Rejected petition Completely Cancel Conference Recess 2019

Parliament is scheduled to resume sitting after the Summer Recess on 3rd September. Unless it votes otherwise, Parliament will again go into Recess - this time for for Party Conferences - from the middle of September until the second week of October.

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At this time of national crisis, Parliament should continue to sit.

Last year Conference Recess ran from 13th September to 9th October, a period of 3 weeks and 5 days). This means that nearly half of the remaining Parliamentary time before the Brexit date of 31st October would be unavailable for debate. . It is perfectly feasible for Party Conferences to be arranged around this change in practice.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/256950

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Date submitted 27 August 2019
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