04.12.2018 - 05:58 [ theTimes.co.uk ]

Ministers face contempt vote over Brexit legal advice secrecy

John Bercow, the Speaker, announced last night that he would accept a motion of contempt against the government for failing to comply with a Commons order to publish the advice. The motion, which will be debated today, could result in Geoffrey Cox, the attorney-general, or David Liddington, Mrs May’s de facto deputy, being suspended from parliament.