Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his policy is on seeking an alternative deal with the EU in the event that Parliament rejects the deal brokered by the Government.

We have been clear that we are not going to speculate around hypotheticals. The Prime Minister has set out what the basis is for a good deal, and we expect to be able to achieve that. The most important thing is that the Government is determined to respect the result of the referendum.

As the Prime Minister has said, the Government will put the final deal that is agreed between the UK and the EU to a vote in both Houses of Parliament, before it comes into force, as both the Exiting the European Union Committee and the Opposition have requested.