Parliament prorogues amid disruption

Now the ceremony moves back to the House of Lords.

Baroness Evans, the leader of the Lords, outlines the government bills which have passed this session.

The Speaker says prorogation represents "an act of executive fiat".

He leaves for the House of Lords, and there are calls of "shame on you" from the SNP MPs on the benches.

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Black Rod is present in the Chamber, calling for MPs to attend the Lords.

There appears to be some sort of disturbance.

The Speaker, John Bercow, says this prorogation is "not a standard or normal prorogation".

There is outcry as the Speaker continues.

There are three members of the Royal Commission in the Lords tonight to begin the prorogation ceremony, because the leader of Labour in the Lords, and the leader of the Lib Dems are boycotting it.

The act of proroguing or suspending Parliament is marked by a traditional ceremony in the House of Lords.

This begins with an announcement on behalf of the Queen, read by the Leader of the House.

A Royal Commission made up of five peers – usually made up of the leader and deputy leader of the Lords, the Lord Speaker, the shadow leader of the Lords and the convener of crossbench peers – then enter the Chamber dressed in parliamentary robes.

They instruct Black Rod, a senior officer in the Lords, to summon the House of Commons.

Black Rod then heads to the Commons where, as is customary, the door is slammed shut in his or her face.

After knocking three times with his ebony rod, the door is opened and MPs proceed to the Lords.

When MPs arrive, there is a ceremonial greeting from the Royal Commission, who doff their hats, with representatives of the Commons bowing in return.

The Clerk of the Crown then announces the names of Acts to be given royal assent, declaring “La Reyne le veult” – Norman French for “The Queen wishes it”, after each Act.

The achievements of the government are reviewed and back in the Commons, MPs traditionally file out of the Chamber and shake the Speaker's hand.

Whether many of them are still awake at this early hour of the morning is another question...

Now the main business of the day has finished, preparations are being made for the formal move to prorogue - suspend - Parliament.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the government and the way the prime minister is operating is a "disgrace".

"The one thing the prime minister did not say was that he was going to obey the law of this country," the Labour leader says.

"He did not say he acknowledged or accepted three votes that have taken place in this Parliament," he adds.

He urged Boris Johnson to reflect on the decision to shut down the Commons.

Boris Johnson is accusing opposition MPs of thinking they know better than the British public, after his motion calling for a general election was defeated.

"They want the British prime minister to go to a vital negotiation without the power to walk away," he says.

MPs are voting on the motion put forward by the government, that there should be an early general election.

Results will come at about 00:30 BST.

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Olly Robbins, who helped negotiate the EU withdrawal agreement for Theresa May, will join investment bank Goldman Sachs after a sabbatical.

The civil servant headed talks which led to the former prime minister's withdrawal agreement which formed the basis for the UK's exit from the EU.

However, the deal repeatedly failed to get through Parliament, prompting Mrs May to resign earlier this year.

Mr Robbins, 44, announced he would quit his role shortly afterwards.

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