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Lib Dem MP Luciana Berger says the words of MPs "carry consequences" and "reverb far and wide beyond these walls".

She says the prime minister "holds the highest office in our land and holds the greatest responsibility for what he says and inspires".

She describes her own experience of having six people convicted of harassment and hate crime aimed at her.

Ms Berger asks the minister to "take back to the prime minister that he should urgently reconsider his deliberate strategy of sowing sees of division in our country".

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband says all MPs need to take care of their language and "none of us is without fault".

But he says the prime minister "holds a special responsibility".

Mr Miliband says he spent more than four years at the dispatch box from former Tory PM David Cameron but never saw a performance like it.

"The language of 'surrender' suggests we are at war, either with Europe or each other," he adds.

"As someone who grew up with parents who grew up in the shadow of war, we are not at war with Europe or at war with each other.

"Go down any street and there are people who voted Remain and people who voted Leave."

The Labour MP finishes by accusing Boris Johnson of "trying to divide an already divided country", but says the strategy won't work because "the British people are better than this".

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Mother of the House and Labour MP Harriet Harman says last night was "an ugly spectacle of things getting even worse that have been happening for months and months".

She says: "We all know all members have felt inhibited in doing their work that they are elected to do."

Ms Harman said her and the Father of the House, Ken Clarke, have called for a speaker's conference, bringing together the police, Crown Prosecution Service, the House authorities and all parties to "look at what can be done to ensure we protect our democracy".

She adds that the conference "also must look at our political culture", and be updated, rather than ruling out old language like "blaggard, guttersnipe or stool pigeon".

Jaguar Land Rover's CEO has said they will have to shut all of their UK factories for a week "in November to prepare for Brexit."

The company previously warned that a "bad" Brexit deal would threaten £80bn worth of investment plans for the UK and may force it to close factories.

The UK's biggest carmaker, owned by India's Tata Motors, said its "heart and soul is in the UK".

At the beginning of the year, JLR said it would cut production at its plant in Halewood, Merseyside where it builds three of its Range Rover models.

In April, it decided not to renew the contracts for 1,000 temporary workers in Solihull.

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Tory backbencher Sir Bernard Jenkin says the debate was "in danger of turning into a holier than thou competition".

He says it was right for MPs to "reflect on how much unhappiness and anxiety" there was, but people were "going to use robust and emotive language".

But Sir Bernard says he wanted to "make a request we no longer invoke anyone's name to make a political point [as it is] used as an opportunity to shame other members of this House".

He adds: "I don't think any of the exchanges or mentions of Jo Cox was fair on her family."

But Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson replied: "It is not for any member of this House to say if any member can talk about their own grief and how they feel in a certain circumstance and whether that should be allowed."

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The SNP's Kirsty Blackman strongly criticises the PM for his performance at the dispatch box on Wednesday.

She says: "We have got in No 10 a man who has built his career on making inflammatory remarks, stoking division and shouting down those who disagree with him.

"The prime minister is not fit for office. His behavior is an outrage and his government is treating people disgracefully."

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In the debate about the use of language in the Commons, government minister, Kevin Foster, says "the passions" that Brexit has inflamed "will only carry on if there is not a resolution".

But independent MP (and former Tory) Anne Milton said the question was about last night's language.

"We should put aside our Brexit [and] Remain T-shirts and put on a T-shirt that stands for parliamentary democracy," she says.

"Yesterday was unacceptable and if we don't do something to change this we are putting our parliamentary democracy in threat."

Mr Johnson apparently refused to answer journalists' questions as he left a 30 minute meeting of the 1922 Committee of Tory MPs.

One senior Conservative who was present at the meeting told the Press Association that the PM had "clarified" the language he used in the Commons at the meeting, but would not say if the PM apologised.

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There were calls for Liz Truss to resign after the government's acknowledgement of a pledge not to licence exports to Saudi Arabia that could be used in the Yemen conflict had been breached.

SNP MP Chris Law said it was a "shocking revelation", adding: "Does she take full responsibility for her department's unlawful award... and therefore will she do the right thing and resign?"

Ms Truss reiterated she had taken immediate action to have an internal investigation into what had happened.

But shadow international development secretary Barry Gardiner wondered whether it was "highly probable" that more licences had been granted.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says it is "extremely disappointing" the prime minister has not come to answer the question.

He says Boris Johnson's language was "frankly nothing short of disgraceful".

He adds: "The language that politicians use matters and has real consequences."

Mr Corbyn says dismissing the concerns from MPs about death threats that quoted his own words is "reprehensible".

He says he has written to all members of the Parliamentary Labour Party as no side has a "monopoly" on virture and "inappropriate language" has happened on all sides.

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Tory MP Maria Miller accuses Jess Phillips of shouting the loudest in the Commons last night.

She says that went towards creating the "hostile" atmosphere in the House of Commons.

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The minister, Kevin Foster, says the government is doing a lot of work to ensure MPs "feel safe", especially online.

He says: "We can all look at things we have said over years" and realise it was not the right language.

"It is not about a game of what about-ery, but a focus on what we can do to protect."

He adds: "We must create a safe environment for all".

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Jess Phillips says she doesn't want to "probe" into the abuse of MPs, as they all receive it.

"I have had a death threat this week that quoted the prime minister and used his name and words," she said.

Instead she wants to ask what can be done about her belief there is a "clear strategy" from No 10 "to divide" with his use of language.

"It has clearly been tested, workshopped, worked up, entirely designed to inflame hatred and division," she says.

"i get it, it works, it is working, we are all ambitious... but I also have a soul."

Ms Phillips adds: "When I hear of my friends murder and the way it has made me and my colleagues feel described as humbug, I don't feel anger. I feel pity of those of you who have to tow his line.

"The bravest, strongest thing to say is sorry."

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Minister Kevin Foster gives his response to the question, after Labour MP Jess Phillips expresses her disappointment that the prime minister isn't at the dispatch box.

He says the government recognises the "ongoing challenge" of the language used and wants to "ensure everyone, no matter their background, can participate free from hatred and intimidation".

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Speaker John Bercow makes a statement before the urgent question begins

He says it is "extremely important our proceedings are accessible to the people interested in them".

He adds: "in light of the appalling atmosphere in the chamber yesterday and the toxicity which it can spawn or exacerbate in the country at large, I have granted an urgent question."

The Bishop of Leeds has condemned Boris Johnson's language in the Commons last night as "appalling".

Writing on his blog, external, Bishop Nick Baines - the bishop of Jo Cox's diocese - said language was "probably unprecedented".

He said: "Drawing the name of a murdered MP into the fight was, at the very least, questionable.

"To describe the contribution of female MPs, pleading with the PM to moderate his language in the light of violence and death threats, as ‘humbug’ is appalling."

The bishop says it is "incumbent on those who lead to tell the truth, use language wisely (with a view to consequences) and behave with responsibility and respect".

Downing Street has declined to apologise for the prime minister's choice of words in the Commons that have attracted criticism from MPs.

The prime minister's official spokesman said Mr Johnson "obviously made the broader point last night that he believes we need to get the issue of Brexit resolved because it was causing anxiety and ill-feeling in the country."

But when asked if the PM's comments risked fueling a bad reaction, the spokesman said: "The PM is very clear that whatever their views no MPs or anyone else in public life should face threats or intimidation."

"It's completely unacceptable."

Chris Mason
Political Correspondent

The prime minister has been warmly welcomed to a meeting of Conservative MPs taking place in Parliament.

Boris Johnson was greeted by cheers as he arrived at the 1922 Committee meeting.

Among those at the meeting was cabinet minister Nicky Morgan, who publicly criticised the tone of Mr Johnson in the Commons last night.

I understand the thinking in Downing Street is they will not shift away from describing the law designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit next month as a "surrender bill".

The view in No 10 is the word is an accurate description, as it undermines the ongoing negotiations with the EU.

They also maintain that the best way to improve the atmosphere in Parliament is to deliver Brexit.

There is no word yet on how or whether the prime minister has reflected on his responses to questions, which referred to the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox.