newspaper mockup Johnson to ask Queen to suspend parliament but denies it's to stop MPs blocking 'no deal' | ITV News

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just weeks before the Brexit deadline on October 31.

The extended suspension comes just a week after MPs return from their summer recess.

The suspension is intended for the Government to hold a Queen's Speech - laying out their plans - on 14 October.

Mr Johnson said that it is "completely untrue" he will be holding the Queen's Speech on that date because of Brexit, insisting that he had a new government with an "exciting agenda" that requires new legislation

Responding to criticism, Mr Johnson said: “If you look at what we are doing, we are bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, making sure that we have the education funding that we need and there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial October 17 summit [being held by EU leaders on Brexit].

“Ample time in Parliament for MPs to debate the EU to debate Brexit and all the other issues. Ample time.”

Number 10 insists MPs will only lose “a couple of days” debate, and will be able to debate Brexit as part of usual Queen’s Speech debate.

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