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Tory MP Steven Crabb commends the PM on the "serious intent and effort he is adopting", saying he is "proving many of his doubters wrong".

He claims the "constructive tone" of Mr Johnson "stands in stark contrast to the opposition parties [who] continue to set their face against their own voters".

Mr Johnson says he "thoroughly agrees" with his colleague.

He appeals for MPs on all sides of the House to "think very carefully on the terms we are setting out".

The PM adds: "It is incumbent on all of us to get this thing done [and] get it over the line."

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Tory backbencher and Leave supporter Philip Davies pokes fun at Jeremy Corbyn's history of Euroscepticism.

He says: "When I launched the Better Off Out group back in 2006, I could always rely on the now leader of the Labour party in the voting lobbies.

"I am sorry he has now ditched the only popular policy he believed in."

Mr Davies then asks asks Boris Johnson: "If what he has proposed - a final offer - if [the EU] rejects this out of hand, will it be the possibility of the government to leave without a deal?"

Mr Johnson joins with his Tory colleague in mocking Mr Corbyn, saying the Labour leader "seems to have been captured by some of his colleagues".

The PM then "certainly confirms" that the UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October "deal or no deal".

Ardent Brexiteer Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash has welcomed the PM's proposals.

Replying to Mr Johnson's statement, Sir Bill said: "Welcoming indications of progress in these negotiations."

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Labour MP and chair of the Brexit Committee, Hilary Benn, says the plans - giving the Northern Irish Assembly a vote on whether they accept the terms - "entertained the possibility Northern Ireland would never enter if the executive doesn't agree".

He says the plans "abandon" commitments to the Good Friday Agreement and risk a "a return to a hard border", threatening "peace and stability" in Northern Ireland.

But Mr Johnson says Mr Benn is "mistaken if he believes it will necessitate any checks at the border".

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Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson criticises the PM for not visiting the Northern Irish border.

She says: "If the prime minister had bothered to go to the Northern Ireland border, he would know the genuine fear that people feel that [the proposals] will result in physical infrastructure on the border."

Ms Swinson says his plan "has been denounced as the worst of both worlds", asking: "Will the prime minister now go to the Northern Ireland border and listen to the people and communities there or does he not care?"

Mr Johnson says he understands the concerns of people on both sides of the border, and across the UK.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the government's Brexit plan is "simply unworkable".

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Mr Blackford says: "This House must take back control, not for us, but for the people we serve."

He asks the PM to "think carefully before he answers" and questions him on whether he will obey the Benn Law, asking for an extension by the end of October if no deal is agreed.

"If not, will he commit today that he will resign?," he asks the PM.

But Mr Johnson does not answer the question, and expresses his "disappointment" at Mr Blackford's tone.

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The leader of the SNP in Westminster, Ian Blackford, says the government's Brexit proposals are "unacceptable, unworkable and undeliverable".

He claims they are "all about blaming someone else - in this case the EU - when his plan is rejected".

Mr Blackford says it is a "plan that is designed to fail", and that "this take it or leave it threat is yet another push between a take it or leave it no-deal Brexit".

The Labour leader issues a barely-veiled warning to his own MPs not to back the PM's proposals:

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The Labour leader says the government needs an extenstion so his party can carry out "serious negotiations" then "let the people decide to leave with a sensible deal or Remain".

Mr Corbyn says the plan "would damage the whole UK economy and undermine the whole UK economy".

He says the PM is "risking the country's future for his own gain".

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Boris Johnson says he is "disappointed in the tone" of the Labour leader.

He says the backstop "keeps the UK locked in the customs union and the single market with no say".

The PM says the UK will keep its standards as "the highest in the world", and the country can "go further" than the EU on things like animal welfare.

The former prime minister is sitting stony-faced behind Mr Johnson as her successor delivers his speech...

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Boris Johnson says the "one thing that is absolutely certain" about the attitudes of business is they want a deal.

He says: "I believe this is our chance and their chance to get a deal".

The PM says another extension "does not commend itself to me".

He adds: "The people of this country have had enough unnecessary dither and delay."

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A European Commission spokeswoman has rejected Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay's suggestion that the ball is in their court.

“We would disagree. There are, as we have said, problematic points in the UK’s proposal and further work is needed, but that work needs to be done by the UK and not the other way around.

"We would remind you that it’s the UK leaving the EU and not the EU leaving the UK. And we are doing everything in our power to ensure that that exit is on an orderly basis and we are willing to engage constructively with our counter-parts but we are not going to be the ones left holding the bag, the ball or any other kind of object.”

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Jeremy Corbyn says the response of the EU so far had been "lukewarm" but the business community in Northern Ireland had been loud in their disapproval.

"These plans are simply unworkable," says the Labour leader.

"What we have before us is not a serious proposal to break the deadlock... it is nothing more than a cynical attempt by the prime minister to shift the blame for his failure to deliver."