Gisela Stuart: This is a crucial moment for May and her government. There must be no backsliding on a clean Brexit.

Any deal that leaves the UK aligned with EU rules or which deprives us of control over our trading future would not be honouring the referendum result.

Gisela Stuart: Ministers are mistaken. Regulatory alignment is Single Market membership in all but name. Here’s why.

The Prime Minister must reach an agreement which lays out clearly in black and white that the UK will not be relegated to the position of ‘rule-taker’.