New domestic abuse bill up for debate in Parliament

Cheers erupted in the chamber when he confirmed the Bill will receive its second reading next Wednesday.

Mr Rees-Mogg also confirmed further business in the Commons next week.

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On Monday, there will be a series of debates relating to Northern Ireland.

On Tuesday, MPs will debate various pieces of secondary legislation relating to Brexit.

On Thursday, there will be a debate on women's mental health and spending in the Ministry of Justice.

Shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz called for the Attorney General to apologise for calling Parliament a "turkey".

Mr Rees-Mogg replied: "I think it is more of a chicken parliament because it is trying to flap away from the general election that we need and would clear the air."

Ms Vaz also asked Mr Rees-Mogg to clarify comments attributed to him as describing the Supreme Court's judgment on prorogation as a "constitutional coup".

He replied: "If things are said in Cabinet the 30-year rule means that they will come out in 30 years.

"But just because newspapers print gossip from Cabinet meetings does not make it fact.

Raising the issue of voter registration, Ms Vaz said there are now between "4.7 and 5.6 million inaccurate entries" on the electoral roll since individual voter registration was introduced.

She said: "This is seriously disenfranchising people," adding: "Perhaps this is why the government is so keen to hold an election?"

Mr Rees-Mogg replied: "It is in all our interests that electoral registers should be up to date.

"Though some of us also feel it is important that parliamentary constituencies should be up to date, which would be beneficial.

"And I'm interested to see that some members of the opposition bench are keen on boundary changes and I note that with great interest."