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Boris Johnson plans to ask the Queen to suspend Parliament again next week – but only for three days


DOWNING Street is planning to suspend Parliament again next week – but only for three days.

Boris Johnson is now expected to ask Her Majesty for a normal prorogation a week today so he can carry out a new Queen’s Speech as planned on Monday October 14.

 The PM is expected to ask Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament again at a meeting of the Privy Council next Tuesday

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The PM is expected to ask Her Majesty to prorogue Parliament again at a meeting of the Privy Council next TuesdayCredit: Victoria Jones / Press Association

It comes just days after the PM was humiliated when the Supreme Court ruled he misled the Queen by asking for a five-week suspension last month.

A routine meeting of the Privy Council attended by the Queen is in the diary for next Tuesday.

A final decision will be taken by the PM as early as today after his conference speech in Manchester.

But a senior minister told The Sun: “This time everything will be done by the book. Missing two of three sitting days is pretty much the minimum time we need”.

The prorogation will give the PM and his senior team vital space to prepare for a crunch EU Council with EU leaders over Brexit on October 17-18.

What happens when Parliament is prorogued?

The Prorogation of Parliament is the formal name given to the period between the end of a session parliament and the “State Opening” of Parliament that begins the next session.

Prorogation brings to an end nearly all parliamentary business, but public bills may be carried over from one session to the next.

It means all MPs will have a short break before being allowed to come back and debate new laws.

But a minimum of five days is needed for workers to prepare for the pomp and spectacle of a Queen’s speech.

Barriers need to be erected on Westminster’s streets, and viewing stands need to be erected in the Lords.

The Supreme Court last week shamed No.10 by declaring that Boris Johnson’s controversial five-week prorogation from the start of September was “unlawful and void”.

In an unprecedented judgement, all 11 judges in Britain’s highest court made political history by saying it was a legal matter.

Supreme Court President Lady Hale said Downing Street for failing to give any explanation to justify a five-week suspension when typically, previous Government’s have only required four to six days.

Boris Johnson has repeatedly questioned the judgement, but agreed to abide by it.

He called Her Majesty after the unanimous judgment was announced eight days ago.

A Number 10 source said: “He got on to the Queen as quickly as possible to say how sorry he was.”

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