British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling a Queen's Speech for October 14, a move his opponents say is an attempt to limit opposition to Brexit weeks before the country is due to leave the European Union.
Typically, a Queen's Speech is held every year. Mr Johnson is a new prime minister, who took over from Theresa May in July, and so would be expected to have his own legislative priorities.
Parliament is normally suspended for a few days ahead of a Queen's Speech. In recent years this suspension has lasted for between five and 20 days.Britain is weeks away from making its most important strategic decision in decades over how, and even whether, it leaves the EU. The suspension would add to an already planned suspension — means that when MPs come back to work, they would have only a few days before they break up again, leaving them very little time to debate and pass legislation to keep Britain from leaving the EU without a deal on October 31.
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