Jeremy Corbyn's spokesman says an extension to Article 50 was "inevitable" and Labour believes a three-month delay is "appropriate".

"The key issue is what the purpose of the extension is, and the prime minister's unable to say what her purpose is for the extension," he says.

The spokesman says the delay could be used to secure support for a compromise.

"We said that to achieve the kind of compromise and the alternative plan that we've been laying out and discussing with MPs from across the House, that would need to be done through amendments to the political declaration," he adds.

The Labour leader will travel to Brussels on Thursday to meet the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier.

He is also expected to hold talks with several EU 27 leaders.

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Conservative MP John Baron says it is important the government recognises the current position that the legal default position is that the UK will be leaving the EU on 29 March "with or without a deal".

The narrative that seems to be emerging from Number 10 is that Parliament has not expressed what it wants, Mr Baron says, adding: "I would say that it has."

He questions the strength of no-deal preparations despite "millions of pounds being spent".

"Dire predictions of no-deal economic gloom are causing concerns," he adds.

He says he applied for this urgent question to allow the government to reassure the public of the preparations the government has made for a no-deal Brexit.

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Brexit Minister Chris Heaton-Harris begins by telling MPs: "the legal default is that the UK will leave the EU unless an alternative is agreed."

He lists the actions the government has taken including published advice, contacting businesses and lauching television adverts which are due to be broadcast today.

He adds that the Treasury has allocated £4.2 billion for a no-deal Brexit.

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Conservative Brexiteer Nigel Evans says that the prime minister has told the Commons the UK would leave in March over 100 times, but the UK is now leaving in June.

He adds that "only Nigel Farage" would be happy if the UK has to take part in more European elections.

He says any softer Brexit would be "Brexit in name only".

The DUP are still "not on side" and it is unknown how many Labour MPs would vote for the deal a third time round, he says.

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Conservative John Baron asks what preparations are taking place in the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Last week MPs voted to reject a no-deal Brexit but the vote is not binding.

The UK had been due to leave the EU on 29 March, however Theresa May has written to EU leaders for that date to be postponed.

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SNP MP Stewart McDonald says he is concerned that this question being granted has allowed Mr Francois another opportunity to carry out his "tinpot tyrant attacks" on civil servants.

Mr McDonald also asks for the devolved administrations to be continually consulted by the government and the joint committee.

Brexit Minister Kwasi Kwarteng says the government is committed to conversing with all the devolved administrations on matters.

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Speaker John Bercow interrupts the proceedings to tell off Jacob Rees-Mogg for using his mobile phone in the chamber.

"I have long been conscious that the member uses a mobile phone," said Mr Bercow.

"However, it does conflict very, very, very heavily with my image of the honourable gentlemen as the embodiment of tradition and someone who thinks the 17th Century is indecently recent," he adds.

Mr Rees-Mogg apologises for being "unduly modern".

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Labour MP Chris Bryant reads out a limerick in the Commons saying it reminds him of how the ERG are now controlling Theresa May:

"There was a young lady of Niger

"Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;

"They returned from the ride

"With the lady inside,

"And the smile on the face of the tiger."

Mr Bryant concludes: "The Conservative Party is now run by the ERG."

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Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says that Parliament is not frustrating the choice of the referendum.

Instead, he tells BBC News it is the prime minister listening to the Brexiteers in her own party which is causing problems.

He adds that a short extension is "the worst of all worlds" as it gives the prime minister more time to "bully her backbenchers" when more time is needed.

"There is no 52% anymore," he adds.

But Conservative Rachel Maclean says that the British people agree with the prime minister in only wanting a short extension.

She adds that a general election does not solve the "fundamental issues" and just creates "more chaos and uncertainty".

Labour's Catherine West says the government is spending £500m a week on Brexit.

She adds that it is "really odd" the leader of the opposition had to say his door is open, rather than the other way around.

She adds her constituency voted 80% to remain, but she is supportive of the Kyle-Wilson amendment, which would require a confirmatory referendum before May's deal is voted for.

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SNP MP Peter Grant accuses the minister of not answering Matthew Pennycook's question.

He asks the minister to "give an undertaking" that this "exceptionally powerful" committee will reflect the devolved nations.

Mr Kwarteng replies that the joint committee is not a negotiating team, adding: "There is no scope for some form of delegation."

He says the committee's only function is to ensure that the terms of the withdrawal agreement are complied with.

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Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith asks Mr Kwarteng for more information about how the joint committee will function to confirm that the terms of the withdrawal agreement are complied with.

Mr Kwarteng says all of this is contingent on the withdrawal agreement being passed, yet Mr Francois has consistently voted against the agreement.

"This is not a systematic plot to undermine the democrat process of this House," Mr Kwarteng adds.

"Everything will be done with the utmost transparency."

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Shadow Brexit minister Matthew Pennycook says Mark Francois has "done the House a service" by raising the issue.

He asks if the UK representatives on the committee will come from political parties and the devolved assemblies.

Kwasi Kwarteng replies that there will be "ample consultation" with the devolved assemblies.

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Commons leader Andrea Leadsom has insisted the prime minister does not want to delay Brexit beyond 30 June.

She tells BBC Radio 4's World at One that Theresa May has made clear she is seeking a "short extension in order for the House to become comfortable with the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration".

"She does not want us to be fighting the next European elections and we would certainly have to do that if we were to extend beyond June," she says.

However, Mrs Leadsom would not say whether the letter ruled out the possibility of a longer extension.

Asked what would happen if the EU did not grant an extension, Mrs Leadsom says the "legal default" remains that the UK leaves without a deal on 29 March, unless Parliament votes for a deal.

She adds: "The prime minister needs to see what conditions, if any, the EU want to impose on a short extension.

"And then consider what those are and what the response should be."

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Brexit Minister Kwasi Kwarteng says some of the things Mr Francois said "were slightly off the mark".

He says Mr Francois has implied that the joint committee is "some subterranean plot to subvert the will of the House", when in fact it is "very common in international agreements".

"This is entirely keeping with what happens in international treaties," Mr Kwarteng adds.

The joint committee simply cannot act if the UK does not agree, Mr Kwarteng reiterates.

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Mark Francois says that very few MPs are aware of "the extensive powers" of the EU-UK joint committee contained within the withdrawal agreement.

Mr Francois lists his objections to the committee, saying: "It has full force in international law, it does not have to publish any minutes and can be chaired by two unelected civil servants."

He says the rules for the committee have been "extremely cleverly drafted to hand power to civil servants rather than ministers".

He asks what checks and balances MPs have over the operation of the committee.