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After about two-and-a-quarter hours, Theresa May has now finished taking questions from MPs on her Brexit statement earlier.

Business in the Commons has moved on to discussion of a ten minute rule bill, external, which urges the NHS to go paperless, abandoning technology like pagers and fax machines.

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BBC political correspondent Vicki Young says tomorrow is going to be interesting with moves to take a no-deal Brexit off the table.

She says that it is this movement that has forced Theresa May to adopt some of these proposals herself today, saying that if her deal is voted down, there will be a vote on no-deal and a vote on a "short extension" of Article 50.

Conservative MP Nigel Evans says the prime minister is facing "open mutiny" and that he is "very disappointed" if there is going to be any extension of Article 50 whatsoever.

"It is an extension of the misery of the last two and a half years," he says, questioning what a three month extension will achieve.

Mr Evans says if Article 50 is extended and still no deal is agreed to, "then that's it - we leave without a deal".

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Theresa May's big concession - and it was a significant tactical retreat - was about buying herself more time.

So now, under the threat of maybe 15-20 ministers rebelling, the prime minister has promised MPs an opportunity next month to rule out a no-deal Brexit, and force a "limited" delay in leaving the EU.

Without that promise, there's every chance those unhappy ministers would have joined other MPs in voting to rule out no deal and delay Brexit anyway.

She did not offer ministers freedom to vote as they choose.

So now the (potential) rebels must decide whether to hold fire for a fortnight, while she tries to get terms in Brussels she can sell to the Commons - hoping Brexiteers ultimately back her deal as the best Brexit available.

Call it "running down the clock", or "kicking the can down the road", if you like.

But kicking and running has been Mrs May's best hope for months.

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Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson Tom Brake says that "a people's vote in a fair campaign devoid of the extensive cheating" of the last referendum would unite people.

Mrs May says that she does not believe there should be a second referendum.

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Labour MP Caroline Flint calls on all sides to compromise and "respect the referendum result".

She says her constituents look to a Labour government to improve their lives, not to the EU.

Theresa May says "it is necessary and I absolutely agree" in respecting the referendum result.

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Labour MP Jess Phillips says she feels "enraged" this week at the "lack of bravery" and wants to do the right thing for the country.

Ms Phillips calls on Theresa May to "be brave and to vote herself against no deal".

Mrs May says the facts of the situation are "simple", the House will have a decision to take but there are three options: to leave the EU with a deal, to leave the EU without a deal or to revoke Article 50.

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Green MP Caroline Lucas says EU leaders have been clear they will only agree to an Article 50 extension "for a good reason" and not just Mrs May's can-kicking.

She calls for Mrs May to allow a public vote.

Mrs May says offering a referendum with the chance to stay would not be respecting the result of the initial referendum.

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Recent Independent Group defector Anna Soubry says one of the reasons for her sitting on the opposite side now is because the prime minister is "can kicking and failing to put the country first" and instead, "putting the Conservative Party first".

The former Conservative MP says ministers have said they would be prepared to be sacked from government to ensure no deal is taken off the table.

She asks the prime minister to confirm that "nothing has changed, and no deal remains firmly on the table".

Mrs May says she is working in the national interest and in continued talks with the EU to secure changes that MPs can support, culminating in a deal.

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Conservative Dominic Grieve says he is "pleased to hear" the prime minister "consider the possibility" of an extension to the UK leaving the EU.

He says she is "brow-beating" the House into accepting either no deal or her deal.

He says it is "utterly democratic" to go back to the public on the deal agreed.

Mrs May replies to say that the House indicated it was unhappy with the previous deal as it did not agree with the conditions of the backstop.

"A second referendum does not change the fact" that there are only three options: her deal, no deal or no Brexit.

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DUP's Westminster Leader Nigel Dodds says the prime minister's deal was defeated before by 230 votes, mostly because of the backstop.

He says the prime minister has committed to legally binding changes to the backstop, and that without "legally watertight changes to the backstop", the DUP could not support the deal.

Mrs May says the EU has the intention of helping the UK find a resolution, and that the government is working to ensure "the right legal changes".