Damian Green resigns - as it happened: Theresa May's deputy quits as MPs vote on Brexit Bill
All the updates from Westminster on Wednesday - as they happened
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Your support makes all the difference.Damian Green has resigned as the First Secretary of State after admitting he made “misleading” statements about pornography found on his Commons computer.
Mr Green described allegations that he downloaded or viewed pornography on his parliamentary computer as "unfounded and deeply hurtful", but admitted he had not been clear in his past statements on the issue.
Meanwhile, Theresa May has been accused of trying to wriggle out of giving MPs a "meaningful vote" on the terms of the Brexit deal, after she repeatedly dodged calls to guarantee it by senior MPs.
Ms May underwent a 90-minute grilling by the Liaison Committee - the only Commons committee able to compel the Prime Minister to give evidence - where Brexit, social care and sexual harassment featured heavily on the agenda.
She also faced Jeremy Corbyn for the last Prime Minister's Questions clash of the year, where Ms May struggled on homelessness figures before admitting that Brexit could be delayed in "exceptional circumstances".
Rounding off the day, MPs are debating the eighth - and final - day of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill's committee stage, where efforts to amend the bill by Tory rebels appear to have been thwarted by the Government.
For all the latest updates, see below:
SNP leader Ian Blackford goes in on RBS again this week, asking whether the Government was right to intervene in the departure of the boss.
May says it is an 'operational decision' for the bank. Hits back at the SNP, saying to the people of Scotland: 'Conservatives back you, SNP tax you'.
Speaker John Bercow makes an aside, saying he's looking forward to attending wedding of Conservative MPs Jack Lopresti and Andrea Jenkyns at the weekend.
PM says she won't be able to make it but offers her congratulations.
The DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson urged the PM to commit to ensuring Gibraltar will be covered by the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
In comments likely to go down well in Madrid, the PM gives him the assurance.
SNP MP Ronnie Cowan calls for so-called 'shooting galleries' which have saved the lives of drug users in Europe. The PM rejects his calls.
Labour MP Clive Efford makes a groan-worthy joke about a Christmas goose, where he asks the PM whether she will name the bird Boris or Michael after her warring Cabinet ministers.
May has little truck with that - says she will have to resist calling it Jeremy (Corbyn).
Labour MP Laura Pidcock - who once said she would never be friends with a Tory - asks about funding to help struggling schools. The PM says funding is going up.
SNP's Drew Hendry asks about Universal Credit, raising the cases of claimants with terminal illness who have to jump through hoops to get their benefits.
May agrees and says those who are terminally ill should be treated sensitively.
Tory MP Nigel Evans asked about rape trials after several high-profile cases collapsed this week. The trial of student Liam Allan fell apart this week after it was revealed that vital text messages were not disclosed.
PM says the Attorney General is reviewing the disclosure process.
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