Brexit: Ed Miliband accuses Boris Johnson of ‘failure of governance’ in internal market debate – live

I can’t support the clauses which relate to Northern Ireland. I think the government is mistaken to believe this is the right way to respond to what I understand is a challenging situation in the negotiations with the European Union.

This is far from just another day in parliament and I, along with many others, are profoundly disturbed by what’s going on here… It’s about our authority on the world stage and that matters not just in the UK, but also to the many people around the world who rely on countries like the UK, governments like the UK’s government, to speak up for them and to criticise those countries that are prepared to set aside international law when it suits them. Now if the UK is not in a position to make that case, then the world is a less safe place. That’s why this matters.

What you shouldn’t do is vote to give authority to the government to do something that would break the law. And I think parliament should not give ministers that authority, and if ministers were to use the authority that they are given, if they are given by parliament, I think we’ll all regret it. And that’s why I hope it won’t happen.

I think what’s likely is that second reading of this bill will pass and I will not vote against second reading of this bill because a large proportion of it is good and sensible and necessary. I don’t object to the vast majority of this bill, it’s three clauses in the bill that I think are pernicious and should be changed, I think the more interesting question will be what happens when we get to a detailed discussion of those particular clauses.