After Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament was deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, peers were summoned back to the chamber at 3pm on Wednesday – with MPs returning to the House of Commons at 11:30am.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, sitting with Bishop Sarah Mullally and the other Lords Spiritual, asked the minister of state for departing the EU, Lord Callanan, whether there would be more openness if the government sought another Brexit extension.
He asked: “Would the noble Lord agree with me that parliament has, justifiably or not, seen its reputation sink very, very low over the last few months and one of the ways of dealing with that is transparency.
“Will he therefore – regardless of how many letters there may or may not be – will he undertake that the government will be completely transparent and honest in the spirit, and not merely the letter of the law, about the actions they take over the next few weeks in connection with an extension?”
Lord Callanan replied: “We always endeavour to be as transparent as possible with regard to these matters whilst of course, still preserving the confidentiality of the negotiations.”
Later on, the head of the Church of England joked that he knew all about big divisions, saying the debate going on “‘demonstrates the total division across parliament, which is only a shadow of the immense divisions across the…
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