https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/22/alan-duncan-quits-as-minister-before-boris-johnson-arrival-at-no-10 Alan Duncan, a senior Conservative critic of Boris Johnson, resigned from the government in order to test whether the new prime minister commands the confidence of the House of Commons.
Duncan resigned as a Foreign Office minister on Monday before the expected arrival of Johnson at Downing Street, becoming the latest in a string of ministers to pre-emptively quit their jobs in protest at Johnson’s likely direction as prime minister.
He then revealed to the BBC that he had applied for a debate to test whether Johnson could command a majority, but was turned down by the Speaker.
The motion read: “That this house has considered the merits of the newly chosen leader of the Conservative party, and supports his wish to form a government”.
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