Submitted on Wednesday 7th August 2019
Rejected on Friday 30th August 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Amend the Fixed-term Parliament Act 2011
The act diminishes the sovereignty of Parliament. It is unreasonable that the Fixed-term Parliaments Act does not require a prime minister to resign immediately following a vote of no confidence and serves as an obstacle to Parliament's ability to legislate as it wishes.
Jonathan Sumption, a former supreme court judge, said [a PM] Johnson would be entitled to stay on as prime minister even if he lost a confidence vote. As a result it is possible, for example, for the prime minister to set the date of a subsequent election for after 31 October, following the UK’s departure from the EU with or without a deal. This effectively removes the ability of Parliament to legislate as it wishes to and repeal a law that it made.
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