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More on Liz Truss's update to MPs, following 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.

The international trade secretary reports two further breaches.

One in relation to Jordan, despite an undertaking given to the Court of Appeal, she said.

But she tells MPs: "This licence has not been used and has now been revoked."

Ministers promised to stop approving shipments in June after a legal challenge by campaigners.

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Sir Desmond Swayne, Conservative MP, told BBC Radio 5 Live that last night's debate "was way over the top".

He told presenter Emma Barnett: "There is a temptation in the chamber that the temperature rises and it rises too far."

But, he added: "The reality is most people only see half an hour a week and it's assumed it's like that all the time. 99.99% of the time it's not like that at all."

He also said a Conservative councillor was "beneath contempt" for tweeting "anyone would have thought Jo Cox was a saint."

Sir Desmond said: "Well she was a saint - she was genuinely nice, committed, pleasant to be around and passionate in her support of the most vulnerable people."

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

It seemed to me watching last night that it was a very deliberate political strategy by the prime minister to try to rile opposition MPs in the hope that they will feel sufficiently incensed to trigger a vote of no confidence, thereby giving Mr Johnson the election he wants.

I think he has pretty much given up on getting any sort of deal in Parliament and is now talking to the electorate, and is trying to galvanise the - if you like - Vote Leave constituencies and those members of the public who frankly feel fed up and angry at the deadlock they see in Parliament.

Maybe not in quite in the terms he used last night, but I think the guts of the strategy will remain the same.

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The Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow, says a fourth urgent question on the language used in the House will start "at or around" 12:00 BST.

The question will be asked by Labour MP Jess Phillips.

Vicki Young
Chief Political Correspondent

Downing Street says, whatever their views, politicians and those in public life “shouldn’t face threats or intimidation... It’s completely unacceptable.”

Asked why the prime minister calls the Benn Act (which compels him to ask for an extension to Article 50 by 19 October if there’s no Brexit deal) the “surrender act”, his spokesman said: “There are very serious concerns about that piece of legislation.

"It would undermine our ability to walk away from negotiations, it works against the country’s best interests.

"It actively undermines and hinders our negotiations. It would oblige us to stay in the EU for months and months.”

He added that the prime minister wants to get a deal that MPs can support but “there’s a very long way to go to get a deal".

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Boris Johnson is trying to "win votes with fear", says Labour MP Jess Phillips.

She says she received a death threat that contained the words "to quote Boris Johnson" - and that the prime minister is promoting a strategy of "us v them".

"It is the single simplest way to lead a country, but it is by no means leadership that I recognise. He should be trying to bring the country together," she says.

"I am more than happy to sit down with him and his advisers, and I will be asking for that today."

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More "temperate language" is needed to secure a Brexit deal, says Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood.

"The strategy I want to see is reflective of the fact that this is a minority government. We don't have the numbers. If we want to get a Brexit deal we need to reach across the aisle," he says.

"So we need to have more temperate language which actually increases the opportunity of those saying, 'let's get this done, let's get this resolved'."

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International Trade Secretary Liz Truss is now answering on Saudi Arabia.

The SNP's Chris Law has asked the question after Ms Truss had to apologise to a court for two breaches of a pledge not to licence exports to the country that could be used in the Yemen conflict.

You can read more about the issue here.

Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay will travel to Brussels on Friday for a meeting with Michel Barnier, Downing Street has announced.

A spokesman said that although progress has been made in negotiations with Brussels, "there are significant obstacles remaining to concluding a deal".

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The Northern Ireland Secretary lacks clout in raising Brexit issues with colleagues in government, according to a new report.

The 68-page document from the Institute for Government, entitled "Governing Without Ministers", said Julian Smith did not sit on a key committee advising Boris Johnson about the EU exit strategy.

The Northern Ireland perspective was often missing in Whitehall without a devolved administration at Stormont presenting a common view, it said.

"The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) lacks the clout within government to ensure that Northern Ireland issues were given the priority they perhaps deserved.

"Officials told us that the culture of 'no bad news' among ministers translated into a reluctance to address the difficult issues raised by the Irish border and need for cross-border co-operation - for example, the operation of the single electricity market."

Northern Ireland has been without devolved ministers for more than two-and-a-half years.

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Boris Johnson must be transparent about his dealings with US businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri, says Labour London Assembly member Tom Copley.

The prime minister has been asked to respond to questions outlined in a letter from the Assembly within 14 days amid claims he failed to declare a potential conflict of interest when he was London mayor.

Mr Copley says that, as the prime minister is the former mayor, it can issue a notice for him to appear before them to answer questions - and failure to do so could result in a fine or up to three months imprisonment.

"I know that Boris Johnson sometimes seems to think that the rules don't apply to him, but there would be quite serious consequences if we were to issue a summons and he failed to adhere to it," he says.

Mr Johnson has said everything was done "entirely in the proper way" while he was at City Hall.