a few minutes later, andrea jenkyns did get her say.eve the benn act has weakened the negotiating hand of our country? i think it has been unhelpful in negotiations absolutely. but what i think is recognised both in the eu and the uk is the time is now for a deal. i think that was certainly reflected in the discussions i had yesterday is there is a desire to have a deal. a recognition that it is in both sides' interest to do so. and the teams are working extremely hard in order to take that forward. one of the big issues is how northern ireland agrees to new customs arrangements. the stormont assembly hasn't met for more than two years. a dup mp warned that any customs deal that affected northern ireland had to have not only the agreement of the stormont assembly, but also the consent of nationalist and unionist communities. all i really wanted to hear from you today is that the terms of the belfast agreement, which everyone seems to want to defend, will be the terms on which consent for opting into arrangements which diminish the power

let's speak to the conservative mp, andrea jenkyns you can't have been entirely surprised by the decisionyou would say it would be predictable but he would say the substance and the circumstances around the motion are entirely the same as they were on saturday. yes, but the speaker also has discretion, he could have used his discretion, and it is a different set of circumstances at this time. we have never had a fourth vote on boris' withdrawal agreement, but it also echoes how westminster is so out of touch with the general public up and down the country. people are sick of this, they want us to get on with brexit, deliver it, and get domestic policy. thwarting brexit, delaying it further, it is not for democracy. why didn't the government bring their vote on saturday afternoon? it had been amended but it would have given an indication as to where support was in the house. as we have seen support was in the house. as we have seen the shenanigans at the moment, including on my own side, clearly we have got factions here who are just trying to stop brexit. the likes of the lib dems who wan