Originally posted by malvolio
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Nothing was said in the meeting with the Queen, that's not how it works. Boris didn't even meet her himself. 3 Minsters met the Queen in Privvy Council and asked her to make an oOrder in Council to Prorogue Parliament, which she did. No debate, no discussion.
The case hinges on the reasons Boris gave for requesting the Order to Prorogue and whether it stymied Parliaments ability to scrutinise the government as a result and whether that was the desired effect. The Law Lords concluded that it did and it was based on evidence provided including minutes of meetings in which proroguing was discussed and a hand written note and initialled agreement from Boris.
Even when in recess for the party conference season parliamentary business can still be conducted, Ministers required to respond to questions and if needs be votes held. A prorogued parliament can do none of this as it technically no longer exists until the next Queens Speach.
There was still time after the conference season to carry out the normal business of Proroguing parliament ahead of a Queens Speach. What has happened is that Parliament has been shutdown for 5 weeks, when it would normally only be 2. This week just gone, the two weeks of the conference season and the two weeks after that. Only the final two weeks would normally have been affected by a prorogation.
Read the judgement for yourself and you will see why the Law Lords reached the conclusions they did based on statute and case law.
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