The meeting with Sir Graham Brady comes as the PM is under pressure to set a firm resignation date.

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MPs turn their attention now to the second reading of the Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill, external.

The bill would introduce legislation to prohibit the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.

Under the bill, any animal which is "not commonly domesticated in Great Britain" would count as prohibited.

The new law would allow the government to take action against the circus owner or operator, or the most senior person in the United Kingdom who is responsible for the circus.

The law would apply to England and Wales, and is planned to come into force on 20 January 2020.

This is a government bill, introduced to Parliament on 30th April by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.

In March 2018, Conservative backbench MP Trudy Harrison introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. A date for this bill's second reading was never set. This new bill will supersede Mrs Harrison's bill.

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Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has introduced his Ten Minute Rule Bill called Banking (Consumer and Small Business Protection).

This bill is designed to enable consumers to transfer their mortgage to another provider.

The bill would prohibit the sale of mortgage debt to unregulated entities, and establish a Financial Services Tribunal. It would also prevent the foreclosure of certain business loans.

If the bill became law, Mr Elphicke says it would assist so-called "mortgage prisoners" who are trapped paying a higher rate of interest on their mortgage because they cannot meet the affordability tests.

The Financial Conduct Authority is currently consulting on proposals to help consumers switch their mortgage providers.

Ten Minute Rule Bills are highly unlikely to become law without government support.

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The BBC have published a helpful guide on what is and isn't legal when schools exclude students.

The advice applies to schools in England only.

Under UK law, schools cannot exclude a pupil for bad grades or a medical condition or a special educational need, but can for repeated disruptive and bad behaviour.

Between 2016 and 2017, there was an increase in school exclusions from 2015.

7,720 students were excluded between 2016 and 2017.

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The Timpson review on exclusions has been published, and is recommending 30 changes to the government on treatment of excluded students from schools.

Under changes proposed in the review, the government will make schools accountable for students they exclude.

Analysis shows that 85% of all mainstream schools did not expel a single child in 2016/17, but 0.2% of schools having expelled more than 10 pupils in the same year.

The Department for Education has welcomed the review and agreed to all 30 recommendations in principle.

The government will now launch a consultation on the changes later this year.

Measures being enacted by the government include earlier intervention for students at risk of exclusion, to try to prevent the exclusion taking place.

The full government statement on the changes has been released, external.

The government has confirmed the elections will take place on 23 May.

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The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, is updating MPs on the security funding for places of worship.

Security funding is intended to prevent hate crime in churches, mosques, synagogues and other places.

This year, mosques and other buildings have been protected by around £1m in government money, next year this will be increased to £1.6m.

Alongside the increased funds, staff in places of worship will be eligible to apply for funding from a pot of £5m to help with protective security training.

As part of the increased funding package, staff working on these premises will no longer have to prove they have been subject to hate crimes before.

The fund helps places with physical security measures such as fencing, lighting and CCTV. It was launched in 2016.

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At the beginning of May, Bombardier announced that they wanted to sell their Northern Ireland operations.

The Canadian aircraft manufacturer employs around 3,600 people across Northern Ireland.

Unions have said it is causing "uncertainty" for those who work for the manufacturer.

It is selling off its aerospace operations in Belfast, Newtownabbey, Newtownards and Dunmurry. The company's Moroccan operation is also being sold off.

In a statement, Bombardier said it was consolidating all aerospace assets into a "single, streamlined and fully integrated business".

The predecessor to Bombardier, Shorts, opened their first factory in Northern Ireland in 1936, and Bombardier took it over in 1989.

It is one of Northern Ireland's largest employers.

The company is responsible for over 1000 jobs in Belfast alone, external.

Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington says "regrettably" a Brexit deal will not be completed in time.

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On 10 April, the Department for Transport announced that Abellio would take over the running of the East Midlands train service from Stagecoach.

The Dutch government-owned company currently operates five other franchises in the UK, including Scotrail and the Greater Anglia service between Norwich and London.

The East Midlands line operates trains between Norwich, Nottingham and Liverpool.

Stagecoach was not allowed to bid again to operate the franchise after the DfT expressed concerns over their pension commitments.

When the government announced the deal last month, they said it would lead to new and faster trains.

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Those who are eligible for the Severe Disability Premium must be in receipt of the Personal Independence Payments daily living component, the Armed Forces Independent Payment, the middle or highest rate of the Disability Living Allowance, or the Attendance Allowance.

At the end of last year, then Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey said new claimants to Universal Credit would not have to wait as long for payments when they first enrol.

Labour has been calling for halting roll-out of the "failed" Universal Credit system.

The new Universal Credit system has been beset by delays and problems for new claimants.

Ms McVey said in November that those on the Severe Disability Premium, around 500,000, would be "protected".

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The parliamentary day starts shortly with Health and Social Care questions from MPs.

At 3:30pm, MPs will hear an answer to an urgent question on the Severe Disability Premium, external, followed by urgent questions on East Midlands trains rail franchises and the sale of Bombardier in Northern Ireland.

At around 5:45pm, there will be a statement on funding for protection of places of worship, followed by a statement on the Timpson review of school exclusions, and the government's response.

At around 7:45pm, the Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke will introduce a ten minute rule motion on banking, and the main legislative business of the day is a bill on Wild Animals in Circuses.