Boris announces suspension of Parliament

Boris announces suspension of Parliament

The Queen's Speech will take place on October 14th

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that he would schedule a Queen's Speech for October 14th in order to launch new legislation and he denied he was seeking to prevent parliament from obstructing his Brexit plans.

"We need to get on with our domestic agenda and that is why we are announcing a Queen's Speech for Oct. 14," Johnson said.

Asked about criticism from members of parliament that they were being denied time to debate and vote on Brexit, Johnson said: "That is completely untrue. If you look at what we're doing, we're bring forward a new legislative programme.

"There will be ample time on both sides of that crucial October 17 EU Leaders summit, ample time in parliament for MPs to debate the EU, to debate Brexit and all the other issues, ample time."

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