The government lost its motion asking for a recess to cover its party conference next week.

None of the existing Tory MPs rebelled.

But how did its former MPs vote?

Those in favour of recess:

• Steve Brine
• Greg Clark
• Charlie Elphicke
• Caroline Nokes

Those against recess:

• Heidi Allen
• Guto Bebb
• Nick Boles
• Kenneth Clarke
• David Gauke
• Justine Greening
• Dominic Grieve
• Anne Milton
• Amber Rudd
• Antoinette Sandbach

The others abstained.

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The business statement has come to a close and points of order answered.

Now the Commons has two hours for a general debate on "the principles of democracy and the rights of the electorate".

The Westminster leader of Plaid Cymru has asked how she could go about impeaching the prime minister.

Making a point of order in the Commons, Liz Saville-Roberts asked: "What resorts do we have when the prime minister respects no boundaries in tactics, language or conduct."

Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow says there are "various ways" to "seek to debate the conduct of ministers".

He suggests she talks to the clerks of the Commons to find out the options open to her.

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Rachel Johnson has said it was "particularly tasteless" of her brother to say her the best way to honour Jo Cox's memory is to deliver Brexit.

Speaking on Sky News programme The Pledge she also said that the PM's use of terms like "surrender" was "reprehensible”.

Her name is now trending on Twitter in the UK with thousands of tweets discussing the interview.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg stands by the prime minister's use of the phrase "surrender bill", which has caused so much controversy in the past 24 hours.

He tells the Commons "civility is important" and "being polite to each other is important", and says MPs must "oppose vigorously" any threats to colleagues on either side of the House.

But he said it was a "fundamental error" to conflate threats with robust debate.

Mr Rees-Mogg adds: "The surrender bill term is one of a matter of taste, not a matter of any real importance and I am quite happy with the term."

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Boris Johnson was due to give his first speech at the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday as the party's leader.

But now the recess for the conference to take place has been rejected, he may be required in the Commons for Prime Minister's Questions.

Asked which ministers will be facing questions next week, Jacob Rees-Mogg says he "assumes [the PM] will be making his usual appearance".

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The division list showed 275 Conservatives, five Independents and nine DUP MPs voted for the recess motion.

Those who opposed it include 229 Labour MPs, 35 SNP, 18 Liberal Democrats, 15 Independents, four Plaid Cymru, four Independent Group for Change MPs, and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas.

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Labour's Stella Creasy thanks the Leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg, for bringing the Domestic Abuse Bill forward for next week.

She says he is "illustrating so beautifully why so many of us fought against prorogation" and "proving there is business that people across the House people want to see move forward".

Mr Rees-Mogg says he is "so pleased" that Ms Creasy welcomes next week's business.

But he reminds the Labour MP the government planned to have it as part of their Queen's Speech, so it was "something the government is particularly and singularly committed to this important bill".

MPs have voted by 306 to 289 against the government's motion calling for a three-day parliamentary recess next week.

The break would have coincided with the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

Vicki Young
Chief Political Correspondent

The leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has now had to lay out what is going to happen when the Conservative party conference is going on. They're announcing things which aren't too controversial because they don't want Tory MPs to have to come all the way back from Manchester every couple of hours to do votes.

They have announced some statutory instruments which will probably go through maybe even without a vote, and then, very interestingly on Wednesday, the Domestic Abuse Bill's second reading.

The government is hoping that can be debated on Wednesday - it's uncontentious in the sense that it would get through the House of Commons without too much whipping on either side. Wednesday, of course, is the day that Boris Johnson should be addressing the Conservative Party conference.

The unknown in all of this is whether backbench MPs try again to take over the order paper - to take over what happens in the House of Commons. And because Tory MPs may not be here, as many of them, could they do that and bring in some other kind of bill or legislation.

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After the government lost the vote on its conference plans, Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg announced non-controversial business for when the House sits on Monday and Tuesday next week.

He added that the Domestic Abuse Bill, which has cross-party support, will be debated on Wednesday 2 October.

Mr Rees-Mogg also confirmed further business in the Commons next week.

On Monday, there will be a series of debates relating to Northern Ireland.

On Tuesday, MPs will debate various pieces of secondary legislation relating to Brexit.

On Thursday, there will be a debate on women's mental health and spending in the Ministry of Justice.

The European Commission has reminded UK politicians to be respectful following rows about the language used in the Commons.

Mina Andreeva, chief spokeswoman for the commission, told reporters: "I think respect is the key word.

"We would remind everybody that respect is a fundamental value of all our democracies and it is the responsibility of each and every politician to uphold our values and history has shown us what happens when they are not respected."

British European Commissioner Julian King had previously called Boris Johnson's dismissal of death threat fears as "crass and dangerous".

Ms Andreeva confirmed technical talks between the EU and the UK over removing the backstop from the Withdrawal Agreement would continue on Friday.

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Senior Conservatives, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, are calling on Parliament to agree to an early election.

But how quickly could an election be held and why is Labour reluctant to agree to one right now?

You can read our guide here.

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After Parliament is prorogued, it will return with "bigger" and "better" bills, Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg promises.

He adds that the foreign secretary has spoken to his Iranian counterpart about the detention of British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. He praises MPs who continue to raise the issue.

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Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg says Labour should support calls for a general election.

He says this is a "chicken Parliament", with many MPs fearful of facing the electorate.

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Shadow leader of the House Valerie Vaz calls for Attorney General Geoffrey Cox to apologise for calling this Parliament "dead".

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Boris Johnson's sister says man at the despatch box is "a different person" from the brother she sees at home.

"It raises this question - is it a deliberate strategy to whip up, to raise the tempo so much that people feel that they've had their democracy stolen or they've had the vote betrayed?" asks broadcaster Rachel Johnson.

She adds that it "obviously whips up the base into believing that if only they cleave to him and the strongman rhetoric and the strongman strategy they will get what they want".

She believes Mr Johnson is "loving" the situation, noting that Labour's refusal to call an election allows him to be "the leader with conviction who can face down the opposition".

She adds that when people congratulate her brother, she asks: "Which one: Jo or Boris?"

Jo Johnson quit as an MP and minister earlier this month, saying he was "torn between family loyalty and the national interest".