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Prorogation
29 April 2021
Lead MP
Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Speaker
Debate Type
General Debate
Tags
Parliamentary Procedure
Other Contributors: 1
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Lindsay Hoyle raised concerns about prorogation in the House of Commons. Other MPs contributed to the debate.
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Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker
Chorley
The Speaker informed the House about the proroguing of the present Parliament, citing Her Majesty's Commission and announcing that this Parliament will be prorogued to Tuesday the eleventh day of May. This marks the end of the First Session of the Fifty-Eighth Parliament in the Seventieth Year of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.
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