ANTI-BREXIT campaigner Gina Miller has said the Government “unequivocally” accepts it cannot close down Parliament to get a No-Deal Brexit through.
She told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday: “What they have said is unequivocally they accept that to close down Parliament to bypass them in terms of Brexit – stopping a No-Deal Brexit in particular – is illegal.
“So without having to go to court they’ve conceded we’ve basically called their bluff.”
But Miller said that while the Government had given a reassurance that Parliament will not be prorogued, she said she would be seeking further reassurances that MPs would be able to pass legislation to stop a No-Deal Brexit.
She said: “At the moment Parliament has to find a way – instruments and ways – of ensuring that they can pass that legislation, scrutinising which is what the Government letter has confirmed, that Parliament will be able to scrutinise and examine all options when it comes to exiting, it’s not the same as giving them the ability to pass legislation.
“And because we already have in legislation that October 31 is our exit day they need to pass other legislation to prevent No Deal or to change that date after an extension.”
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Meanwhile, Westminster’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng downplayed suggestions that there could be an election before Brexit.
“I don’t think anyone is talking about calling an election, there’s a lot of speculation about things like a government of national unity and all the rest of it,” he told Sky News.
“I don’t see that as a way forward. In order to have a General Election lots of things have to happen which I think, in my opinion, are unlikely to happen but we’ll have to wait and see.”
He added: “The main focus of this government is to deliver the referendum and to leave on October 31.”
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