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		</div><p>A member of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet has insisted the Queen was “in no way misled” over the decision to suspend Parliament.</p>
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<p>The UK&#8217;s Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg recalled travelling with Her Majesty’s hairdresser from the airport in Aberdeen to Balmoral before seeking approval from the Queen to prorogue Parliament for five weeks until October 14.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court is currently hearing appeals on two separate challenges in the English and Scottish courts over the prorogation of Parliament, which produced different outcomes.</p>
<blockquote><p>There was no plot, there was a prorogation. We don&#8217;t plot, governments make decisions</p></blockquote>
<p>At the High Court in London, the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and two other judges rejected a challenge against the Prime Minister’s prorogation move by campaigner and businesswoman Gina Miller.</p>
<p>But in Scotland, a cross-party group of MPs and peers won a ruling from the Inner House of the Court of Session that Mr Johnson’s prorogation decision was unlawful because it was “motivated by the improper purpose of stymieing Parliament”.</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg, asked when the plot was first hatched to send him to visit the Queen, told a Telegraph event: “There was no plot, there was a prorogation.</p>
<p>“We don’t plot, governments make decisions.</p>
<p>“We went up with British Airways, the three relevant ministers – me, the Leader of the House of Lords and the Government Chief Whip.</p>
<p>“And we had a fantastic journey from Aberdeen airport to Balmoral because we travelled with the Queen’s hairdresser – I hope it’s not too indiscreet to tell you that, who was absolutely charming and full of fascinating stories, which I can’t tell you.”</p>
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<p>Mr Rees-Mogg was asked if he worried he was a proxy for misleading the Queen over prorogation.</p>
<p>He replied: “Oh what nonsense, no, absolute nonsense.</p>
<p>“I mustn’t be dragged into this because of the legal case but Her Majesty was in no way misled.”</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg said Mr Johnson has been clear in wanting a “different” Brexit deal.</p>
<p>He went on: “I’m very, very confident the Prime Minister will deliver a deal that is fundamentally different if he can deliver before October 31. That is the question.”</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg also said the Government has to “listen very carefully to what the DUP say”.</p>
<p>Earlier, Mr Rees-Mogg labelled Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage a “very distinguished political figure and an important contributor” to what has happened in the UK.</p>
<p>He added Mr Farage is a “significant British statesman” but would not be drawn on whether he should receive a knighthood or a peerage.</p>
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<blockquote><p>I think that it is human to err, it is divine to forgive and the Prime Minister is very close to being divine I think</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg was also asked if there was a way back for the 21 MPs who lost the Tory whip earlier this month.</p>
<p>He replied: “I think that it is human to err, it is divine to forgive and the Prime Minister is very close to being divine I think.”</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg noted there are “many good points” of outgoing Commons Speaker John Bercow, including his role in championing backbench MPs.</p>
<p>He added: “I think precedent is of overwhelming importance in how Parliament works and therefore overturning precedent and expressing his own views has been a mistake, so I think we need to look at his service as Speaker in the round and not just on the bits that we disagree with.”</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg also expressed regret at his decision to recline on the front bench while listening to a key Brexit debate, noting it was a “distraction”.</p>
<p>He came under fire for how he held himself on the front bench, adopting a position he previously took on several occasions while a backbencher.</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg said he was “simply sitting comfortably”, adding: “I do accept it was a mistake.”</p>
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