david mundell appears to have walked back from that position subsequently.g that it was not a threat to quit. but eve ryo ne it was not a threat to quit. but everyone will be watching closely to see if he is considering his position this afternoon. lorna gordon, with drama coming from other quarters as well, but let's focus in for a moment on that cabinet meeting in downing street, pushing the five—hour mark since ministers gathered to hear theresa may and work out what they think they want to do with it. vicki young is our chief correspondent, just getting the light right. it has changed a bit since you first got out there. any movement on that door at all? not a lot. there was a little flurry of activity, but we are still waiting. they have been in there since two o'clock, so several hours. you never know quite how long these things are going to take, but it does show that they are all having their say, that they are all having their say, that they clearly haven't gone in there and rubber—stamp what they have seen in front of them, and they are asking for

we have seen david mundell come out already.blems with scotland and the snp calling for the same. what was interesting is theresa may giving that state m e nts is theresa may giving that statements and immediately saying this is going to be a choice between her deal, no deal or no brexit so thatis her deal, no deal or no brexit so that is going to be the pressure that is going to be the pressure that will be put on those mps, not just the dup but conservative mps and also something labour mps will have to think about as well. it is all about what they think they can achieve if they vote against her deal. do they think they will end up with no deal which hardly any of them in the house of commons would wa nt them in the house of commons would want or do they think they can bring about some other kind of change? there is the health secretary. probably one of the most loyal mps. david mundell is further down the street talking to reporters and explaining how he has been reassured, presumably, about the worries he had. theresa may e

the scottish secretary david mundell has been speaking to our scotland political correspondent davidose in today's cabinet resignation saying he is not impressed by their actions. and disappointed colleagues have resigned. we had a full and frank discussion at the cabinet yesterday andi discussion at the cabinet yesterday and i thought we abided by collective responsibility, and people maybe have reservations about the deal but they signed up to it on that collective basis and i would have hoped they would have stood with the prime minister as we move through this next stage of the process , through this next stage of the process, taking it to the european council, then coming back to cabinet. cabinet hopefully being in a position to recommend it to mps for a meaningful vote. for the avoidance of doubt, what is your position? are you remaining as secretary of state for scotland? i'm clear that i should remain as secretary of state for scotland and it is an important time. we must ensure scotland leaves the eu on the basis of a deal. i believe that a no deal situation is disastrous fo

the scottish secretary, david mundell, thought to be wavering earlier today, has said tonight he is contenthe common fisheries policy at the end of the transition in 2020, but fishing industry leaders wa nt to 2020, but fishing industry leaders want to know what happens then. they are worried that in order for british fishermen to get a deal that allows them to sell their fish tariff free into european markets, they will have to give european fishing boats substantial access to uk waters, and of course that is the very thing they want to get away from. they think that european boats have too much access to uk waters at the moment. and a number of scottish tory appeasing coastal constituencies are very sensitive to these industry concerns, and this could be one more headache for the prime minister as she tries to get this agreement through. sarah, again, thanks very much, sarah smith with the latest thoughts in edinburgh. the prime minister's task is to sell the terms of the draft agreement not only to mps, but also to business leaders, many of whom have expressed concern about the uncertain

just to underline the pressure from all sides, and extremely loyal cabinet member, david mundell.ement of being in a customs union. they want to be assurances about fishing and access to uk waters. all sorts of different issues people want to know about but the government sends pretty confident that the cabinet will gather them their backing. this is a very important decision for some of those ministers who don‘t necessarily, are not that enthusiastic about this agreement. 0ne enthusiastic about this agreement. one of the backbench brexiteers mps said this is the biggest political decision you will make in your life. don‘t worry about the ministerial jaguar ran the red box, make that crucial decision in the right way. they have to wake up, they have been eurosceptics their entire life. brexit will happen at the end of march, this is the argument put to them. do you want to make sure that happens or do you want to vote down the deal she‘s going to put to parliament and risk, no one knows. they are potentially risking another referendum, they are potentially risking no deal. that ad

david mundell of scotland secretary is one of them and he spoke to us a short time ago.ook backin cabinet will have the chance to look back in detail this evening and there will be a special cabinet meeting tomorrow to reflect in what in that document. and encouraged but we need to look at the detail and see what is there and hopefully be ina see what is there and hopefully be in a position to take forward the deal. that is what the government has been looking for all the time to get the deal, negotiators have worked incredibly hard to get to this point. but we need to consider that in cabinet tomorrow. we also spoke to the dup sammy wilson. that in cabinet tomorrow. we also spoke to the dup sammy wilsonm that in cabinet tomorrow. we also spoke to the dup sammy wilson. it is up spoke to the dup sammy wilson. it is up to the prime minister as to whether or not she brings a deal which meets the requirements which have been set out notjust by ourselves and this is important, these are promises which she made because she recognised that the integrity of the uk was important

pro brexiteers are happy about the uk being tied into the eu after we leave and then people like david mundeller scottish conservative mps saying they want reassurance about what happens to fishing rights after we leave. there are all sorts of issues they will have to work through which they will have to work through which they are clearly taking some time to do. on the kind of mood music, clearly we have not seen the actual document, last night and this morning people have some kind of idea what is in this document, were you picking up any signs we could be in the realm of seeing several resignations from the cabinet or is there still a will to back the prime minister? i think if they could, they would want to. i do not think they would want to. i do not think they want to bring down the prime minister or cause her more trouble than she already has but you're talking about people in her cabinet who have been euro—sceptics for their entire careers and some find it difficult to live with the agreement that she has come up with. in terms of resignations, issue has the most senior cabinet members