well, that means circumstances. well, that means accepting any deal the european union wants to give us. including... including a deal which would carve northern ireland out away from the united kingdom, although perhaps of course as a shadow chancellor... from the commons a shadow chancellor make me he might actually welcome mat when he said he was lobbying for a united ireland. all i have to say to the right honourable gentleman is throughout all of this, all we have seen from the labour party and him is playing politics with this issue. one minute they want to accept the referendum, the next they want a second referendum. one minute they wa nt to second referendum. one minute they want to say free movement will end, the next they say it is on the table. one minute they want to trade deals, the next they want to be an customs unions that. them from doing trade deals. he is doing everything he can to frustrate brexit and trigger a general election. he has voted against a sufficient progress and tried to block the withdrawal act and vowed to oppose any guilt ——

deal that the gutmann brings back. i am looking and working for the right deal in the right were no national interest for this country. he's putting or digs ahead of the national interest. we are all staying with a reaction, more reaction to it on the bbc news at five. back now to the commons.” at five. back now to the commons. i emphasise the words truly, if we are not in control of our own laws. check is is still on the table. common rule book i love the other 27 eu countries in the council of ministers to make our lord the goods and agricultural products with no transcript and no effective veto and undermine the appeal, the total appeal of the 1972 act. how can she possibly claim that we will be in control of our own laws and sustain the national interest?

cani interest? can i say that yes, we oppose that common rule book. it is real is that manufacturers say they will be abiding by in any case. it has been abiding by in any case. it has been a pretty stable rule book for the last many years. but also, it is not correct to state that there will not bea correct to state that there will not be a parliamentary bloc on those rules. yes, the process of determining any change to those rules will be at the european union, some of those are international standards where we will have a say as an independent member of the international standards bodies in relation to those rules, but parliament will have a lot. we set it out in the proposals published after the chequers meeting injuly that any decision to determining, any decision to take those rules will be a decision taken by this parliament. thank you, mr speaker. can i thank

the premise for advance notice of her statement today. i shared with the remark she made about the murder ofjamal the remark she made about the murder of jamal khashoggi. can the remark she made about the murder ofjamal khashoggi. can i say that the time has come to take action against saudi arabia. prime minister, stock arms sales to saudi arabia. do it today. —— stop. prime minister, some advice. if you are looking for support, do not look behind you. the prime minister returns to the house today from brussels utterly humiliated. as the clock ticks down were just a few shots gale short months, check is shredded, the uk has no plan to break the impasse, no plan as we heard ever closer to the cliff edge. why? because the prime minister is humiliated and hamstrung by the extreme brexiteers in her own party. mr speaker, the eu 27 speak with one

clear voice, the conservative government squabbles amongst itself. the divisions amongst the tory party are paralysing the uk government. the extreme exit is on the common adventures are holding the uk to ransom. “— adventures are holding the uk to ransom. —— brexiteers. leading us all to the brink of a catastrophic no deal. the prime minister comes before us today with nothing but jargon and rhetoric. it is crystal clear that the eu will not accept any deal that does not include the backstop the northern ireland. bruce to attempt to wreck the backstop will be responsible for a no—deal brexit. the eu is not bluffing. the comments from tory mps in the papers this weekend, using crass and violent language in relation to the negotiation is a horrid and irresponsible. those responsible

need to withdraw and apologise. such language has no part to play in our public discourse. it is disappointing when the threats of violence against the prime minister talked about that we get noise and we get background noise and a lack of understanding of the seriousness of understanding of the seriousness of the situation we are in. they should be ashamed of themselves. threats of violence against the prime minister or anyone else must be called out on those responsible are held to account. the prime minister must face them down and she will have our support in that. mr speaker, the prime minister must act to protect jobs speaker, the prime minister must act to protectjobs and living standards by ensuring we stay in the customs union and the single market. no more games. can i ask the prime minister to vegas our attention now on securing a deal that delivers economic production? —— is can be promised ensured that a transition

period must be the declared purpose to give them to the house today that the government with the body northern ireland backstop in order to avoid a no—deal brexit? will she also commit to giving the scottish parliament essay on the outcome of the negotiations? finally, can i ask the negotiations? finally, can i ask the prime minister to could tell immediately jumped on the the prime minister to could tell immediatelyjumped on the single market and the customs union, and to focus our attention on that. and to acknowledge that she will not get any other through this parliament that stops short of the economic production ofjobs and living standards. cani standards. can i say to the right honourable gentleman as i responded to the leader of the opposition, i do think it is important that we all consider the language that we use armoured those of us in public life. there seems to be some confusion in relation to the backstop. the government is clear that we are negotiating for there to be a

backstop in the withdrawal agreement. the question is, what are the terms about backstop? as i've said, i repeated my statement, i backstop as proposed by the eu which would effectively create that customs border down the irish sea is not acceptable to the uk government. hence other proposals has been put forward and we have, as i've said, made significant preserve in working with the european union, particularly on the uk eu wide customs territory. he asked me to find a deal that predictsjobs, that is exactly what we have proposed to the european union. it protects our economy, protects jobs, the european union. it protects our economy, protectsjobs, ensure that we continue to have a good trading relationship with the european union, but also are able to develop new trading relationships and improved trading relationships with other countries around the rest of the world. i also say to the right honourable gentleman, that it is important as we look ahead to getting this deal, he also seems to

think that is the only issue that could lead to a no deal is not having a backstop in the withdrawal agreement. if there is no withdrawal agreement. if there is no withdrawal agreement and a future relationship, then there is no deal. we have to ensure and we are still at the closing stages of the negotiations, nobody knows absolutely what the result will be. i think the best outcome for the uk is a good deal but we continue to put that the possibility of a no deal. i can assure the right honourable gentleman that what we will be doing is not following the example of the snp who want to put scotland back into the european union and back into the european union and back into the european union and back into the common fisheries policy and thatis into the common fisheries policy and that is not in the interests of scotland. order. a large number of seeking to catch my eye. i remind the house that there is a further statement followed, that coming from the secretary of state for common wealth affairs. there are the remaining stages of the bill before the house.

there is a premium upon brevity to be exemplified first. what advantages does the premise so expect to get in the future partnership arrangements that will be better than leaving and spending the 39 billion at home with a huge boost to our economy and public services? i believe that in future partnership that protects jobs, future partnership that ensures we have a good trading relationship with the european union is worth negotiating for and is worth achieving for the united kingdom. there are many who say to me in this house that we want to ensure that we have good trading relationships on better then wto deals around the rest of the world andi deals around the rest of the world and i agree that actually having those good trading relationships on better than wto deals is a good thing to do and that is what i want to achieve with the european union. cani to achieve with the european union. can i first add my condemnation of

the abuse directed at the prime minister? the sunday times, and again the times this morning reported that whitehall, including the brexit department, is carrying out contingency planning for people's vote. can the prime minister elaborate and confirm that this has ministerial endorsement? no, that is not correct. the government is not supportive of a second referendum. does the prime minister accept that should head dealfailed to does the prime minister accept that should head deal failed to secure support in this house and then with no further raid left the negotiations say there is parliamentary gridlock, the only way forward , parliamentary gridlock, the only way forward, whether we like it or not will then to be allowing people to decide either by a second referendum ora decide either by a second referendum or a general election, and the former would be preferable to the latter? i say to my right honourable friend,

i recognise from other questions she has asked me on this issue that there is a difference of view between us on this, the issue on the second referendum. i believe that the people voted in 2016, they had that people's rate, they decided to believe the european union and i believe the european union and i believe it is our duty, part of the issue of faith and trust in the integrity of politicians that we deliver on what people voted for and we deliver to leave the european union. our position is that the backstop is neither necessary and is damaging and the eu have made it clear that the backstop is designed to keep northern ireland as part of the customs union territory of the eu. the prime minister gave an assurance in the withdrawal agreement that any such backstop would have to have the support of the northern ireland executive and the northern ireland

assembly, is that still have position? can i festival say to the honourable gentleman that we did put that out in the backstop, in the joint report, and we stand by what we put in a joint report. can i also say to him that it is precisely the suggestion from the european union that northern ireland be kept in a customs union while the rest of the united kingdom is in the different relationship with the european union? this government has rejected because we want to ensure that we leave the european union as one united kingdom. could ijoin other colleagues here in condemning the use of language that we saw? in the hope we will not see any language like that in the future. at the start of the statement, the promise that talked about the work that had been done on cyber security, i remain very concerned about the progress that is being made on the security treaty to

make sure we maintain the high levels of security when we leave the european union so we can continue to deep british citizens save and eu citizens throughout europe. —— keep citizens throughout europe. —— keep citizens save. we have been making good progress for our future relationship with the european union. there are still discussions, negative is being undertaken to ensure that we can retain the operational capabilities but ensure that we are able to not only work to keep our citizens safe bet citizens across the eu say. the hacker secretary invited me to put this question to the prime minister, so i well. —— economics. he told the house he expected the negatives on the future partnership to be concluded by december 2020. —— negotiations. back in june, to be concluded by december 2020. ——

negotiations. back injune, the government said it expected the future arrangements to be in place by the end of december 2021. could the parameter tell the house which of the dates represent the government's view? could she encourage the brexit secretary to keep the mess he made to the expert committee? —— the promise. cani committee? —— the promise. can i say to the right honourable gentleman. we are working for and expect to have agreed the terms of the future relationship by the end of december 2020, says shout that future relationship come into place on the 1st of january 2021. when we publish the terribly customs arrangements in june, —— temporarily. if the future relationship can not come into place on the 1st of january 2021, we would

expect that to last no longer than the end of december 2021. i concur with my right honourable friend, the member for i concur with my right honourable friend, the memberfor hastings, i believe that most on these benches amazed in the house are utterly condemn and regard with disdain the tone of some of the language used at the weekend. second, is it not the case that talk of a second referendum at this crucial stage of negotiations can only undermine the prime minister's negotiating position? will she carry on, ignore the voices and get the best deal she can for the people of these country? cani can for the people of these country? can i first thank my honourable friend and my right honourable friend and my right honourable friend the member for hastings for the comments they have made in relation to certain language that has been used. i agree, i think it is important at this stage in the negotiations that the european union is in no doubt that we will be leaving the european union on the 29th of march next year and now we

are negotiating our withdrawal agreement and future relationship. my agreement and future relationship. my determination as to put the national interest that and get a good dealfor the national interest that and get a good deal for the uk. national interest that and get a good dealfor the uk. can i very gently the two colleagues, i have seena numberof gently the two colleagues, i have seen a number of scripts around the house of prepared countries, given the level of interest, if a colleague has got a question of more than 50 words, the device i would recommend is the use of the blue pencil. the prime minister and i have had many disagreements on many things, but i stand with her completely against the violent, dehumanising and frankly misogynistic language that i hope the whole house will condemn because it demeans every single one of us. the prime minister has previously said that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. could she tell the house what proportion of the future partnership agreement she thinks has been reached? cani reached? can i write a thank the honourable

lady for hull, is about the use of language? the position we are in is that 95% of the withdrawal agreement has been agreed and we have a substantial part in relation to security, services, transport and other issues of the future relationship in terms of the structure and that future relationship, which has been agreed. none of this is finally agreed until leaders like the baggage and agree the whole package together, hence that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. original technical proposal and the facilitated customs agreement have they been rejected, what can she conceived that might be brought forward to solve the northern ireland problem in the next two or even ireland problem in the next two or even three years? cani even three years? can i say to my right honourable friend, actually those two have not both then completely rejected, teaches us. —— as he suggests. we have made substantial progress, in

agreeing to like the arrangements for a customs backstop which is what we put forward. of the hard facts, the fact that the first of all the european union would agree anything that is not in their interest, —— will not. cabinet split three ways, this house is split three ways, this house is split several ways, any solution she comes up split several ways, any solution she comes up with, half the country will think she has gone too far and the other half she has not gone far enough. when will she realise she has lost control of the situation? i think actually from the discussions that i have with members of the public on this issue, that members of the public, regardless of what they voted in the referendum actually now have a very simple message to all of us in this house, let us just get on with it and leave the eu. as we enter the final furlong with

95% of the agreement reached, does she agree with me that it has been a cool and calculated approach which has led to this progress? isn't it now be time in the interests of all the businesses in britain that one is small and registered trade —— frictionless and smooth trade... it might be necessary to take the whip out, all within rules of course. and push this further. we have got to reach this agreement as soon as possible. cani possible. can i say to my right honourable friend i agree with him, we should get on and figures on the end point of those which is getting an agreement, a good dealfor the uk and enabling us to leave on the good times. we'll be prime minister to be clear that she is abandoning the promise ofa that she is abandoning the promise of a deal that delivers the same benefits, which she acknowledged by yet another pledge that has been broken and therefore yet another

reason for people to write? i say to the honourable lady that she looks at the various features that i've given throughout this process , that i've given throughout this process, i have been clear that would be differences, changes in our relationship with the eu. there will be. what we are doing is proposing a good relationship with the european union, good trading relationship and a good security relationship which i believe is in the interests of the uk. the person or persons who directed violent language and my right honourable friend how thoroughly disgraced themselves. i very much hope that they are discovered and i hope that they are discovered and i hope that they are discovered and i hope that she would withdraw the whip from them. what acceleration has been made on preparations for no deal sincejuly? has been made on preparations for no deal since july? can i thank my honourable friend for the supportive comments he's made about the language that was used at the weekend. significant process has

been made on the no deal preparations sincejuly been made on the no deal preparations since july and been made on the no deal preparations sincejuly and i commend my honourable friend for the work that he did on these when he in the exiting the eu department. i think you can see some of the progress not on legislation that has been passed in the house that the technical notices that have been issued, a crucial part in ensuring that businesses and others outside the government are aware of what is necessary in a no deal situation. the government seems to have got itself into a bit of our hole, it is understandable why it wishes to avoid parliamentary scrutiny. can she not see that attempting to render any vote in parliament mailing list is the thing that lent weight to the core five people pots—mac wrote. —— people pots—mac wrote. cani can i say that we have been very clear that the motion will be an amendable motion. i think, there is

the key here. if you went out and asked members of the public what they think mps should be rating on, i think they would say they would expect mps to vote on the deal that the government brings back from the european union. the only politicians vote would be one dark contrived to deny this house and meaningful say and ignore the 700,000 people who walk past the prime minister's door at the weekend to demand a people's vote. that is because it is important that eve ryo ne because it is important that everyone has the chance to weigh up the evidence, look at the pros and cons of the actual deal and actually give their informed consent before we undertake this major constitutional economic and social surgery. cani surgery. can i say that i think this term people's vote, we must accept across

this house that we gave the people of vote on this issue, there was a people's vote and people voted in large numbers than they had done before. and they voted to leave the european union. i know my honourable friend, my honourable friend, like me, well i'm sure be concerned about ensuring that the people actually can have some date in the politicians and that means politicians and that means politicians delivering on the boat of the people are not telling them to think again. —— have some faith in the politicians. can the premises give the house an example of the surrender of sovereignty than the transition deal that she now proposes to extend? cani that she now proposes to extend? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, first of all, i am not standing here proposing to extend the transitional period or the

implementation period. what i am doing is saying how can we ensure that we have a choice of backstop options to ensure there is no hard order between northern ireland and ireland in the unlikely circumstances that such a backstop is required? circumstances that such a backstop is required ? that circumstances that such a backstop is required? that is the basis on which this other proposal has been put forward, alongside the proposal for a put forward, alongside the proposal fora uk eu put forward, alongside the proposal for a uk eu wide customs territory such as the government has put forward in june? my forward in june? my right honourable friend has been described as a bloody difficult person. i have found her a determined person. determined to deliver on the people's vote that has already taken place. will she tell us, does she expect the final recommendations to come out 4am like last time? cani last time? can i say, if you look at european negotiations all too often they do end up in the early hours of the morning. we shall be working to ensure that we do this in a timely

fashion, recognising that we need to get legislation through this house to ensure that there on the statute book. was the prime minister are aware on friday i was speaking in belfast‘s wonderful titanic centre? and eyes i vara, —— and as i was standing there, you reminded me of the state full journey, the there, you reminded me of the state fulljourney, the navigation was wrong and the captain were wrong and all that people on the ship ended in the sea. can i urge her to think again about the direction of these negotiations, the purpose of the negotiations, the purpose of the negotiations are to keep our country safe, secure and sound. i support her when she does well in brussels, unlike the people behind her. go for it and get us a good deal! going for it and getting us a good

deal is exactly what i am working for i have no doubts at all that the prime minister does think of every individual person in this country when she is negotiating for the best possible deal, i felt understand when it can be a politician's wrote when it can be a politician's wrote when 700,000 members of the public ta ke to when 700,000 members of the public take to the street to show their dissatisfaction. what shall we do if we get to the position of no deal, what other options are there? cani what other options are there? can i say to my honourable friend that i think we should all recall that i think we should all recall that the vote took place in 2016 was in larger numbers than we had ever seen people voting before. that decision was to leave the european union. we have set out, set up on legislation the process that will be followed by the government. were we to be in that situation when a deal brought back by the government from the european union armpit to this house was rejected by this house. ——

european union and put to this house. people's vote wrote on the final deal, what does she say to the people who led the march and did not get the two years ago if she piles on with her disastrous plans? what i say to young people is what this government is doing is working to get a good deal that is going to ensure they have a great future in this country outside the european union. during the implementation period, the uk would be subject to all eu rules, including freedom of movement. why then does my right honourable friend continue to roll out membership of the european economic area and the european free trade association as an alternative interim state?

cani interim state? can i say to my honourable friend than what of course we are looking at in relationship to the proposals being put forward is for a limited time period to have the backstop that ensures no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. the two proposals that have been put forward deliver on that, where it would come to the situation, as proposed by the result of injuries in the uk, court decisions would have to be the take about the wider issues of the exact arrangements for the proposals. the key thing is that the proposals. the key thing is that the proposals. the key thing is that the proposals to ensure we have no ha rd the proposals to ensure we have no hard border between ireland and northern ireland. chequers is dead. and no deal is dead because there is so majority in this house who will prevent those economic and social catastrophe for our communities. will she switched toa our communities. will she switched to a time—limited membership of the customs union? history is always

kinder to leaders who act in the national interest. i seem to recall that the honourable gentlemen offer me a similar question last week and i am afraid he will not get a different answer to the one i gave him last monday. we are working for a good deal and ensuring we have that trading guild that predicts jobs ensuring we have that trading guild that predictsjobs in ensuring we have that trading guild that predicts jobs in this country. repetition is not a novel phenomenon in the house of commons. will the backstop have the same legal status as a treaty? will the agreement have the same legal status asa agreement have the same legal status as a treaty? the backstop the northern ireland will be part of the protocol that is attraction the withdrawal agreement and that will have the status of a treaty. earlier this year, this house voted to stay in the european medicines agency. all that means to the relationship, the rest of the relationship, the rest of the relationship, can i take it from her

statement that 95% of the deal is agreed, that we are indeed staying in the en a? the 95% relates to the withdrawal agreement. we have agreed restrictions joke of the future partnership. the staying in the european members agency is one of theissues european members agency is one of the issues that we have put forward as part of the plan that came out after the chequers meeting, our proposals for the future. that is pa rt proposals for the future. that is part of the future partnership, not the withdrawal agreement. does she appreciate the frustration felt by many of my constituents that is now over two years since the referendum and we have agreed we will not regain control of our laws, borders and money for over four years after that? does she understand, for many people, that is already too long? can i say to my right honourable friend, i absolutely understand. that is

why. .. absolutely understand. that is why... some absolutely understand. that is why. .. some people absolutely understand. that is why... some people have said to me we should not have triggered article 50 when we did, but i thought it was important we did, took time to prepare and then triggered it precisely in order to get this process into place. he will know the process into place. he will know the process within article 50 is for two yea rs. process within article 50 is for two years. that's why we will leave the eu on the 29th of march 2019. we are working to ensure we get the future relationship in place at the end of that and fermentation period, a period which i believe was right and necessary to negotiate in order to make sure that, for both citizens and businesses, there were not two cliff edges in the change relationship with the eu but we have a smooth and orderly withdrawal and movement into the future partnership. canada prime minister explain, if she really has the interests of the people of northern ireland in her heart, why recently did she not allow a meeting of the joint leaders who backed remain in

northern ireland to speak to her? they represent the majority of vote rs they represent the majority of voters in northern ireland. and because she doesn't want to hear what they have to say because inconveniently it doesn't agree with what she wants? both i and the secretary of state for northern ireland meet the leaders of all parties in northern ireland and discuss with them a number of issues, including brexit. a significant number of the 700,000 people who marched for a people's vote on saturday were people who run or own their own businesses, and they are in despair, because they need certainty and they don't have it. two and half years ago, they we re it. two and half years ago, they were told there would be a trade deal in place before we left. now we are told we will be lucky if we get it into years. isn't it the truth that the government's policy is for us that the government's policy is for us to be ina that the government's policy is for us to be in a transition period, a never ending us to be in a transition period, a neverending one, to us to be in a transition period, a never ending one, to a destiny that is completely unknown, over which we

have no say and no control, and that is something that nobody voted for? i say, write honourable friend that, no, that is not the position the government has, and it isn't what the government has proposed and it isn't what the government is working on in negotiations with the european union. my right honourable friend is right that in saying that business wa nt right that in saying that business want as soon as possible, so we continue to work ensure we complete these final negotiations said business will be able to see what the future deal is and what the future relationship with the eu will be. on saturday more than 700,000 people marched peacefully on parliament, and recently requested aid people's vote on the final deal. iurge aid people's vote on the final deal. i urge the prime minister to listen to those reasonable voices and resist the thuggish and brutish threats coming from some on the

benches behind her.|j threats coming from some on the benches behind her. i have answered this question on a number of occasions already this afternoon, andi occasions already this afternoon, and i believe it is right that we gave the people to vote in 2016 and they voted to leave, and we will deliver on it. the leader of the opposition spoke of fudge and shambles, but his policy of leaving the eu but remaining in a customs union would be precisely that will stop could my right honourable friend tell us, in such a situation, whether temporary or permanent, who looks after things like trade remedies, trade defences of key uk industries, like steel and ceramics, and who set the policy, tariff policy for the developing world that we have through the eu but we would like to do on our own? who is responsible for trade remedies and preferences? is a former trade minister, he understands these issues and the intricacies of these issues, and in a customs union,

trade policy, with all of the issues like trade remedies and sanctions, would be a matterfor the eu. i believe we should make those decisions for ourselves in the uk. would the prime minister agree with me and many people in northern ireland that the remarks of taoiseach leo varadkar at a dinner i believe the prime minister wasn't at, showing photographs of terrible atrocities on the border and implying that is somehow what would happen if there was a hard border, the eu doesn't want a hard border but would put one up. we want but not and neither will the republic of ireland. who will put hard border 7 ireland. who will put hard border e ireland. who will put hard border up? we are committed to no hard border and we have made it clear that, in any circumstances, including a no deal, we would be doing all that we could ensure there was no hard border. we would look to work with ireland and the eu to ensure there was no hard border, but there has been no commitment in relation to that. given how close we

are toa relation to that. given how close we are to a deal, if time were to run out, rather than have a general election or a second referendum, has the prime minister considered the use of applying to extend article 50, even if for a limited period, so she could kick the ball over the line? can i say to my honourable friend that, actually, we have said right from the beginning that we would not be looking to extend article 50, and i think it refers back to an earlier question from one of our right honourable friend is about people actually wanting to see that we are leaving the eu. i think we owe it to people to deliver on this. what we want now is to have the decisions that finalise the negotiations to ensure we get that good deal. would be more honest for the prime minister to explain, rather than spinning this as 95% done, and! rather than spinning this as 95% done, and i understand why she would done, and i understand why she would do that, but actually merely the of

a throat before a five or maybe seven year legal treaty arrangement on the future trading relationship? wouldn't that be more honest? if people want to end it soon, give the people want to end it soon, give the people a final say so they can decide what to do. the reference to the 95% is a factually accurate description of where we are into the withdrawal agreement. neither description of where we are into the withdrawalagreement. neitherside in this negotiation wants to be negotiating for the period of nine yea rs negotiating for the period of nine years suggested, which is why both sides will be working to ensure we have that future relationship agreed by december 2020, and i suggest to the honourable gentleman, if you looks at the average time it takes to conduct trade deals, many trade deals are done in precisely the sort of time we are talking about. may ijoin those who have condemned the excessive and violent language

that has been used? i hold up the prime minister as a role model as she is always courteous, even to those who disagree with this important matter. coming to the substance, when the documentation period was announced, it was going to be the implementation of what had been agreed. it now seems to be a period for further negotiation, not being sure of where we are going. does the prime minister know where we are going? i say to my honourable friend that i thank him for the comments he has made about the remarks and language that were used at the weekend. we have set out our plan, we are negotiating on the basis of that plan with the eu and significant elements of the structure and scope of the future relationship have been agreed. the legal position, as i'm sure he knows well, is that we cannot sign up to a legal text in relation to that future relationship until we have left the eu. that is why, and i have

also said all along, that when parliament looks at the withdrawal agreement, it will also want to have sufficient detail about the future relationship that it knows what that future relationship will be, and thatis future relationship will be, and that is what we are working on. can the prime minister clarify whether 95% of a withdrawal deal has been agreed with the eu? if it has, why has this house no details of it? perhaps i can explode the process in negotiations, we sit down and we talk about these issues, we come to that point of having text on the table, and then that text is look at by leaders and a decision is taken by leaders and a decision is taken by leaders and a decision is taken by leaders on that text and that usual the final point at which negotiations are completed for the this house will then be able to look at all of the details of the withdrawal arrangement and the

future arrangement in coming to its decision about whether to accept the deal that has been negotiated. we are going to leave the chamber of the commons for a few moments. you can continue watching on bbc parliament. we will be back in the chamber, because we will be hearing from the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, ina from the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, in a few minutes, with his comments on the death of dissident saudi journalistjamal comments on the death of dissident saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul. we will be back in the commons for that inafew will be back in the commons for that in a few minutes. in the meantime, let's summarise what the prime minister has been saying with our correspondent vicki young, who is in the central lobby of parliament. she has been listening to that latest brexit debate. what did you make of it? the day started with theresa may insisting that 95% of that withdrawal agreement has been sorted, so she is obviously trying to focus on the positive, but at times it feels like a plea to her

own backbenchers to say, i am really close to getting this, let me finish thejob. through close to getting this, let me finish the job. through the afternoon, and i have been watching since 3:30pm, with other statements about various other brexit strands, and government ministers have been getting a really ha rd ministers have been getting a really hard time about the suggestion that the implementation period, the transition period might be extended, a lot of conservative mps very angry, talking about the cost, the billions of pounds that might cost taxpayers. there was another big row about the kind of vote mps will get on any deal that theresa may does manage to bring back to this house, and they are furious because they feel it is a matter of trust, ministers going back on their word, and they will have to accept any deal she brings or reject it, and that isn't what they call a meaningful vote for the asphalt theresa may, she had a bit more support and she has had in the past, but interesting that really the only unifying moment has been when mps from all sides have been condemning

the violent language being used against her in anonymous briefings from her own side this weekend for all the substance, she insisted that she wouldn't accept the eu's backstop, the idea that northern ireland would be treated differently from the rest of the uk when it came to customs. she insisted on a uk wide backstop, she said that they are actively working with the uk for it, the eu. on the idea of extending the transition period, she made it clear that isn't what she wants, she isn't backing it, she doesn't expect it to be needed but she wants it to be there just it to be needed but she wants it to be therejust in it to be needed but she wants it to be there just in case that future hasn't been sorted out. she is suggesting again that none of these can be indefinite and there must be a clear exit route for the uk. she knows her own side will not wear it u nless knows her own side will not wear it unless that is there. she is also offering reassurance for northern ireland, saying that northern ireland, saying that northern ireland businesses will have full access to the rest of the uk. that might ring alarm bells, because some

from northern ireland will say, hang on, that suggests there will be a difference in regulations, but really she is still waiting for the eu to shift its position and it feels like we are in a holding pattern, as ever. still speculation about those who are unhappy will move against her, but it seems to have gone a bit quiet today, but people here will not rule it out. how secure can theresa may feel at the moment? obviously, a febrile atmosphere at westminster, and we have had all of that pretty violent language from some conservative mps about her in the weekend papers. language from some conservative mps about her in the weekend papersm about her in the weekend papersm a strange way, that seems to have helped that, because obviously most mps gearand it helped that, because obviously most mps gear and it is appalling, people talking about assassination, about her bringing her own moves to a meeting here on wednesday, people plunging the knife in. —— bringing her own noose. people think this is

inappropriate. there are people from a brexiteer site saying, if the person who said these things is found out, they should be pushed out of the party. she has support in those terms, but it doesn't mean they agree with her on the substance. listening in the last couple of hours, nobody is happy with the way this is going. although she stands up and insists this isn't about her, it isn't about the leadership or personal career and prospects, their ramadi behind her feel she has got herself into a situation. —— she has got herself into a situation and not navigated things ina into a situation and not navigated things in a way that would be beneficial to the country, so they think it's the way she has decided to lead on this which is causing problems, whereby nobody is happy and, as we heard, are openly being questioned by her own side, do you actually know where you are going with this? how is it going to end and what is the future relationship going to look like? or will wejust have to vote on a withdrawal agreement without knowing exactly

where it is going? vicki young, chief political correspondent. we will be back in the commons in a few minutes, when we will hear from the foreign secretary with the latest on the government's view of what happened to the saudi journalist jamaat khashoggi. let's bring you the latest on that. the king and crown prince of saudi arabia have both offered their condolences to the son of the murdered journalist and it follows an admission from the saudi foreign minister that he was in fact murdered. today it was claimed that after killing him, the saudis used a body double to pretend the journalist was still alive. well, we're expecting to hear from the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt in a short while, but first this report from andy moore. if you didn't look too closely, this man could almost pass forjamal khashoggi. in fact, that's the idea. these are the last known images of

the realjamaat these are the last known images of the real jamaat khashoggi these are the last known images of the realjamaat khashoggi entering the realjamaat khashoggi entering the saudi consulate nearly three weeks ago. his body double is said to have taken the skill, warm clothes from his dead body, stolen his glasses and put on a fake beard. only the shoes don't match. these pictures from a security source in turkey show the body double leaving the consulate i a back door while the consulate i a back door while the 15th agent accused of committing murder are trying to cover it up. his name is mustafa al—madani. surveillance cameras show him entering the consulate at 11.03 in a checked shirt and jeans with an accomplice. two hours later, mr khashoggi arrives and is never seen again. that afternoon, the body double and his accomplice take a taxi to the sultan ahmed mosque. it is one of istanbul's main tourist attractions, a busy, crowded place. the men head to the toilet, the accomplice is carrying a plastic bag. when they come out, al—madani is wearing his own clothes again. at a nearby restaurant, he appears to have dumped his fake beard.

and then on the way out, the pair threw away the plastic bag. it is believed to have contained mr khashoggi's clothes. finally, the pair head back to the hotel, looking relaxed. they think theirjob is done. and this afternoon, another possibly important development in the enquiry. the vehicle belonging to the saudi consulate found in a car park in istanbul. turkish police are investigating. the saudis have admitted mr khashoggi's body was taken out of the consulate in one of their cars, wrapped up in a rug. is this the vehicle that was used? andy moore, bbc news. a man has admitted murdering a midwife whose body was found eight days after she was reported missing. the body of samantha eastwood was found in a shallow grave in staffordshire in august. michael stirling — the brother—in—law of miss eastwood's former fiance — pleaded guilty to her murder when he appeared northampton crown court today. our news correspondent,

jo black, gave us this update from outside the court. yes, samantha eastwood was a 28—year—old midwife and she wanted to do thatjob since she was 12 years old, and she actually realised that dream was working at the royal stoke university hospital. she worked there for around six years and her colleagues described her as loving and caring and part of the hospital family. she went missing at the end ofjuly. she didn't turn up for her shift, which was really unlike her, really out of character so her colleagues reported her missing. the police then launched a search and sadly her body was discovered several days later in woodland in rural staffordshire. now, michael stirling subsequently was arrested and charged with her murder. he came here to northampton crown court today, appeared for a plea hearing.

this is where a defendant formally enters a plea into the system. when he was asked how he would plea in relation to the murder of samantha eastwood, he said guilty. now, we've got some more detail about what had happened here from his defence barrister, who said that this was not a premeditated act and in the context of the killing in the background, there was an affair, there were days of growing tension and there was an argument and after a struggle, whilst on the floor, mr stirling put his hand over her throat, mouth and nose and, as a result of that, she died. he panicked afterwards, we were told, and he buried her in an area which he had some knowledge. we are told sentencing will take place at the beginning of december. the transport secretary chris grayling has called for police action to be taken after an elderly black woman was racially abused by a white man on a ryanairflight from barcelona to stansted. the incident was recorded by a fellow passenger and shared on social media.

ryanair says it has reported what happened to the police but the airline is facing criticism after allowing the man to stay in his seat while the woman was moved. chichi izundu reports. i will tell you this, if you don't go to another seat, i will push you to another seat. this video has now been viewed more than 11.5 million times on facebook and more than 3 million on twitter. it shows an argument between two passengers on a ryanair flight from barcelona to stansted last friday. stop. there's no need for that at all. just stop. this man then becomes racially abusive to 77—year—old mrs gale, who sat next to him. david lawrence filmed it on his phone. i was expecting to see the cavalry turn up, the police, for them to escort him off the flight, for him to be arrested, charged, locked up, everything, like i often see happen to other passengers who do this.

none of that was done. he was allowed to travel to his destination. rya nair‘s chief executive, michael o'leary, has been doing interviews this morning on the company's falling profits but the company has refused to comment further on friday's incident because they've handed the matter over to essex police. transport secretary chris grayling said authorities should be involved. what we saw was totally u na cce pta ble. the fact is, abuse, racist abuse of that kind is a crime. if a crime is committed, it should be dealt with appropriately and therefore i would hope, notwithstanding what took place on that day, that the police would want to take action in such an extraordinarily unacceptable case. the shadow transport minister, karl turner, says police may not have the power to act. the uk law only applies if the aircraft is travelling to a uk destination. it needs to be in flight, the definition of in—flight is that the aircraft engines

are on and the plane is moving. it was stood on tarmac in barcelona. surprised, disgusted and hurt. that's how the family of mrs gale have described the incident to the huffington post and say they still haven't heard anything from rya nair. chichi izundu, bbc news. this passenger — who wishes to remain anonymous — was on the same flight from barcelona to stansted, and said that the man who was being abusive appeared to be vulnerable. a lot of passengers did start intervening, did start calling out. it was wrong on social media when somebody commented that nobody else did anything, everyone just sat there. that wasn't the case. there were a lot of people who were intervening and who were supporting the lady and requesting that the racist gentleman stop using such appalling language. that lady should not have been addressed in the way

that she was by a rather sad, rather angry, rather threatened elderly gentleman who was sat, hoping that the world would just leave him alone in his window seat. i'm not sure that ryanair could have done anything more at the time. the flight attendants did everything that they could. had they called the spanish police, i was told by another flight attendant it would have meant the flight, which had already been delayed by about an hour, the off—boarding of the gentleman and all the paperwork would have taken a couple of hours and i cannot believe that the hundred plus passengers would have been any happier with that outcome. that was one passenger who wants to

remain anonymous who was on that ryanair flight. after a short rest from royal duties, the duchess of sussex has rejoined her husband for a walkabout on fraser island off the coast of queensland. the couple, who are expecting their first child in the spring, are on a 16—day tour taking in australia, new zealand fiji and tonga. our royal correspondentjonny dymond is travelling with them. chanting. on the edge of eastern australia, a traditional welcome for harry. this is fraser island, also known as paradise. take a photo! the duke came to declare the rainforest here part of the queen's commonwealth canopy — a conservation project stretching across dozens of countries. put simply, without trees and forests, we don't survive. it is a symbiotic relationship and one that so many people still fail to realise. and then some handshakes and some royal playing around.

he played alone, meghan taking some time out. but harry was more than enough excitement for some. when he shook my hand, he asked our names and i, like, forgot my name for three seconds and then i was like, oh, destiny. "my name is destiny!" he seems like a nice fellow, down to earth. another location, another welcome. and more playing around from harry. there's no stopping him, but still, no meghan. if you want an idea as to why meghan is not taking part in this section of the tour, then check out the roads on fraser island. they are winding, they are bumpy and some would say they are no place for a pregnant woman. but at the end of the day,

strolling on firmer ground, there she was, one hand pressed against her tummy. and they both made time to talk to those who had stood and waited in the sun. hi, guys! there is nothing like a double act — and this one has drawn the crowds across australia. one of life's little triumphs for a lover of royalty. jonny dymond, bbc news, fraser island. lovely weather in australia for the royal couple. let's see what it is doing here. fine across much of the uk after a lovely weekend for many, plenty of sunshine and the temperature at topping 20 in scotland on saturday

and east anglia on sunday, but the big changes on the way because, by the coming weekend, some of us in the coming weekend, some of us in the hills will see a of the white stuff, temperatures as high as single figures, with stronger winds making it feel colder. so make the most of the next few days, with high pressure a cross most of the next few days, with high pressure across much of the country but in the northern isles, it has been wet and windy today, up to 60 to 70 mph. still windy during the night, but it eases off a bit later in the night and the rain eases into shetland and continues across orkney and the far north. elsewhere, the breeze starts to pick up, especially in northern areas, and a range of temperatures, mild, wet and windy in northern scotland, chilly in southern england. low single figures, one mist and fog patches, but nothing widespread for the morning. tomorrow, still some fabrics of rainfall western scotland. the pulse may go further east, but this is where it will be drier, compared with the west. for

northern ireland, england and wales, it is looking dry. some cloud in the north—west. the best of sunshine in the south and east, and maybe some 18 degrees in aberdeenshire. still windy in the north, up to 60 mph, especially on the hills. on wednesday, the raining western scotla nd wednesday, the raining western scotland eases off. more cloud around. the weather front on thursday gathering in northern scotla nd thursday gathering in northern scotland brings back the rain, added is this that moves south. thursday night and friday, following on from that, cold air in double digits for many on thursday, but all change at the end of the week. the cold air comes down from the arctic and a strong wind as well, so the wind chill becomes a factor, and it will the first real taste of winter that we will see. there will be some snow showers out of that over the hills of northern britain. elsewhere, sunshine and rain showers, really.

colder weather taking hold this weekend, and feeling colder still in northerly winds, with a chance of snow for some on hills in the north, and feeling very different to what we've seen. updates as ever on the website. though a key sticking point remains. she tells mps the issue of northern ireland is still not resolved and calls for the party to hold together to try to reach a solution. serving our national interest will demand that we hold our nerve through these last stages of the negotiations, the hardest part of all. the conservative party has spent the past two years arguing with itself, instead of negotiating a sensible deal in the public interest. mrs may faces challenges on all sides this week. will her performance today do anything to strengthen her position? also tonight, new images of the saudi journalist murdered in istanbul, as the rulers of saudi arabia offer their condolences to his son. from a fit 19—year—old student to

being paralysed and brain damaged.