Legal Advice: Prorogation
Debate between Geoffrey Cox and Catherine McKinnell(5 years, 2 months ago)
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The Attorney General
I wholly understand the strength of feeling of my hon. Friend, and I agree with almost all of it.
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North) (Lab)
The Attorney General accepts that his legal advice was wrong—that the Government got this wrong. Whether in law or not, it was patently obvious to everybody watching that it was wrong to prorogue Parliament in that way. The United Kingdom Head of State was asked by the Prime Minister to agree to an illegal course of action based on incorrect advice. What does the Attorney General believe should be the consequences for those responsible?