What you are saying but others will say all of this is such a great area because of our unwritten constitution. We dont know exactly where we do stand and its a question of balance of powers between parliament and the government and the courts, but it shouldnt be this unpredictable in a sense. I agree it shouldnt be unpredictable and it wasnt unpredictable. The law does not permit judicial unpredictable. The law does not permitjudicial review of the prerogative to Prorogue Parliament. It is subject to political control. That leaves space for a serious political controversy, a disagreement between mps and the Prime Minister and eventually there has two. We will have to leave it there because we are back inside the Supreme Court. Lets listen to the governments representative here. Supreme court. Lets listen to the governments representative herelj paraphrase of course from the opinion of hodge in the case of her goal. Mark reference has been made to constitutional principle. Constitution
Start thattay at the every Single Member of this house whatever view they hold on the fundamental physical question before us, is trying as they see best, to act in the National Interest and the interest of their constituents. The problem, the reason we are here today, is of course that each of us has a slightly different view of what those best interests are. So i hope that we can debate this bill in what is a, i recognize, a very short amount of time. If im a response to the point i can do no better than to quote the right honorable member for west dorsett who on the third of april in the house said, it could only be done at high speed. Because there is no time left. I think wherever we stand on this issue, we know there is very little time left. Following the decision on promulgation, there is even less time that would have been available previously. Therefore i hope that we will stronglyh other with held views with respect and consideration during this debate. The focus of the bill
The home secretary, priti patel, will meet her french counterpart in paris today, to discuss ways to deal with the rise in illegal migrant crossings to the uk by boat. At least 25 people have been killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub in mexico. Several more are seriously hurt. And the survival of Bolton Wanderers has been secured after Football Ventures limited completed its takeover of the club. The League One Club had been facing liquidation. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The government has insisted that mps will have time to debate the uks departure from the European Union despite plans to suspend parliament for five weeks into october. Yesterday, the queen approved the Prime Ministers request to close parliament until 14th october less than three weeks before the uk is due to leave the eu. But the move has sparked protests around the country a legal challenge is underway and a petition against proroging parliament has attracted more than one million signatur
Scientists say this summers melting has been one of the most severe on record, leading to a global rise in sea levels. Thats all, stay with bbc world news. Now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. Hello there and welcome to tuesday in parliament, where mps returned from their summer break and Boris Johnson is defeated in the commons as mps back moves to take over the agenda and try to stop a no deal brexit at the end of october. The ayes to the right, 328, the noes to the left, 301. The result comes as borisjohnson the left, 301. The result comes as Boris Johnson rejects the left, 301. The result comes as borisjohnson rejects the idea of asking for an extension to the brexit deadline. To force us to beg for yet another pointless delay. Eu leaders report that the government has so far failed to present any new proposal. And a conservative mp crosses the floor, leaving the Prime Minister with no working majority. Meanwhile, the minister in charge of no deal planning says no one can be bla
For a look back at the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament a few historic, extraordinary, tumultuous days filled with government defeats, party expulsions, defections and resignations. On this programme mps back a bill demanding the pm ask for a brexit extension and push no deal off the table. Boris johnson says it puts the eu in charge. There is only one way to describe this deal it isJeremy Corbyns surrender bill his is a government with no mandate, no morals, and, as of today, no majority. The Prime Minister tries and fails to call a general election. The motion has not obtained the majority required under the fixed term parliaments act 2011. Unlock. Also on this programme mps react to the news that the pms brother is to quit as a minister and mp. Applause in the commons for a labour backbencher after he tears into borisjohnson over his comments on muslim women. And in what would normally be the weeks big parliamentary event, the chancellor sets out his S