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

The domestic abuse bill was dropped as a result of prorogation, along with several others.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 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

That his Ministers were culpable, as well as unwise, in advising the prorogation, is certain; and when the next elections came on they paid the penalty of their disingenuousness.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles