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Originally Posted by pip08456
As as been proven recently Parliament can pass time sensitive legislation in a matter of days.
Bills in the pipeline can also be carried over.
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You mean avoiding proper scrutiny? That apparently would be illegal.
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Lord Drummond Young said that the UK government had failed to show a valid reason for the prorogation, adding: "The circumstances, particularly the length of the prorogation, showed that the purpose was to prevent such scrutiny.
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Surely that would also make any law passed containing time restrictions illegal?
European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019
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(b)a motion for the House of Lords to take note of the agreement has been tabled in the House of Lords by a Minister of the Crown and—
(i)the House of Lords has debated the motion, or
(ii)the House of Lords has not concluded a debate on the motion before the end of the period of two Lords sitting days beginning with the first Lords sitting day after the day on which the House of Commons passes the resolution mentioned in paragraph (a).
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Unless the ruling of the Scottish Judges was purely Political.
Although scrutiny of what is a bit of a mystery, because there isn't anything to scrutinise, and what there has been, has been turned down 3 times by Parliament.