Boris Johnson has vowed he will deliver Brexit, “do or die”, by Halloween. But Ms Miller, who won a High Court case against the Government over the involvement of Parliament in Britain’s departure from the bloc, insisted on Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday that the Prime Minister could not prorogue Parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit. She said her team would “seek reassurance” to ensure MPs will not be stopped from passing legislation to halt a no-deal exit. 

Host Stephen Dixon, standing in for Sophy Ridge, said: “One thing the Prime Minister has made very clear is the idea he wants a new deal. In effect, he is going to the EU saying ‘give us a free trade deal’, or we are going to leave anyway. 

“The more you do to rule out the possibility, through legal means, and the more MPs do to rule out the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, you just undermine his position, don’t you, in trying to actually get the sort of deal he thinks will be good for this country?” 

But Ms Miller replied: “No, because they are two different things. One is leaving and the other is negotiating over – if we were going to get a deal, over the next two years or so, to get that future relationship.” 

But the Sky News host insisted “no-deal off the table” is “weakening” the hand of the Prime Minister. 

Ms Miller replied: “I don’t know who he is negotiating with because there is nobody sitting in the Commission until November. There is a lot of bluster and propaganda going on here. 

“We have taken one off the table. Prorogation is not one they can use. Now we have to look at all the other issues and see whether the Prime Minister is actually working within the law.” 

The Government has appeared to concede that Mr Johnson will not be able to prorogue Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit. 

Its lawyers have suggested that Parliament will not be suspended in the period leading up to Britain’s exit from the bloc at the end of October, in response to a legal letter from Ms Miller. 

Ms Miller said: “What they have said is unequivocally that they accept that to close down Parliament to bypass them in terms of stopping a no-deal Brexit is illegal, so without having to go to court they have conceded. We have basically called their bluff.” 

Commenting on whether a no-deal Brexit could be stopped, Ms Miller said: “While they have given this reassurance of no prorogation of Parliament, one of the central tenets in my letter to the Prime Minister was to say, if you deny MPs the ability to pass legislation to stop no-deal, it would be contrary to Parliament’s sovereignty. 

“We will go back again to seek that reassurance, among others, that they will allow Parliament to pass legislation to stop no-deal.” 

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