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The government's response to this petition seems to have been written by somebody in a hurry ....


ETA: I have posted the text, but it's gone onto page 2!


Whoever wrote it might have taken an extra minute or two read it through before sending it ....... :))

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The Government has responded to the petition you signed ? ?Do not prorogue Parliament?.


Government responded:


Prorogation is a prerogative Act of the Crown, exercised on the advice of Ministers. We must respect the referendum result and the UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October whatever the circumstances.


The UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October whatever the circumstances. We must respect the referendum result.


Prorogation is a prerogative Act of the Crown, exercised on the advice of Ministers, to bring about the end of the parliamentary session. The royal prerogative is the term used to describe the powers held by Government Ministers, either in their own right, or through the advice they provide to the Queen which she is bound constitutionally to follow. The Government determines the length of a parliamentary session and advises the Queen on the date for the beginning of the next parliamentary session.


The beginning of the next session is marked by the State Opening of Parliament during which the Queen delivers the Queen?s Speech. The Queen?s Speech sets out the programme of legislation the Government intends to pursue in the forthcoming parliamentary session.


As the Prime Minister said in his statement on 2 September 2019, the Government has committed to recruiting another 20,000 police officers, improving both NHS and schools funding, and completing 20 new hospital upgrades. It is to progress the Government?s agenda on these and many other fronts that the Prime Minister has sought to commence a new session of Parliament in October.


Parliament is only dissolved before a General Election. Dissolution brings an end to a Parliament. The effect of a dissolution is all business comes to an end and every seat in the House of Commons is vacated until a General Election is held.


Under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, General Elections are now automatically held every five years and the next general election is scheduled for May 2022. The Fixed-term Parliaments Act removed the prerogative power to dissolve Parliament; no longer can the Prime Minister advise the sovereign to dissolve Parliament and call a General Election.


The Fixed-term Parliaments Act also provides the basis on which an early General Election can be triggered:


1. If a motion for an early general election is agreed either by at least two-thirds of the whole House of Commons or without a vote; or


2. If a motion of ?no confidence?, in the terms set out in the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, is passed and no subsequent motion expressing confidence in Her Majesty?s Government is passed by the Commons within 14 days.


In the event of an early-general election, the Fixed-term Parliaments Act allows the Prime Minister to recommend a suitable polling day to the Queen. There will be a Royal Proclamation to set the date. Parliament is then automatically dissolved 25 working days before polling day.


The Government would prefer to leave the EU with a deal and will work in an energetic and determined way to get a better deal. The Government is very willing to sit down with the Commission and EU Member States to talk about what needs to be done to achieve that.


The Prime Minister has said an election needs to take place ahead of the European Council on 17 to 18 October. This would allow the Prime Minister to go to the European Council with a clear mandate from the British people to deliver the referendum result.


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