Theresa May could prevent bills going through the Commons if she asked the Queen to “prorogue” parliament Youi Mok/Reuters

Theresa May should demand that the Queen suspends parliament to halt plans to stop a no-deal Brexit, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.

The chairman of the European Research Group of backbench Conservatives warned that “vestigial constitutional means” could be necessary to stop a no-deal Brexit being taken off the table, and that if the government did not use them they will have “connived” in the rebels’ actions.

If the prime minister advised the Queen to “prorogue” parliament — the term for the end of a parliamentary session — then all laws that had not made their way through the Commons and Lords would automatically fall.

Next Tuesday the Commons is expected to vote on an amendment tabled by Yvette Cooper, the Labour MP, clearing the way…