As it happened: Parliament is shut down - BBC News
The five-day suspension will last until Monday, 14 October, when there will be a Queen's Speech.
The prorogation ceremony has just finished, bringing an end to the longest session since the English civil war, at 349 sitting days (or two years and three months).

After Baroness Evans addressed the House of Lords to set out what was achieved during the previous Parliamentary session, MPs then traipsed back into the Commons to hear the formal suspension of that House.

"This Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Monday the 14th day of October," Speaker John Bercow said, in the final formal words of the ceremony.

He's now shaking hands with MPs - many taking the opportunity to thank him for one of his last acts as Speaker before he steps down.