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Conservative peer Lord Wasserman says "we cannot afford to choose a Brexit scenario which makes us less safe."

He calls for more discussion on the costs to security if the UK leaves the EU, "I care about the potential cost of human life", he adds.

Lord Wasserman says "this is not the time to deprive the UK of the tools they need to fight crime which it has developed with the EU over recent years."

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Labour MP Anna McMorrin says there is "still time to change course and do the right thing".

There must be a 'People's Vote' on the final deal she says.

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Tory MP Anne Marie Morris says none of the amendments tabled will stop the UK from having to pay the £39bn divorce bill, and anyone who thinks they will deliver Brexit by supporting the withdrawal agreement is wrong.

Instead, she says the UK is better off leaving the EU without a deal.

She rejects suggestions that the UK would be "crashing out"; instead the country would only benefit.

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Lord Inglewood, a former Tory MEP, says "the political turmoil we are now in is not good for business certainty."

"The deal we are looking at has a whole myriad of loose ends which don't seem as if they're going to be tied up any time soon," he adds.

The deal is "a remarkable achievement in the circumstances, but is not good enough", he says.

"Even if not accepting the deal enhances tensions in the country, the deal is not good for the UK and I can't endorse it".

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Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse says the duty of an MP is to listen to the people, to respect their views and to use their own judgement to decide what is best for their constituents and the country.

"To keep this balance is at the heart of the matter" she explains.

She expresses her deep concern at reports of referendum "manipulation" and the threats they pose to democracy, but says this does not "nullify" the Brexit result.

The deal does not protect the long-term interest of the country, she says, accusing the PM of refusing to work with Parliament and find consensus, and now trying to "bully" them.

Supporting the deal would "make a nonsense of our representative democracy", she says, and Brexit cannot continue. But it can only be stopped by putting the decision back to the people.

It says the Northern Ireland backstop plan could lead to years of "protracted negotiations" with the EU.

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Conservative peer Lord Howard of Rising says "leaving the EU is a return to democracy."

"It is possible the government believes a stream of negative stories will convince people that leaving the EU is not the right thing to do," he says. "The fundamental point is the people want to leave."

"There is no such thing as no deal. If nothing is agreed with the EU we have a world trade deal under world trade terms", Lord Howard says.

"If the UK is free from the shackles of the customs union it will thrive," he says, "with a world trade deal there is no crashing out, just cashing in".

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Labour's Jim Cunningham says MPs are talking about the future of the UK's young people.

There is "strong economic reasons" to vote down the deal, he says. All businesses need stability to plan ahead and to protect the jobs of constituents, but the deal is "a stab in the dark".

Mr Cunningham says the agreement does not once mention UK universities or the Eramus scheme - it does not deliver for students.

The prime minister promised a "Brexit bonanza", he says, but leaving the EU will not fill the funding gap.

Under a backstop workers will not be able to bring grievances to the European Court of Justice, he says, and the Conservatives will not protect worker's rights.

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Labour peer Lord Davies of Stamford says "there has been a rejection of rationality from the right wing of politics", which, he says, worries him.

He says there has never been a case in history before where "a government has sought to pursue a policy that will make its country poorer - it is quite extraordinary and depressing".

"The situation is grotesque and the government has lost its bearings," he adds, saying that anyone suggesting there is a chance of negotiating a better deal with the EU "is not telling the truth and should not get away with it".

Lord Davies says freedom of movement is "a useful way for economic stabilisation" and is a reciprocal arrangement "providing great benefits to the UK people which must be recognised".

"The government has pursued a perverse policy in this area," he adds.

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Conservative peer and Brexit advocate Viscount Ridley says: "It is vital that the referendum is seen to be robust and fair."

He says remainers have "bombarded the Brussels-crats with advice to ensure the UK stays in the EU and that the deal will not be accepted".

"The deal is based on appeasing and retreating," he says "and the future relationship is a list of airy wishes based on a backstop."

He says this is "a half out deal with a backstop trap door and no exit" which is "not fair for those who voted for [leave]."

Viscount Ridley says after reading the full legal advice "I cannot support this deal", as "this party is being disloyal to its manifesto".

He calls for one last try at getting the backstop "softened", or to move it into the political declaration "so it is less damaging".

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Conservative MP Nigel Evans says "it's about time people started listening to the DUP".

He says another referendum would be "fraudulent" and "ridiculous", because a people's vote was held 2016.

Mr Evans says "invisible people" were given a voice under David Cameron and not listening would be "wholly dangerous".

"We are in a remain Parliament which happens to reside in a leave country," he adds.

He says to the prime minister: "For goodness sake don't take this to defeat".

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Former foreign secretary and Independent Social Democrat peer Lord Owen says the UK could leave the EU and stay in the European Economic Area (EEA) like Norway because it signed the EEA in 1992.

He says that "it is our right to stay in the EEA, and we must ask the EU to look at these parts of the withdrawal agreement with us" if the withdrawal agreement is rejected by Parliament next week.

Lord Owen says if MPs do not support the withdrawal agreement, "the card that is left is the EEA, which offers a far better solution than the prime minister's catastrophe."

Continuing as a member of the EEA after 29 March "allows an independent fisheries policy to start immediately and ensures that we have, if we judge the time to be correct, a clear legal exit procedure in which the EU has no involvement", he says.

He dismisses the idea of leaving the EU without a deal as “vainglorious” and says there would be no Commons majority for this.

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The DUP's Sammy Wilson says the deal does not deliver on the referendum.

He says there has been a concentration on the "mythical" problem of the Irish border that has tied the UK into a range of measure that will damage the economy and the Union.

The MP says trade can go across the Irish border at present with taxes being collected, good checked for conformity and animal health being protected.

"A hard border is not necessary," he adds.

Mr Wilson says the Northern Ireland and United Kingdom Protocol is "designed to thwart the wishes of the people of the UK in leaving the EU".

He accuses the prime minister of acting in "bad faith".

Boris Johnson calls on the PM to bin the "nightmareish" Northern Ireland backstop and go back to Brussels.

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Marion Fellows says she will be voting against the Withdrawal Agreement as she believes it will increase poverty of those in her constituency.

Ms Fellows says small businesses rely on EU nationals in more numbers in Scotland and asks how the economy will grow when the UK does not have the right people because of paperwork.

She worries the Northern Ireland solution will cause businesses to move from away from Scotland.

She accuses the UK Parliament of treating Scotland with "complete contempt".

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The Scottish Parliament has rejected the UK government's draft Brexit deal, with 92 MSPs backing the motion and 29 against.

SNP, Labour, Green and Lib Dem members at Holyrood all backed a jointly penned motion rejecting the proposals, as well as the prospect of leaving without any deal.

The vote was held as MPs at Westminster continue to debate whether to accept the withdrawal plan agreed between the UK and EU.

The Scottish Conservatives voted against the joint motion at decision time.

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Tory MP Dr Sarah Wollaston says the government "need to be honest" about the impact of their deal, saying "we must be thinking about plan B".

Dr Wollaston says "no government can force this country into a no deal scenario, and the people should be given a say."

She says to have a complicated surgery, patients must know the complications and procedure involved, "now the people know what is involved and can have a more informed say".

Dr Wollaston suggests a referendum bill could be pushed through the house in 22 weeks, and calls for the prime minister to extend Article 50 and "go to the British people".

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Former Conservative deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine says he did not support the calls to publish the Brexit legal advice, and the subsequent publication has been "a damp squib".

But despite that, he rejects the deal and rejects Brexit.

He says that the "underlying issue" behind Brexit was the frozen living standards after 2008 and the economic crisis, and by voting for Brexit "we are voting to make this country poorer".

He warns his party that if they vote for a slower economy, for lower investment and lower public spending, then those who will suffer most will be the poorest.

It will be a Tory government that is blamed, he says, "and I will have no part in it".

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Tory MP and ardent Brexiteer John Redwood says "the people voted to take back sovereignty and were told we would leave the customs union."

"Honest voters made a considered and appropriate decision and it is deeply insulting to the electors to think they are stupid," he adds.

He urges the House to "move on from project fear" and says the people "don't believe you when you say we must not leave and it will all be doom and gloom".

He adds that "the miserable agreement locks us into the EU's customs arrangement for many years and will not allow us flexibility to negotiate good free trade deals."

Mr Redwood says: "The people made a great decision I am mightily proud of and it is high time this government rose to the challenge."