He added:"If the court finds it was unlawful, the prime minister will take the necessary steps to comply with any declaration made by the court."
He added that MPs would only lose"seven sitting days" because of prorogation, as it would have been in recess for party conference season for most of the five weeks.Lord Keen said:"It is quite plain that the inner house [the Scottish court that ruled against the government], in addressing this issue and deciding that it could impugn the decision of the prime minister, was proceeding upon a fundamental misconception about how parliament works.
Lord Pannick said:"The exceptional length of the prorogation in this case is strong evidence that the prime minister's motive was to silence parliament for that period because he sees parliament as an obstacle to the furtherance of his political aims."He said it was"remarkable" that the PM had not given a statement to the court explaining why he had advised the Queen to prorogue for an"exceptionally long period".
A crowd of around 40 protesters, holding signs saying"Defend democracy","Reopen Parliament" and"They misled the Queen", remained outside throughout the hearing.
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