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Liberal Democrat peer Lord Shipley says the government's own financial analysis says a no deal Brexit would "have a 9% hit on GDP", and that "all versions of Brexit make us poorer."

He says he will support the motion calling for no deal to be avoided at all costs.

"People did not vote to become poorer," he says "this does not provide a brighter future."

The deal is "a serious blunder which will impact millions of low income families", he says. It is the North East of England that will be most affected, as EU is such a vital business partner.

"The resolution is a 'People's Vote', and I will support that," he says.

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Former Conservative Party Treasurer Lord Farmer says "I voted leave and have no regrets because I am a democrat who is driven by the desire to regain our sovereignty."

He says this principle means he cannot support the deal "as flexibility is not an unlimited good".

"The deal shape-shifts the union of nations and makes a mockery of the UK," he says.

The deal will mean "government without the sense to be governed", he argues, stressing concern about a lack of scrutiny on the EU's power - "this has always been the problem with the European Union."

"We are far better to adopt the spirit of adventure and take the short term pain that leaving on WTO terms may entail," he says, and for this reason that Labour's amendment - which calls for no WTO deal in any circumstances - "must not be supported".

"We must stand firm and move forwards," he says.

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"How can it be that a government is held in contempt of a parliament that it is supposed to control", Labour MP Vernon Coaker asks. This is the situation that the government has created.

The actions taken yesterday by MPs - "to say that they would not allow no deal to take place" - should reassure the country, he says.

"This parliament will govern in the interests of the country. That is what is important."

There have been problems with migration, he says, but it has been good for the country overall. The failure to acknowledge this sooner is what allowed right wing populism to take charge and Brexit to happen.

But it does "no good" to pretend that this deal sorts anything out, he says. At one point he was willing to give it a chance, he explain, but closer inspection only revealed that nothing agreed "is final".

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Labour peer Lord Anderson of Swansea says "the deal was an honest attempt to square the circle, but the result is total political disarray."

"Historians will be hard pressed to find any precedent for the turmoil ongoing at present," he says, "but this is not the fault of the prime minister, although she has contributed to it".

Lord Anderson says Theresa May "inherited a poisoned chalice" and called a general election "too early".

"The deal is a compromise which no side wishes to adopt and the likelihood is the deal will be rejected," he adds, "the only serious alternative is a 'People's Vote.'"

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SNP MP Angela Crawley says the deal is bad for young people, bad for women and bad for the economy.

She says it is not right for future generations to lose their chance "to travel, to learn and to broaden their horizons" as a result of the UK leaving the EU.

She says the people of Scotland voted against independence because they were told an independent Scotland may not be guaranteed EU membership. It's not fair now for them to have "the rug pulled out from under them" and be forced out when they voted to remain.

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Conservative peer Lord Shinkwin says he wishes "nothing more than to be able to support this deal".

However he says that he cannot, "as it will leave us trapped with less control".

"The deal is full of risk", he says, pointing out that "best endeavours is not a legal obligation - which could be greatly damaging".

Lord Shinkwin says he shares the prime minister's desire "to bring the country back together", but warns that "to dishonour the wishes of the majority of the country is a recipe for prolonged disaster".

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Crossbench peer the Earl of Clancarty says the end of freedom of movement "will damage the creative industries."

He says the music industry contributes £4.8bn to the UK economy each year, "but will be severely damaged by this deal".

"The only partnership that is worth considering is the cooperative partnership we have now."

The prime minister's "refusal to engage in young peoples' concerns about stopping freedom of movement" is "deeply insulting", he says.

"Either the government stops Brexit or we have a 'People's Vote'", he says, "either way I hope the UK stays in the EU".

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Conservative MP Victoria Prentis says her constituency was the closest vote in the country, voting to leave by just 500 votes.

Business owners she represents support the deal, she says, even some who were "passionate remainers". They recognise that it is the best deal that could be reached.

"I have seen lots of evidence that we can come together, to work together, and to get the best out of the deal that is available."

The PM's attempts to convince backbenchers to support her deal is proving fairly fruitless.

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Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards says the government has been forced to sign a "humiliating agreement" that gives absolutely no idea what sort of trade relationship it will lead to.

"I'm not a professional trade negotiator", he says, but it's obvious that "international trade is a brutal business where the size and the wealth of the market matter."

The Brexit deal will leave the UK as a smaller outside market that has no weight in negotiations with the much larger EU, he says.

"The last two years is a 'tickle-fight' compared to what is to come", he warns.

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Conservative peer Baroness Meyer says "the negativity needs to stop" as "all businesses and the people of the UK want is closure".

"Even if it comes to a no deal, we can handle it," she says, "we cannot keep re-running the referendum."

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Crossbench peer Baroness Bull says "a salary based immigration system would block the availability of the workforce the UK needs" and would "particularly damage the creative industries".

She says the withdrawal agreement "makes nothing of freelance workers, despite them making up 15% of employees".

"Even in the event of an orderly Brexit there is a real worry that UK will not have access to the workers they need," she says, calling for the release of the government's new immigration policy plan.

"The rhetoric is getting in the way for the facts", Baroness Bull says, and ending freedom of movement "is preventing the younger generations from the opportunities we were lucky enough to have".

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Labour MP Wayne David says the deal is not good enough for his constituents, whose employment opportunities and prosperity depend on a good relationship between the UK and EU.

However, leaving without a deal should not be considered "under any circumstances", he says.

"It is completely wrong that the prime minister is holding this sword of Damocles above the House of Commons".

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Tory MP Steve Double says there is a sense outside of parliament that MPs are organising an "establishment stitch up" to stop Brexit, and the vote for Dominic Greive's amendment yesterday was an act "against the 17 million people who voted to leave".

"I will not be supporting this withdrawal agreement", he says, as he "won't be pushed, out of fear, into voting for something I do not believe is right for this country."

He does not want a no deal Brexit however, he says - he wants the prime minister to go back to the EU and negotiate something better.

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Labour's Ellie Reeves says "whilst the EU is not perfect" it has helped to bring "peace and prosperity to our nation and our continent".

Ms Reeves asks would the UK economy or the NHS thrive without EU immigration.

63,000 NHS staff in England are EU nationals, she says.

Ellie Reeves believes freedom of movement is a "political football only used in negative terms".

"It is Irrefutable that immigration has aided our nation" she adds.

Ms Reeves says that many employment rights come from the EU including paid holiday and maternity rights.

She says there are those on the opposite benches "who wouldn't think twice about tearing these up"

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Labour peer Lord Rooker says "the people must have another vote now they are more informed."

He says there are "numerous clauses in the withdrawal agreement which are detrimental to the UK".

The UK "are presuming trade deals with the rest of the world, including with the food poisoning capital of the world - the United States", he says.

The deal is not in the public interest "and should not be backed".

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Conservative peer Lord Patten of Barnes says "whenever I see the words 'best endeavours', I reach for a shot gun."

"This document promises a future in which the landing point is determined largely by others, with 27 EU countries having a veto over what we do," he says, "it is a strong reason not to support this deal."

Lord Patten says the mantra used to be "no deal is better than a bad deal" but now it is "a bad deal is better than no deal".

He adds that the deal "won't bring this country together", but "there is the potential for another deal as the EU will negotiate a new deal if the prime minister changes her red lines."

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Sir Robert Syms says the Brexit vote was a "vote of confidence in this country", the British people were saying "we can do a lot better".

The Irish backstop however, is something that he cannot support, both as a unionist but also because it could be used to "screw the British down and give us a bad deal".

"Ultimately, the EU have to accept that the backstop is unacceptable", he says. If they did and changes were made, then the deal could pass.

Currently however, he cannot support it.

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Zac Goldsmith says MPs "can be confident" that very few people who voted leave were voting for the deal put forward.

"For all intents and purposes its effect is to bind us to the rules of the EU while removing our ability to influence those rules", the Conservative MP says.

It is "odd" that the government continues to "flog a dead horse."

He hopes the government loses the vote next week and that "this prime minister, or if she will not do it, another Prime Minister" takes the deal back to the EU and changes it.

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Crossbench peer Baroness O'Neill says corruption of the democratic process by digital technologies means a second referendum "would be a bad idea".

The democratic process is "under greater scrutiny than ever before" due to social media, she says, and agreeing to another vote would have "severe repercussions".

"Anyone who thinks a second referendum can provide a remedy needs to think again," she says.

Baroness O'Neill says the rights of Northern Irish and Irish citizens are not "emphasised" in the text, and "they need more assurances".