Boris Johnson seeks Parliament suspension ahead of Brexit

London: The UK government will suspend Parliament in the second week of September after the summer recess, a move that could prevent MPs from voting to block a possible no-deal Brexit, prompting widespread criticism from the opposition amid accusations of a “coup”. In a letter to lawmakers, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had asked Queen Elizabeth II to suspend the current parliamentary period in the second week of September till October 14, when there would be a Queen’s Speech, something that is traditionally done to unveil a new government agenda.

Boris Johnson rejected the idea that he asked the Queen to suspend the Parliament in order to give lawmakers less time to stop a no-deal Brexit. He said that suggestion was “completely untrue”, the BBC reported. “We need new legislation. We’ve got to be bringing forward new and important bills and that’s why we are going to have a Queen’s Speech. He said that he believed any vote in the House of Commons, the UK’s lower legislative chamber, on the government’s new program or a possible deal with the EU should be done once his Cabinet’s ambitions are clear and after the conclusions of a meeting on October 17-18 are known, according to Efe news. The House is therefore set to be suspended from September 10 till October 14. (IANS)

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