but i can, mr speicher, provides the house with an update tonight on what has been agreed so far.learly the government will update the house at the earliest opportunity tomorrow should there be an outcome to the continuing talks in strasbourg that will have an impact upon tomorrow's debate. this evening and strasbourg, the prime minister and my right honourable friend the secretary of state for exiting the eu have secured it legally binding changes that strengthen and improve the withdrawal agreement and political declaration. the house and spoke clearly on the 29th of january when it voted in favour of honouring the decision of the british people and you leaving the european union with a deal that works for the uk. the primary issue of concern them with the northern island backstop. this house said it needed legally binding changes and today that is what the prime minister and the secretary of state have achieved. tonight we will be laying to the new documents in the house. ajoint legally binding instrument on the withdrawal agreement and protocol on northern island. inajoint agr