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The Environment Secretary Michael Gove begins by paying tribute to the prime minister.

"She may have temporarily lost her voice but she will never lose a focus on the national interest," he says.

Turning to the subject of the debate, he warns MPs that voters will take "a very, very dim view" of those who seek to "frustrate the mandate they were given".

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Speaker John Bercow has just announced the two amendments to be debated by MPs.

These are:

Amendment a - From Labour MP Jack Dromey and Conservative Caroline Spelman. It changes the wording of the government motion to "this House rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship".

Amendment f - The Malthouse Compromise. This sets out the process for a "managed no-deal".

You can read more about them here.

The Spring Statement is over and MPs are about to begin debating whether the UK should leave the EU without a deal, ahead of this evening's vote.

Here are some questions that you've been asking Google today - with the answers.

What is a free vote?

A free vote means ministers and MPs can make their own mind up rather than following the orders of party managers (whips) – an unusual and rare move for a vote on a major policy.

What is a no-deal Brexit?

A no-deal Brexit means leaving the EU, but without a deal in place. It does not mean no Brexit.

“No deal” would mean there would be no transition period after 29 March and EU laws would stop applying to the UK immediately.

Here is a list of 10 ways you could be affected by a no-deal Brexit.

How did my MP vote?

You can find out by clicking here.

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Ms Truss also said that under the new tariff regime the government says would be introduced in a no-deal Brexit scenario, her understanding was there would be checks on goods going from Northern Ireland into the rest of the UK.

Speaking on BBC Politics Live she said: "There are checks on the UK going into the UK from Northern Ireland, is my understanding, under these proposals.”

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss has said she will be voting to "keep no-deal on the table" at the vote in the Commons later.

The government motion, endorsed by the prime minister, opposes leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

"I do think it’s important we keep no-deal on the table, we hold our nerve, and we keep pressure up", she said on BBC Politics Live.

"If we extend, if we allow the pressure to dissipate, ultimately I fear we won’t end up delivering Brexit at all, and that will be a massive problem with public trust.”

Downing Street makes clear that Conservative MPs are being given a free vote on the so-called Malthouse amendment, which aims for the UK to leave the EU without a deal, but also secure a transition period until the end of December 2021.

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Treasury Committee chair Nicky Morgan says that if the Brexit votes tonight and tomorrow go against the prime minister, the Cabinet will "have to have a conversation as to whether her position is tenable".

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Dozens of European newspapers say they are baffled by what they call endless Brexit uncertainty.

"Theresa May's hapless premiership is now, effectively, over," says an editorial in The Irish Times, after the UK prime minister's Brexit divorce deal with the EU was rejected a second time in the House of Commons.

"She cannot get a deal past the Commons and her tactic of delaying and trying to pander to the Brexiteer lobby and the DUP has backfired spectacularly," it says.

It argues British politics has found itself unable to frame the questions it must answer, never mind answer them. The paper blasts the pro-Brexit lobby's "fantasies" on the Irish border.

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Speaking on Politics Live, the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg says: "From a purely political point of view, some people will have watched that and thought: 'Blimey'.

"Here is Philip Hammond, who has enraged some people in the Tory party for some time with his approach to Brexit, pretty openly, not just saying to Brexiteers: 'Look get with the programme we need to get on with this', but also - I thought - obliquely saying to the prime minister: 'It is now time for you to budge, to move, to open this up'.

"[Time for her to] think about a Brexit which has a better chance - in his view - of getting through Parliament, and something that could mean a much closer relationship with the EU."

Laura says Mr Hammond has backed the PM's deal all along - and he did say it was a shame her vote didn't go through.

But she says that what we just saw in public from the chancellor is what has been widely suspected in private - that he wants to take a closer course with the EU.

Laura adds: "That is something really politically significant and watching her [Theresa May's] face sitting behind him, she didn't look best pleased."

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With the chancellor's final words on Brexit attracting attention from commentators, it is worth looking at exactly what he said.

Mr Hammond told the Commons that economic progress would be put at risk unless MPs took the threat of no-deal off the table.

"Last night's events mean we are not where I hoped we would be today," he said.

"Our economy is fundamentally robust. But the uncertainty that I hoped we would lift last night still hangs over us. We cannot allow that to continue. It is damaging our economy and it is damaging our standing and reputation in the world.

"Tonight we have a choice. We can remove the threat of an imminent no-deal exit hanging over our economy.

"Tomorrow, we will have the opportunity to start to map out a way forward towards building a consensus across this House for a deal we can, collectively support, to exit the EU in an orderly way to a future relationship that will allow Britain to flourish, protecting jobs and businesses.

"A brighter future is within our grasp. Tonight, let's take a decisive step towards seizing it and building a Britain fit for the future; a Britain the next generation will be proud to call their home."