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There is some sign of movement in the Brexit legislative logjam, with the news that the EU withdrawal bill, amended by the Lords 15 times, will now return to the Commons for MPs to consider the amendments before the summer recess.

Earlier on Thursday the leader of the Commons, Andrea Leadsom, announced next week’s business, which had no space for the bill – or any news of other Brexit bills.

But Theresa May’s spokeswoman told journalists this afternoon it would return to the Commons “within weeks rather than months” – that is, before the long summer recess, which begins on 24 July. She said:

We are taking time to consider the amendments, and that is what you would expect us to do on an issue so important.

There is still, however, no news on when MPs can expect to again see the Brexit-related trade and customs bills, or any news at all on bills connected to immigration and fisheries.