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Labour MP Janet Daby is now asking her urgent question on far-right violence and online extremism following the attack on two mosques in New Zealand last week.

Social media companies have faced criticism after footage of the attack, which left 50 people dead, was live-streamed by the attacker.

Despite the original video being taken down, it was quickly replicated and shared widely on other platforms, including YouTube and Twitter.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid has warned social media firms to "clean up their platforms" or be prepared to face the "force of the law".

Facebook says it has deleted more than 1.5m copies of the video of the attacks and 1.2m copies were blocked while they were being uploaded.

YouTube has said it is "working vigilantly" to remove any violent footage.

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Lib Dem MP Sir Ed Davey says suggests a Speaker’s conference to bring together all the parties to try and find a way forward.

Commons leader Andrea Leadsom raises a point of order, saying she is a reforming member of the House of Commons.

"For me, treating colleagues with courtesy and respect is at the forefront of that reform," she notes, adding: "any Speaker's conference would have to have that at its heart, and I simply would not be confident that would be the case".

Mr Bercow says "so be it" and that he "treats the House with respect".

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Conservative MPs Neil O'Brien and James Cleverly say that many MPs may have voted differently if a third vote on the Brexit deal were carried out.

They say that MPs should have a chance to express their view on any deal that is achieved by the government.

The Speaker says MPs can express their opinion on a deal that is "fundamentally different" from that which was put before them last week.

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During his statement, Speaker John Bercow referred to Erskine May. But what is it?

Erskine May is a rulebook of parliamentary procedure, written by a clerk of the House of Commons, Thomas Erksine May.

It was first published in 1844 and has been updated roughly every seven years since then, with the latest edition being number 24.

It is generally held to be the most authoritative reference book on how Parliament works.

A new edition is due to be published this year and will be made available online for the first time - you can currently only read it via the intranet in Parliament or in hard copy from the House of Commons Library.

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Labour MP Hilary Benn, who chairs the Brexit select committee, asks for clarification on how different a deal would have to be for it to be re-submitted to a vote.

"A demonstrable change to the proposition would be required" for another vote, Mr Bercow says.

"A change in an opinion would not itself be a change in the offer," he says.

"For something to be different it has to be fundamentally different, not in terms of wording but in terms of substance."

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Former Tory MP Anna Soubry, who now sits as part of the Independent Group, asks the Speaker what he expects the government to do now.

John Bercow says it is not for him to say what ministers should do, but says it would be helpful if the government gave the "earliest possible indication" of how it intends to proceed.

"The role of the Speaker is to seek to facilitate the House," he says, adding: "I have never been pushed around and I'm not going to start now."

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Labour MP Angela Eagle asks the Speaker to confirm that his decision is to "stop the bullying of the legislature by the executive".

She says rules in Erskine May, the parliamentary rulebook, have been crafted to avoid "the kind of spectacle we have witnessed in the last few months".

John Bercow says "I don't think there is one single rationale for the emergence and continuation of the convention" but that "it would be true to say - a concern with the judicious use of parliamentary time when that time is finite is a factor".

There must also be clarity and consistency so far as the statute book is concerned, he adds.

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Mr Bercow says the government cannot "legitimately" re-submit a Brexit proposal to the Commons which is "the same, or substantially the same" as that rejected by MPs earlier this month.

However he says if ministers were to submit a proposition which is "neither the same nor substantially the same", then this would be in order.

He says his ruling should not be seen as his "last word on the subject", but as an indication of "the test the government must meet in order for me to rule that a third meaningful vote can legitimately be held in this parliamentary session".

Speaker John Bercow is now making a statement on whether the government can bring its Brexit deal back for another vote.

Some MPs have argued that it would be against parliamentary rules for the government to put its Brexit deal back to another vote without changes to it.

Labour MP Chris Bryant tabled an amendment to this effect on a Brexit motion last week, but in the end he decided not to push it to a vote.

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Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd confirms that the government will "deliver on its promise" to legislate for collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes.

The Dutch-style retirement scheme is being pioneered in the UK by Royal Mail.

Under the proposals, members will put their money into one fund rather than individual pots, meaning the investment, inflation and longevity risks surrounding pension schemes are shared across the scheme members.

Ms Rudd says the scheme will improve "retirement outcomes" for those taking part, as well as bringing benefits for employers.

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Our coverage of the Commons will begin at 2.30pm with work and pensions questions, before MPs discuss the three urgent questions granted by Speaker John Bercow.

First, Labour MP Janet Daby will ask a question on far-right violence and online extremism following the attack on two mosques in Christchurch last Friday.

Ahead of a crucial EU summit later this week, Tory MP Justine Greening will ask about the procedure for extending Brexit talks under Article 50.

After this, Labour MP Chris Matheson will ask a third urgent question on government contractor Interserve going in to administration last week.

After this, the rest of the day will be taken up with discussion of various pieces of secondary legislation related to Brexit.