'This is not a standard or normal porogation' - Commons Speaker John Bercow says the suspension of parliament is 'an act of executive fiat'. Follow live here:
MPs reject Boris Johnson's call for snap general election - for a second timeby 31 October at the latestQueen approves law aiming to block no-deal Brexit on 31 OctoberParliament is now officially suspended until 14 October.Here's more on that scuffle from earlier:
The PM confirms parliament will now be suspended for five weeks, during which he will continue to negotiate a deal with the EU and prepare for a no-deal Brexit. Finishing her speech, Swinson says:"The prime minister is playing at this. In his speech tonight he made it sound like this was sport, like this was a game.
He says it has left the PM in a"very, very Kafkaesque trap" and he's"finding it very, very difficult to govern but unable to call an election". When he continues, the PM repeats his message that he won't ask for a delay to Brexit beyond 31 October. "But there is a small, terrified minority of Labour MPs who don't want an election because they actually think he might win."The PM says, over the last three years, Labour have"schemed" to overturn the EU referendum result.Johnson mocks Labour over failure to back general election
He highlights how recent Labour leaflets state"we need an election now", with Tory MPs chorusing"now!" in response.Labour MP asks how government can be made to comply with Commons orderHe asks how the government can be made to comply with a Commons vote earlier tonight, which called on ministers to publish no-deal Brexit documents and private messages of key aides over the suspension of parliament.
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