Theresa May will break another record as Parliament sits for its 300th day
The current session is the longest since the English Civil War
THERESA May will break another record as Parliament sits for its 300th day - making it the longest session since the English Civil War.
The Government has yet to name a date for the next Queen’s Speech due to a long queue of log-jammed bills and the Brexit impasse.
But is unlikely to beat the 3,322 sitting days of the Long Parliament during the Civil War, which was only ended when Cromwell ordered his soldiers to forcibly remove MPs in 1653.
Parliamentary sessions usually last the same as an academic year or a season of sport - with the Queen opening Parliament to announce a year’s worth of legislation.
After the 2017 General Election Mrs May decided Brexit required an extra year and there has been an unprecedented number of sitting days because she cancelled MPs’ holiday in a bid to break the impasse.
But there is now little else for MPs to debate and there hasn’t been a vote in the House of Commons for more than a month.
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MPs sat for less than four hours - leaving four hours earlier than normal for a Monday.
One Tory MP said: “I don’t know what this is but it’s not Government. We are squatting in the Palace of Westminster.”
But the PM’s spokesman said: “The government decided on an extended session to deliver the legislation for Brexit and that work is ongoing.”
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