As you may have seen reported in the press, some of the Tory leadership candidates have advocated ignoring, side-lining or even proroguing (i.e. formally closing the session) Parliament in order to drive through a no deal Brexit.

My Labour colleagues and I – along with the other opposition parties – are determined to do everything we can to prevent this from happening.

This afternoon we will use our Opposition Day debate to try and prevent a no deal Brexit. If the motion is agreed, Parliament will have control of the Order Paper on June 25^th, giving us the opportunity to introduce legislation to prevent the next Prime Minister from pursuing a no deal exit on October 31st.

The legislation could mandate the new Prime Minister to seek the consent of Parliament before pursuing a no deal Brexit, or to seek a further extension to Article 50 if no Withdrawal Agreement has been passed.

We are hoping to mirror the process Parliament used to prevent no deal on March 29^th, which culminated in the EU (Withdrawal) Act.