Petition calling for Government not to suspend Parliament debated on Monday
The appeal has more than 1.7 million signatures.
An online petition calling for the Government not to suspend Parliament will be debated on Monday.
The e-petition has more than 1.7 million signatures and will be debated in Parliament’s second chamber — Westminster Hall.
A separate, pro-prorogation petition, will also be debated by the committee.
The second appeal, which asks that “the Prime Minister advise Her Majesty the Queen to prorogue parliament” to “prevent any attempts by parliamentarians to thwart Brexit”, has more than 100,000 signatures.
The petition against suspending parliament gained 100,000 signatures in just a few hours. Signatures continued to climb despite the Queen approving an order last week to suspend parliament no earlier than September 9 and no later than September 12, until October 14.
Critics, including Commons Speaker John Bercow, called the decision a “constitutional outrage”, designed to stop MPs from intervening as the UK heads towards a no-deal Brexit on October 31.
But the protests were dismissed as “phoney” by Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg.
