UK politics - as it happened: Government makes raft of announcements in final day before MPs' summer holiday on 'taking out the trash day'

Over at the Brexit committee, Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary, and the PM's EU adviser Olly Robbins are giving evidence.

Chairman Hilary Benn asks about the reasons why the government has not included financial services within its common rule book plan.

Mr Raab clarifies there will be 'no wholesale removal of rights' for EU citizens after Brexit, when asked about no-deal preparations.

He says he will not 'drip feed out' the planning being done for leaving the EU without a deal. The government will issue a series of technical notices, which will reassure people about the necessary preparations without causing unnecessary concern.

Asked if the government is stockpiling food, Raab says: "It would be wrong to describe it as the government doing the stockpiling... but we will look at this issue in the round and make sure there is adequate food supply and other supplies."

Hilary Benn asks the PM's adviser Olly Robbins who he meets in Brussels and when.

He says he meets Sabine Weyand, the deputy chief negotiator in the European Commission. 

Asked about the PM's decision to take charge of the negotiations, Robbins says the Brexit secretary is likely to remain Michel Barnier's opposite number but the PM considers the strategy to be her 'personal responsibility'.

Raab says there has been some 'shifting of Whitehall deckchairs' but the team is working together.

Tory John Whittingdale asks about the Chequers agreement and asks Robbins when he started working on it.

Robbins says May has been clear that this is an 'evolution' of the Mansion House speech, rather than a change.

Whittingdale asks whether the details were withheld from cabinet ministers - and how they can have worked on it with the PM if they didn't see them beforehand.

What Whittingdale is trying to get at - Brexiteers think Robbins was the mastermind of the Chequers plan, as they are convinced he is trying to bring about a softer Brexit.

Robbins says it is not a picture he recognises, and the PM had lots of discussions with David Davis, the previous Brexit secretary.

Robbins laughs when John Whittingdale asks him if he should swap places with Dominic Raab - 'as you are clearly the Secretary of State and he is your official'.

Raab finds this less funny. He says there is one team and he is the PM's deputy.

Tory Brexiteer Peter Bone asks if there were two Brexit white papers - one by David Davis and another secret document made by Robbins.

Robbins says this is not true. He prepared papers ahead of the Chequers meeting where the white paper was finalised, as is the usual way.

Jumping back into the Commons briefly, MPs will vote on Ian Paisley Jr's possible suspension for breaching parliamentary rules.

Commons leader Andrea Leadsom says it is 'regrettable' to have to debate the issue, which centres on two all-expenses paid trips to Sri Lanka, which the DUP MP failed to declare.

He would be suspended for 30 sitting days and will forfeit his salary for 30 days too, she says.