'their ' their lives 'their lives and the labour over their lives and the labour party understands the anger expressed through the vote to leave. low pay, lack of opportunity, insecure work and cert —— uncertain futures, a feeling of being remote from decision making in brussels, to all who voted for those reasons, i say that we hear you, labour will stand up throughout the brexit negotiations for those who may have voted to leave, but who did not vote to the poorer. we will stand up to for those who voted to remain, 48% of voters cannot be marginalised or ignored. many, although they accept the outcome, do not see a prosperous future. the political battle now,

much as the honourable gentleman would love to rerun the political battle we have just enjoyed, the political battle now centres on the terms on which we leave and the country we aspire to become. labour is ready to take on those who offer empty reassurance, raised on nothing but their own dogmatic conviction. brexit must work for all our communities, especially the most disadvantaged and my party will step up disadvantaged and my party will step up and make sure that the government fulfils its duty, as a former president of the united states, franklin d ruse felt said to the democrats, ours must be a party of liberal thought, of planned action,

of enlightened international action and of the greatest good to the greatest number of our citizens and this is how we must proceed. not for the 52%, not for the 48%, but for 100% of the people of britain. may i start by paying tribute to all the right honourable and honourable members who have contributed to what my honourable friend, the memberfor sleaford in an excellent maiden speech, rightly called an historic debate. members of both sides of the house, supporters of both leave and remain have spoken with passion and

sincerity and there have been some outstanding contributions and several times over the last two days we have seen this house at its very best. a wide range of issues have now been raised during the course of this debate and i will seek to address these in the time available to me but i hope that honourable members will forgive me if i do not address every single point made by every single speaker. but, let me be clear, what we are considering, what we are considering is the most straight forward possible bill, a bill which is necessary to implement the referendum result and respect the referendum result and respect thejudgment of the referendum result and respect the judgment of the supreme court. it is positively not a vehicle for determining the terms of the broader negotiations that will follow. this bill follows one of the largest democratic exercises in the history of this country. as pointed out by many honourable members, an issue

that has been central to political debate in this country for decades was finally put to the people of the united kingdom and the people made their decision. we have heard repeatedly from honourable members on both sides of this debate and on both sides of the house, that we fully respect the outcome and today is an opportunity for all of us to demonstrate that respect by supporting this small but important bill. in the time i have available, i will not, i hope you will forgive me. madam deputy speaker, a number of things emerge during the course of things emerge during the course of the debate on which i would like to touch, first of all the referendum. parliament voted overwhelmingly to put this historic question to the people and we must trust the decision of the people. there must be no attempt to remain in the eu, no attempt to rejoin it through the and no second

referendum, as a few honourable members have urged. this country has voted to leave the european union and it is the duty of the government and it is the duty of the government and of this house to make sure that we do precisely that. in the time available, i cannot. secondly, i would like to touch on the issue of engagement with the devolved administrations which has figured strongly in this debate. before and throughout the referendum campaign, it was clear that the outcome would apply to the whole of the united kingdom and that is what we are committed to deliver. we are committed to deliver. we are committed to deliver. we are committed to securing the best deal for the whole of the united kingdom, in the interests of all of its constituent nations and regions. my right honourable friend, the prime minister, has made clear her determination to uphold, to uphold and strengthen the union. and we

will continue to engage with the devolved administrations throughout the established joint ministerial committees. we understand that there are unique and diverse interests across the uk, in particular... i don't know why the honourable gentleman does not understand, i am not taking his intervention. in particular, in particular mr speaker, we are wholly committed to the belfast agreement and to its su ccesses , we the belfast agreement and to its successes, we will work with the irish government to maintain the common travel area on the island of ireland and not return to the borders of the past. we have received and we are grateful for the submissions from the scottish and welsh governments which are being considered, but that said, the supreme court was clear in its judgment that triggering article 50

was a reserved matterfor this parliament and that the devolved legislators do not have a veto. we have been clear that we will work very carefully to ensure, as powers are repatriated from brussels back to britain, the right powers are returned to westminster and the right powers are passed to the devolved administrations of scotland, wales and northern ireland. mr speaker, many honourable members raised the issue of the status of eu citizens living and working in the united kingdom. let us working in the united kingdom. let us be clear, this government values and appreciate the role that they play in our economy and in our communities. and we are determined to provide as much certainty as we can, as soon as we can. my right honourable friend has been clear that guaranteeing uk citizens rights in the eu and rights in the uk is

one of our immediate objectives of the negotiations. we stand ready to reach such a deal right now, if the other countries of the european union agree. to the eu citizens who are living, studying and working in the uk, i say this, you will still be welcome in this country, as we trust our citizens will continue to be welcome in yours. moving on, mr speaker, to the forthcoming negotiations, i want to repeat that while we are leaving the eu, we are not turning our back on europe. order. what is the point in the government coming here, reading out a point of statement, and not listening to interventions from honourable members who have legitimate questions to ask? honourable members who have legitimate questions to ask7e honourable members who have legitimate questions to ask? ? these debates will run for a long time to come but that is not a matter for

the chair. minister. thank you, mr speaker. i want to repeat that while we are leaving the eu we are not turning our backs on europe. we will be speaking abroad new partnership with the eu outside the single market including a bold and ambitious free trade agreement. we will maintain strong relations with their european partners as we work together on issues such as security, justice and migration. the honourable gentleman is really an excitable zebedee! it has been made abundantly clear to him that the minister is not giving way! we have had made clear commitments to protect workers' rights. let me be as clear as possible, all the workers' rights that are enjoyed under eu legislation will be preserved by the great repeal bill

and will be brought across into uk law. let me say this also, we have no plans to withdraw from the ec hr. let me deal with the question. euratom and eu share a common framework including european court of justice, rolled framework including european court ofjustice, rolled forward the equation and decision—making of the council. making them uniquely legally joined. council. making them uniquely legallyjoined. triggering article 50 also entails giving notice to leave euratom, the nuclear industry isa leave euratom, the nuclear industry is a key strategic importance to the uk and we have been clear that this does not affect our intention to maintain close and effective arrangements relating to civil and nuclear cooperation safeguards and safety with europe and the rest of the world. and now mr speaker let me move on to the role of parliament. my move on to the role of parliament. my right honourable friend, the prime ministers set out our plans

for a withdrawal in the speech at lancaster house. she has confirmed that parliament will have its say on the final deal we achieve with the european union by putting that deal toa european union by putting that deal to a vote of both houses. there has already been extensive scrutiny in both houses and we will be publishing our white paper tomorrow before a committee stage. the white paper however is entirely separate from this bill which is simply about giving government the power to trigger the process of exit from the eu in accordance with the instructions we have received from the people of this country. there has already been much debate over the past two days about the many opportunities that leaving the uk. as my right honourable friend, the prime minister has said, we will be an outward facing, bold and global

country seeking ambitious trade deals, forging new friendships and consolidating existing partnerships and we will remain a tolerant and open country. the triggering of article 50, mr speaker, will start the process of our withdrawal from the process of our withdrawal from the european union, during which this house will have plenty of opportunities to debate and play a crucial role in scrutinising the great repeal bill and related bills to come. my right honourable friend has set out a detailed plan for building a new partnership between an independent united kingdom and the european union in the years to come and let me say how much i agree with the honourable lady. let me say how much i agree with the honourable lady. the people have made their decision. and now we must strive for an outcome that as she says works not just for the 52% an outcome that as she says works notjust for the 52% or for the 48% before the 100%. all of us in this

house must work together in the national interest, but tonight we are not voting on the outcome, nor on the wider issues, but simply to start the process. it is absolutely essential that parliament now moves quickly with a timetable that this house has already voted for in december to trigger article 50 by the end of march. in short, mr speaker, this is a straightforward bill, that delivers on the promise made to the people of the united kingdom, to honour the outcome of the referendum. we must trust the people and i commend this bill to the house. order! the question is that the amendment be made. the question is as on the order paper. as many as are of the opinion, say "aye". to the contrary, no.. division! clear the lobby!

0k ok you just heard the last few exchanges in that debate which was continuing on from yesterday, that momentous debate. deciding whether or not to give the government and theresa may the authority to trigger article 50. that is the beginning of the formal process to leave the european union. all the mp5 leaving to go and make their vote and to decide on that. david jones was the last person we heard speaking just before the speaker and he said that this was a very simple and straightforward bill that must respect the will, not only of the supreme court, but importantly, the will of the people who voted of course for britain to leave the european union. that vote is coming up european union. that vote is coming up in the next few minutes and coming up here on bbc news as well.

is hello and welcome to 100 days, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser's in london where parliament is about to vote to start britain's departure from the eu. the bill is just 133 words long, katty, but of huge importance. it will formally hand power to the prime minister to begin the brexit process. we're watching the uk parliament. anjust in all an just in all the vote. —— for the vote. we're expecting three votes shortly. we'll explain why they‘ re so important. when it comes to brexit the uk has a big supporter in donald trump. but not all the politicians are content to roll out the red carpet. just what more does the president, trump, have to do before the prime minister will listen. he can lead a protest. i'm leading a country.