Here is the letter from the Prime Minister received this morning setting out his reasons for requesting that HM The Queen prorogue Parliament.
We have a new government with new priorities. As always, a Queen's Speech allows for new legislation to come forward to deliver on these and an opportunity for our proposals to be scrutinised in Parliament, including the Government's plans to leave the EU. There is ample time to debate our departure from the European Union before the House rises and after the Queen's Speech.