Stone: Prime Minister plan to suspend parliament is dangerous and irresponsible
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North MP Jamie Stone has slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to prorogue parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit.
Mr Johnson is expected to ask the Queen to suspend parliament to allow his administration to hold a Queen's Speech on October 14.
However, the move will give Westminster MPs little time to pass laws to prevent the Prime Minister taking the United Kingdom out of the European Union without a deal when the deadline arrives on October 31.
Mr Stone, the Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, criticised the move, calling it "dangerous" and "irresponsible".
He said: "This is an outrageous decision by a Government claiming to be 'taking back control'.
Westminster is considered the cradle of democracy, but Johnson is treating it with contempt
"Just yesterday almost 200 MPs, including myself, signed the Church House Declaration which said shutting down parliament would be 'an undemocratic outrage at such a crucial moment for our country, and a historic constitutional crisis'.
"And yet the Government is ignoring parliament and trying to force through a no-deal Brexit, which the majority of MPs are against.
"Westminster is considered the cradle of democracy, but Johnson is treating it with contempt. This is a deeply dangerous and irresponsible way to govern.
"My constituents elected me to represent them and this means stopping a no-deal Brexit which will be extremely damaging to the Highlands, Scotland and the whole UK.
"The Liberal Democrats demand better and we will continue to oppose any attempts to shut down parliament."
