{"id":595,"date":"2019-10-25T16:15:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T16:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.johnwhittingdale.co.uk\/?p=595"},"modified":"2021-08-18T08:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:08:40","slug":"prorogation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=595","title":{"rendered":"Prorogation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"g671.2\" class=\"debate-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\">\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that there is a judgment that is superior to that of any court\u2019s? That is the judgment of the British people. It has once been given on the question of whether this country should remain a member of the European Union, but it has twice been prevented from being expressed in a vote of this House. Is it not now time that we allow them to give their judgment on this Parliament?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; font-family: inherit; float: right; width: 331.734375px; text-align: right;\">\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><span class=\"link-to-speech__label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #b5acaf;\">Link to this speech<\/span><a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2019-09-25c.651.2#g671.2\">In context<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" name=\"g671.3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<h2 class=\"debate-speech__speaker\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; position: relative;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/?p=11541\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 50px; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 10px; position: absolute; left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/images\/mps\/11541.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Geoffrey Cox\"><span class=\"debate-speech__speaker__name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">Geoffrey Cox<\/span>&nbsp;<small class=\"debate-speech__speaker__position\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15.119999885559082px; line-height: 1em; color: #9d9195; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 36em;\">The Attorney-General<\/small><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">I 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 Parliament continues to block everything we do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that there is a judgment that is superior to that of any court\u2019s? That is the judgment of the British people. 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