Dr Julian Lewis: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 34337, what recent progress the Government has made on the repeal the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011.  [72145]

[Due for Answer on 15 July.]

ANSWER 

The Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Chloe Smith): The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011 led to parliamentary paralysis at a critical time for our country. It is for this reason that the Government made a commitment, in the manifesto and the Queen's Speech, to take forward work to repeal the FTPA. Announcements about the repeal legislation will be made in due course.