments to the Customs Bill are part of a push to get Theresa May to drop her Chequers compromise.

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The SNP's defence spokesperson Stewart M McDonald says the last time a female prime minister was at a summit in Europe, there were backbenchers plotting to oust her.

The government seems "intent to ignore much of what the shadow secretary has outlined," he says, in "ignoring real value to the taxpayers, ignoring the craft and skill across the UK".

He accuses the government of "manoeuvring for self interest" all week long.

He says that four years ago the government were "desperate" to "buy off" the Scottish shipbuilding yards in the event of Scotland gaining independence in the 2014 independence referendum.

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Hilary Benn concludes by asking if achieving the "tens of thousands" net migration rate target would benefit British businesses.

Caroline Nokes responds that the Home Office must think about the well-being of British workers as well as businesses.

And with that answer, the Brexit committee concludes for the second time today...

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Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood says that today the Royal Navy is busier than ever.

In a post-Brexit world, there is "more of a need than ever" to project a sophisticated and potent Navy in the UK.

The defence secretary has "managed to succeed in elevating the need for spending in defence", he says.

The department needs to get the message to the Treasury that the UK is more reliant on access to our international markets, he adds.

He says that the government has paid half the price for ships from Korea than if they had been built in the UK.

He says he wants ships "to be British" but "we have to have value for money".

The Commons librarian shares the history and work of this private part of Parliament as it celebrates a milestone.

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Labour's Emma Reynolds questions how many EU citizens applying for settled status will have kept five years' worth of documents proving their residency in the UK.

She brings up the Windrush scandal, which saw a similar problem lead to British citizens being wrongly detained or deported. The Labour MP draws specifically on the case of Paulette Wilson, who was threatened with deportation.

Caroline Nokes says she accepts people may not keep bank statements and tax receipts for that long, but says the Home Office will work with them to make the process as easy as possible.

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The Commons moves on to the second of their two Opposition Day debates, this time on shipbuilding and the UK defence industry.

The motion, tabled by Labour, calls on the government to publish a full, overarching defence industrial strategy, and calls on the government to make the competition for the Fleet Solid Support ships UK only to "maximise the return on that contract".

Shadow defence secretary, Nia Griffith, says that the shipbuilding industry employs 20,000 people and contributes £1.7bn to the UK economy annually.

A long term defence industrial strategy would allow the industry to make longer term plans and invest for the future, she says.

Taxpayers want to see value for money, but all taxpayers understand the consequences if that money is not spent in the UK, she says.

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The Brexit committee returns after taking a short break for a vote in the Commons.

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The Commons votes against the Labour motion demanding a pay cut for four weeks to the Work and Pensions Secretary, Esther McVey.

Ayes: 268

Noes: 305

Majority: 37

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The committee is taking a short break in order for MPs to vote on the Universal Credit division in the Commons.

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Opposition spokesperson Mike Ambesbury says that last week "the secretary of state went to great lengths to defend this policy" and that the experiences and day-to-day real lives of people show that there are problems with the roll-out.

Employment Minister Alok Sharma says that MPs come to politics in order to create a fairer society. He says this is "precisely what universal credit does".

The government is "listening," "learning and improving," he adds.

With that, the House divides on the Labour motion.

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Caroline Nokes says: "Free movement is going to end but that doesn't mean that movement between UK citizens and EU citizens will end and we need to find a mechanism to facilitate that."

Pat McFadden asks if there is likely to be preferential access to the UK for EU citizens. The minister bats the question away and says there will be more detail in the government's Brexit white paper.

Interestingly, Ms Nokes is less specific about the publication date of the paper, which Downing Street has said will arrive tomorrow, saying only that it is due to be published "this week".

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Craig Mackinlay says the government's plan for digital settled status documents could lead to a "fraudsters' charter" in which people pay for a fake webpage that can be sent to a landlord.

Home Office official Simon Bond responds that the digital document will in fact not be an email link as previously described, but a one-time code that the landlord can enter into the Home Office website.

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Caroline Nokes defends the fee that EU citizens applying for settled status will be faced with.

The SNP's home affairs spokesperson Joanna Cherry asks if the minister would be prepared to look again at reducing the fee for low income families or older people, who she says might be dissuaded from applying. Ms Nokes says the home secretary has been clear that the government doesn't intend to do that.

Applications will cost £65 for adults and £32.50 for children and be free for EU nationals who already have residency or indefinite leave to remain.

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Rachel Maclean condemns the personal nature of today's motion, which directly targets Ms McVey.

To supportive claims of "spiteful" from the government benches, she calls for those who tabled the debate to apologise.

She says "we have more in common when we work together."

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Hilary Benn asks how the government's electronic checking service for EU citizens with settled status will work.

Caroline Nokes says the settled status citizen will email their landlord with a link to their settled status documents that can only be accessed once. She says this will keep confidential information safe.

Home Office official Simon Bond says the department favours digital documents over a physical card and will look to roll out similar systems with other citizens in the future.

EU citizens with settled status will be free to go on living and working in the UK indefinitely.

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Hilary Benn's Exiting the EU Committee is under way for the second time today with immigration minister Caroline Noakes giving evidence to MPs.