06:52

Downing Street has been doing its very best to not react to Guy Verhofstadt’s comments (see 11.26am) that trust has been damaged by David Davis commenting that last week’s initial Brexit deal was only a statement of intent.

Theresa May’s spokesman said he had no direct comment on Verhofstadt’s tweet to this effect, and sought to play down any disagreement. He told journalists:

The secretary of state set out yesterday, and the commission agreed with him, that the agreement that was reached last week is a political agreement, but that will move forward into a withdrawal agreement, which will be legally binding.

Asked about plans by the European parliament to vote on a draft resolution on Wednesday to agree tougher wording on the agreement, the spokesman said even less. He said:

There is a process to follow in terms of the withdrawal agreement. That’s all been set out already. In terms of draft guidelines I’ve never commented on those and won’t start now.