David Davis says leaving the European Union is about a new place for Britain in the world
Brexit minister has outlined to MPs where the Government is in terms of the negotiations to leave the EU
Brexit Secretary David Davis is addressing the House of Commons for the first time since Prime Minister Theresa May ruled out a points-based immigration system after Britain leaves the EU.
Mr Davis is outlining to MPs what progress has been made with Brexit over the summer.
Much to the delight of Foreign Secretary, and fellow Brexiteer, Boris Johnson, told the House that Brexit means leaving the European Union.
He said there will be no second referendum and the government will honour the decision of the people.
Addressing MPs he said: "This is an historic and positive moment for our nation.
"Brexit isn’t about making the best of a bad job. It is about seizing the huge and exciting opportunities that will flow from a new place for Britain in the world.
"There will be new freedoms, new opportunities, new horizons for this great country."
He added: "As the prime minister has made clear, there will be no attempt to stay in the EU by the back door," David Davis told parliament.
"No attempt to delay, frustrate or thwart the will of the British people.
“No attempt to engineer a second referendum because some people didn't like the first answer."
He says the government will take its time over the negotiations because negotiating with the EU must be got right.
There are 180 staff in London working in his department and it is backed up by 120 staff in Brussels, he told MPs.
During the period leading up to us leaving the EU he says he will keep MPs as informed as possible.
As Theresa May has previously said, he says he wants the European nationals already here to remain - as long as British people living elsewhere can remain where they are.
Giving Labour's response, the Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Emily Thornberry said it is plain wrong that the Government will invoke Article 50 - triggering the formal process for leaving the EU - without consulting MPs.
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Today, at the G20 summit in China, the PM sought to drum up trade deals on Monday for a post-Brexit world, as she came under increasing pressure from all sides to define what that would look like.
May met Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Group of 20 summit in China to discuss a free trade agreement and said India, Mexico, South Korea and Singapore had all signalled they would "welcome" talks on removing trade barriers.
In the wake of its vote to leave the European Union, Britain must renegotiate its access to world markets, an issue currently handled for it by Brussels.
It is a huge task for the world's fifth biggest economy, which is struggling to flesh out May's oft-repeated slogan: "Brexit means Brexit".
May says she will not invoke Article 50 -- the formal procedure for an EU member state to initiate departure -- before the end of this year and the government has given little detail on how it wants to proceed.
But whether Britain aims to retain access to the single market or not and how it plans to achieve its aim of curbing immigration from the rest of the EU remain open questions, as does the timing of exit.
She gave little away during her visit to China, except to rule out introducing an Australian-style points-based immigration system for workers arriving from other parts of the bloc.
"I want a system where the government gets to decide who comes into the country," she told reporters, rejecting a key proposal made by Brexit campaigners including now Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
May, who backed staying in the EU during the campaign, has also cast doubt on other Brexit campaign promises such as ending contributions to the EU budget and using the money saved to fund the National Health Service (NHS) and scrap sales tax on petrol.
She has also said she wants the "best possible deal" for Britain and a "unique" solution rather than an existing model such as Norway or Switzerland.
MPs are also set to discuss an online petition calling for a second referendum that has received more than four million signatures.
"This is an historic and positive moment for our nation. Brexit isn't about making the best of a bad job. It is about seizing the huge and exciting opportunities that will flow from a new place for Britain in the world," Davis said in a statement.
"There will be new freedoms, new opportunities, new horizons for this great country".
A group of pro-Brexit campaigners rallied outside parliament as anti-EU leaders raise the pressure on government to outline its strategy.
"Brexit voters demand delivery," UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage told the BBC. "What we don't want is a backslide."
The uncertainty over Brexit is weighing on businesses and investors, and when May met her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the G20 summit he asked for her ensure the environment for Japanese companies remained as "transparent and predictable as possible", a Japanese official told AFP.