prorogation

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During prorogation, MPs cannot debate government policy or ask written or oral questions of ministers.

From BBC • May 20, 2021

As a remedy, the Supreme Court declared the whole prorogation null and void.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019

Amid the confusion, Downing Street moved to try and shore up the position of Cox, whose legal advice saying prorogation was lawful was leaked.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2019

Internet users zeroed in on the spider attached to her chest on Tuesday as she read the decision tearing down Mr. Johnson’s prorogation decision.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019

The minority were so confounded and irritated by the abrupt closing of the general debate, because they hoped to prolong it till prorogation became inevitable.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von