Petition Limit prorogation of parliament to 4 days to stop misuse of prerogative powers

Currently the Sovereign can prorogue parliament on the advice of the Government, in order to restrict debating time for elected members of parliament.

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This can be used to ‘bypass’ parliament in certain circumstances and there is no reasonable or practical reason why prorogation should take longer than 4 days.

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Date closed 6 November 2019
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