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HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThe hon. Lady will know that I cannot disclose whether I gave advice or the content of any such advice. It is covered by the Law Officers convention. The question, “Was the advice…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThe judgment is clear. The Government are assessing its short-term and long-term implications now, but the right hon. Lady can be quite certain that they will abide by its ruling,…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI know that my right hon. and learned Friend will understand that it is not right for the Attorney General or any Cabinet Minister to comment on leaks of matters that occurred…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThat is, of course, one function of a court’s role, but a court is perfectly entitled to develop the common law. I do not think there can be any doubt that that is what happened…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationMay I place on the record, Mr Speaker, my endorsement entirely for your expression of gratitude to the staff of the House? They do an extraordinarily great job. We are deeply…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationWhat I can undertake to my right hon. Friend is that there will be no Prorogation that does not comply with the terms of the judgment of the Supreme Court.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI did not, no.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI will tell the right hon. Gentleman why: first, because it would be an insult to the millions of people who voted in the first referendum to have a second one before we had…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThere are all kinds of reasons why, in judicial reviews, witness statements are not given in cases of this kind. I cannot discuss the internal counsels of the preparations of a…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationAs the hon. and learned Lady knows, the Supreme Court gave judgment on this issue yesterday, and that judgment sets out the definitive and final legal position on the advice given…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationAs I have said in the past, I cannot answer questions about witness statements or the internal preparations of the Government’s case for this Supreme Court.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI am not sure that that is a question for the Attorney General. I am sure the hon. Gentleman can find somebody who is able to deal with it better than I could, but what I will say…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI certainly will talk to the Chief Whip about the matter. If there is consent from all parties, we might as well do something while we are waiting for the Opposition to make up…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationIf the Prime Minister had wished to prevent this House from debating Brexit, he would have prorogued it from 5 September to 14 October. Is the hon. Gentleman seriously suggesting…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI cannot answer the last question, as the hon. Gentleman well knows, as Attorneys General have long maintained the convention that we cannot disclose either the fact or content of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI completely agree. This House’s actions are bringing it into discredit. It is abandoning almost all reasonable precedent. The time has come for a general election, and to resist…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI could not agree more with my right hon. Friend. The time has come. The fact is that this Parliament has no further point. There is no possibility of our governing while this…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationMay I then encourage the hon. Lady to ensure that we vote for the election motion that will come before the House shortly? That way she can try to ensure that what she hopes for…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThe hon. Gentleman asks why Ministers might contest parts of the judgment. There is nothing wrong with the Government, the hon. Gentleman or any member of the public seeking to…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationThe law in relation to the referendum is that it was not binding upon this Parliament. It was binding in every moral sense upon those who promised the British people that it would…25 Sept 2019