Suspending Parliament remains an option to ensure Britain leaves the European Union (EU) on October 31, former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said on Saturday, rejecting criticism of the measure from other Conservative leadership candidates.

Mr. Raab, who draws support from the most pro-Brexit wing of the Conservative Party, has refused to rule out suspending Parliament until the Brexit deadline, if needed to prevent lawmakers from stopping a no-deal Brexit. “I think it is very unlikely that it would be necessary,” he said in a BBC interview. “It is much more difficult this time for Parliament to engage in the sort of guerrilla warfare sabotage of a government that is resolved... to leave by the end of October,” he added.

Mr. Raab said he wanted to keep all constitutional options on the table in order to pressure the EU to agree a time limit for a ‘backstop’, that prevents border controls between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland.