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Sarah Wollaston, the Conservative remain-supporter, says we are running out of road. Crashing out of the EU with no deal would be “unforgivable”, she says. She urges May to consider a second referendum. Labour’s Stella Creasy says only seven MPs within the last two hours have expressed any support for the PM’s plan. What makes May think she will be able get it through the Commons?
May says she firmly believes, that having given that choice to the British people, MPs must honour what the people voted for. May says the deal will be good for the UK.
Stephen Crabb, the Tory former work and pensions secretary, says there was always going on to be a moment when Brexit claims met reality. He says it would be irresponsible to walk away. The government must make the best of this situation, he says. This is from the Sunday Times’ Tim Shipman.
Labour’s Phil Wilson asks May if she can say, “hand on heart”, that this deal is better than what the UK has now. Suggestion from Commons sources that that May will stay in the House after the statement and see Graham Brady at 1.30pm. No 10 types not saying
May says she firmly believes the UK’s best days are ahead. Sir Graham Brady is chair of the backbench 1922 committee. He is the one who gets the letters demanding a vote of no confidence, and the person who is responsible for announcing if 48 letters have been received - the threshold needed for a vote to go ahead.
UPDATE: This is from Labour’s Pat McFadden. Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem MP, asks if the immigration white paper will be published before the meaningful vote.
The most telling reply of the day - the tacit admission that this deal makes us worse off. https://t.co/MaPrMpmIfW May says it will be published “in due course”.
Sir Edward Leigh, a Tory Brexiter, asks what happens if Dominic Raab is correct. What happens if May loses the vote in the Commons. Will May deliver Brexit whatever? The Scotland secretary, David Mundell, had a brutal response to Dominic Raab’s resignation, saying he though the Brexit secretary had mainly quit to further his own ambitions.
May says she is determined that the UK will leave the EU on 29 March, “whatever happens in between”. “I’m not taking lessons on standing up for our United Kingdom from carpetbaggers,” Mundell told ITV.
Caroline Lucas, the Green MP, says May should agree a people’s vote. May says she has already explained why she won’t. Only a couple of years ago Dominic Raab was proposing to introduce a bill of rights into Scotland which would have overridden the Scottish legal system and devolution.
Nicholas Soames, the Tory former defence minister, asks May to elaborate on the proposals on security. May says, where it makes sense to do so, the UK will cooperate with with EU on defence matters. And on sanctions too. So I’m not impressed by his latter-day commitment to the union. I’m sure this is more about manoeuvring and leadership.
Frank Field, the former Labour MP who now sits as an independent, asks if the UK will be completely independent under this plan. May tries to give those assurances. EXCLUSIVE: Watch @DavidMundellDCT hit out at @DominicRaab's resignation, calling him a "carpet bagger" and says he himself won't resign. pic.twitter.com/IMEXIYJPHZ
Amber Rudd, the Conservative former home secretary, asks May what response she has had from business to the plan. Andrew Bridgen, the Tory Brexiter, suggests the deal is too pro-EU. He says May voted for remain. Now it is “in the national interest for her to leave”, he says.
(That was a helplful question, so we can probably chalk Rudd up as the third MP to speak out in support.) Brexiter Tory MP Andrew Bridgen says May should quit.
May quotes positive business reaction. May says some of the aspects of Bridgen’s question did not relate to the deal.
This is from Newsnight’s Nicholas Watt. John Bercow, the Speaker, says he has now taken 50 questions from backbenchers. He appeals for short questions.
With two Tory MPs supporting Theresa May’s deal she has one breakthrough: enough tellers for her #Brexit vote Nick Herbert, a Conservative, says the key point is the future relationship with the EU. He says most MPs voted to trigger article 50. Tory MPs should be careful what they wish for, he says.
Steve Baker, the former Brexit minister and ERG vice chair, says this backstop is “completely intolerable”. MPs will not vote for it. So will May trigger all no-deal planning now? May thanks Herbert for what he said. The future relationship is what will determine the country’s relationship with the EU for years ahead, she says.
May says MPs will get to vote on the deal, but the government is continuing no-deal planning too. Labour’s Mary Creagh says May is offering people a false choice, and she calls for a people’s vote. May says she has already addressed this.
Nicky Morgan, the Tory pro-European who was sacked by May as education secretary, says backing the deal would be in the national interest. May welcomes her comments. Labour’s David Lammy says the deal will not get through parliament. When politics is broken, one can only put the decision back to the people, he says.
Labour’s Ben Bradshaw asks if it is true that Theresa May, when she was home secretary, told the security services not to investigate Arron Banks. May says, when she talks to people, they tell her they just want the politicians to get on with it.
May says she cannot comment on security matters. These are from the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.
Mark Francois, a Tory Brexiter and a member of the European Research Group, says there are 84 Tories who will vote against the deal, and the numbers are rising. The agreement was “dead on arrival”, he says. He urges May to accept the political reality. I've just been speaking to Dominic Raab - he told the Chief Whip at end of Cabinet he was quitting, tells me the deal won't get through Parliament, and the EU have been 'blackmailing' us - interview on @bbcnews soon
The prime minister says when a deal gets brought back it will be for MPs to consider it, and their duty to deliver on the vote of the British people. Raab says better for UK to walk away and accept short term pain than sign up to terms that could damage the country for years and years to come - says he still supports the PM and irresponsible to talk leadershp, but doesn't rule it out if and when time comes