Act against Dissolving Parliament without its own Consent

The Liberal proposals for dealing with a prorogation for narrow politcal interests are very sensible. Here's a CBC summary:

The Liberal proposal would require the prime minister to give the House of Commons 10 days written notice of a move to prorogue Parliament. It would also require the PM to submit the question to the House for debate, and the House would have to vote on the matter, in cases of moves to prorogue less than a year after the speech from the throne, or for more than a month at a time.

"Prorogation would never be allowed when matters of confidence are before the House, " said Ignatieff, adding that no prime minister should be able to shut down Parliament to avoid a confidence vote.

The Liberal proposal would also allow parliamentary committees to remain constituted and working until the first day of a new session.

What interested me was how similar they are to the legislation preserving the Long Parliament:

Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent
(1641, May 11. 16 Charles I. c. 7. 5 S. R. 103. Gardiner, 158, 159.)

WHEREAS great sums of money must of necessity be speedily advanced and provided for the relief of His Majesty’s army and people in the northern parts of this realm, and for preventing the imminent danger it is in, and for supply of other His Majesty’s present and urgent occasions, which cannot be so timely effected as is requisite without credit for raising the said monies; which credit cannot be obtained until such obstacles be first removed as are occasioned by fears, jealousies and apprehensions of divers His Majesty’s loyal subjects, that this present Parliament may be adjourned, prorogued, or dissolved before justice shall be duly executed upon delinquents, public grievances redressed, a firm peace between the two nations of England and Scotland concluded, and before sufficient provision be made for the re-payment of the said monies so to be raised; all which the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, having duly considered, do therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be declared and enacted:

And be it declared and enacted by the King, our Sovereign Lord, with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that this present Parliament now assembled shall not be dissolved unless it be by Act of Parliament to be passed for that purpose; nor shall be, at any time or times, during the continuance thereof prorogued or adjourned, unless it be by Act of Parliament to be likewise passed for that purpose; and that the House of Peers shall not at any time or times during this present Parliament be adjourned, unless it he by themselves or by their own order; and in like manner, that the House of Commons shall not, at any time or times, during this present Parliament, he adjourned, unless it be by themselves or by their own order; and that all and every thing or things whatsoever done or to be done for the adjournment, proroguing, or dissolving of this present Parliament, contrary to this Act, shall be utterly void and of none effect.