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SNP MP Philippa Whitford, whose German husband is a GP, says the prime minister caused "insult and upset" to the three million EU citizens in the UK with her comment that EU migrants had "jumped the queue".

She asks for Theresa May to apologise for her "thoughtless and insulting comments".

Theresa May says she "should not have used that language" but adds that she was making a "simple point". She says people want those who come to the UK to be judged on their "skills and contribution rather than simply where they come from".

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SNP MP Joanna Cherry says a group of cross party MPs are going to Court of Justice in Luxembourg to establish that it would be possible "for this Parliament to tell the prime minister to revoke her Article 50 notice".

Ms Cherry asks if Theresa May feels her pride that it will be Scottish MPs and the Scottish Parliament which "will offer an alternative to her deeply flawed deal".

Theresa May says revoking Article 50 "is not going to happen as it is not government policy".

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Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin says under the terms of the deal, the UK has agreed to pay £38bn "to kick the can down the road".

When the UK currently has the "unilateral right" to leave the EU, why are we agreeing an arrangement where there is no unilateral right to leave.

"That's giving up control, not taking back control," he says.

Theresa May says she would expect future treaty arrangements to include the question on potential termination.

She repeats that it would be wrong for MPs to believe there were no legal obligations to pay money to the EU - there are, and she thinks the UK should follow them.

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European Research Group chair and arch-Brexit supporter Jacob Rees-Mogg says that in the event of no deal "we owe no money at all" and asks "what are we buying with £39bn of taxpayer's money?"

A House of Lords committee has said that if no deal were to be reached, the UK's financial obligations to the EU would end.

Theresa May says there are alternative legal opinions over the need to pay the money on exit and it's "important that we are a country that upholds our legal obligations".

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Tory MP and ardent Brexiteer Steve Baker says the functioning of the free trade area "sounds awfully like a comprehensive customs union".

He asks the prime minister "to be absolutely clear where we're heading" and to confirm that there will never be a point where there are customs declarations.

Theresa May says the government will be working for frictionless trade and the references in the political declaration are "for an ambitious agreement with regards to the restrictions of checks".

She adds that "there is a balance" in terms of the rights of access and the obligations.

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Crossbench peer Lord Pannick agrees to withdraw his amendment which would make upskirting an offence if a victim's privacy was invaded, so that the bill does not need to wait longer to become legislation by having to be returned to the Commons.

Liberal peer Baroness Burt stands to introduce her amendment, amendment four, which makes it an offence for a person to disclose an image of another person recorded during the commission of an offence if the disclosure is made without consent.

This would curtail the use of upskirting images by the paparazzi.

Baroness Vere says this amendment "is a far more complex issue" than the contents of this bill, and that a broad review will be undertaken to determine how "evolving digital practices have led to more offensive images being taken and distributed" aside from the bill.

"We do have laws that cover the distribution of images, but we do recognise that we need to bridge the gaps," she adds, "this amendment could lead to over-criminalization."

Baroness Burt agrees "for the time being" to withdrawal her amendment, and the bill passes its committee stage.

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Labour MP Ben Bradshaw thanks the prime minister for her efforts to ensure the release of student Matthew Hedges in the United Arab Emirates, he's says it's "a bit of relief from all of this Brexit mess".

Turning to Brexit, he says, "if the prime minister is so confident people support the Brexit deal, why doesn't she ask them?"

Theresa May thanks him for his remarks, and says she thinks politicians should "see it as a duty" to implement the vote to leave the European Union.

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Former education secretary Justine Greening says the Brexit debate has been marked by "false promises from all sides and all parties" and asks how the prime minister can guarantee that the debate on the deal will be about "facts and evidence...not more false promises" which will "damage trust" even more when they are not followed through.

Theresa May says the government will publish analysis of the deal but adds that it would be an "interesting debate as to the extent to which economic forecasts can be classed as facts".

The first economic forecast based on the deal, from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, has said that the deal will cost the UK £100bn by 2030.

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Conservative MP Sir Michael Fallon says "nobody can now doubt that the prime minister has tried her very best", however, he adds that MPs are "being asked to take a huge gamble" by "surrendering our vote and our veto without any firm commitment to frictionless trade or the absolute rights to dismantle external tariffs".

He asks if it is "really wise" to trust the future of the UK's economy to "pledge to simply use best endeavours".

Theresa May says it is not possible for the UK to sign the legal treaty with regards to frictionless trade until the UK is out of the EU.

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Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who resigned in opposition to the government's Brexit approach, says the PM has admitted that the deal is unsatisfactory. He says this is an understatement.

He says the deal does not provide certainty for businesses, which isn't helped by ministers saying the UK will remain part of the single market and customs union whilst the PM says the UK is taking back control of trade policy.

"They can't both be right, which is it?" he asks.

The PM says neither side were happy with the backstop, she didn't say the deal was unsatisfactory.

The UK will be able to negotiate free trade deals, she says, and there will be issues beyond the EU that MPs will want to consider, such as environmental standards and animal welfare.

"We will be able to negotiate those free trade deals with the relationship that is being proposed."

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DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds, whose party's confidence and supply agreement with the government has been temporarily suspended in protest at the withdrawal deal, quotes what he says are the words of the Chancellor, Philip Hammond.

Mr Hammond, he says, has "rightly" called the backstop "bad for the union, bad for the economy". He asks the Prime Minister which bits of the backstop to the deal are "bad for the Union".

Theresa May says that one negative of the backstop is that the UK "wouldn't be able to have an independent trade policy".

(Remember, the prime minister says she does not believe the backstop will come into operation.)

Mr Dodds appears to be unimpressed with the answer, he's caught on camera asking "what? what?!?"

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Conservative MP Anna Soubry, who is opposed to Brexit, says the majority of MPs will not vote in favour of the prime minister's deal.

"What is the plan B?" she asks. "Is it Norway plus? The single market? The customs union?"

Theresa May says throughout 18 months of negotiations, people have told her that it would not be possible to reach a deal, but she's done it. As soon as she does, people tell her the next thing isn't possible.

There will be a number of days of debate prior to the meaningful vote on the deal, she says, and it's important MPs consider the best interests of the country and the importance of delivering on the Brexit vote.

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Brexit Committee chair Hilary Benn says that the deal has "put off the moment" when choices have to be made "to a time when the EU will have greater leverage".

He says that any trade deal needs unanimous approval of the EU 27 and asks how she can possibly ask the Commons to "put the country in such a weak position".

Theresa May says a trade deal can't be signed until the UK is a third country and has left the EU, but that the political declaration lays out the future relationship.

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford says the SNP do not support the end of freedom of movement, "migration is good for Scotland".

People also enjoy the rights to live and work in Europe, which the PM disregards, he says. "We not prepared to give up these rights."

The deal is "full of ifs and buts", he says, but is a sell out for the Scottish fishing industry, "no ifs or buts".

Fishing boats in Northern Ireland would continue to gain zero tariff access to EU markets, he says, but Scotland and elsewhere would not, whilst negotiations will be based on existing quota shares. He says that's unacceptable as it gives the EU a veto.

He calls on the Scotland secretary and the Defra secretary to search their conscience, as the "sell out of Scotland" has their finger prints all over. The deal doesn't end uncertainty around Scotland's fishing sector, he says.

He asks for Nicola Sturgeon to be included in any Brexit TV debate.

Theresa May says people voted to end free movement. After Brexit, the UK would be able to put in a skills based immigration system.

The real sell off of Scottish fishermen is the SNP's desire to stay in the Commons Fisheries Policy, she says.

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Former Brexit Secretary David Davis asks why the UK can't make the delivery of the second half of the £39bn exit payment conditional on getting a trade deal from the EU.

Theresa May says that "as the right honourable gentleman knows" the exit payment is based on "legal obligations" and that there is a "timetable" that must be adhered to.

David Davis was Brexit secretary for most of the Brexit negotiation process.

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Conservative backbencher Iain Duncan Smith asks if the PM recognises the "genuine and real concern" about the backstop. He asks what would happen if Britain got close to having to enter the backstop, and if it is correct that the UK would agree to "anything" to avoid it.

Theresa May accepts that some MPs have concerns about the backstop but says there are likely to be alternative arrangements for the Irish border which would help avoid the backstop.

But she says the EU doesn't want the backstop to be entered either because "some" countries think it would actually be good for the UK, which would have access to the single market without paying anything for the privilege.

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Responding to the Labour leader, Theresa May says she's been clear that money previously being sent to the EU can now be spent on other priorities, including the NHS.

There was a time when Jeremy Corbyn talked of a Brexit dividend as well, she says.

The agreement brings an end to free movement of people "once and for all", she says, which is what the British people wants.

Labour have never been able to say that they want to end free movement, she says - they aren't responding to the needs of the British people.

On concerns about the backstop and independent control of UK fishing, she says if the UK was in the backstop we would still be outside the common fisheries policy. "We would be deciding who would be fishing in British waters," she insists.