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Supreme Court to rule on Parliament suspension on Tuesday | |
(32 minutes later) | |
A ruling on the legality of Boris Johnson decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks will be announced by the Supreme Court on Tuesday at 10:30 BST. | |
The government argues suspension - or prorogation - is not a court matter, but critics say the PM is trying to limit scrutiny of his Brexit policy. | |
Parliament is currently due to return on 14 October, with the UK scheduled to leave the EU on 31 October. | |
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government would "abide by the ruling". | |
However, he did not rule out the possibility that Parliament could be prorogued again, if the government lost the case. | |
The three-day hearing at the highest court in the country dealt with two appeals - one from campaigner and businesswoman Gina Miller, the second from the government | |
Ms Miller was appealing the English High Court's decision to throw out her challenge to prorogation. | |
The government, on the other hand, was appealing the ruling from Scotland's Court of Session that the prorogation was "unlawful" and had been used to "stymie" Parliament. | |
The challenge to the prorogation in the Scottish Court was brought by 75 parliamentarians, including SNP MP Joanna Cherry. | |
During the court case, government lawyer Lord Keen QC said prorogation was "forbidden territory, which is a matter between the executive and Parliament", and MPs "had the tools" to change the law if they did not like it. | |
However, Lord Pannick QC, representing Ms Miller, argued it "was motivated, or at least strongly influenced" by Mr Johnson's belief that Parliament was "a threat to the implementation of his policies". |