Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit out at Sir Keir Starmer, demanding he apologises to Parliament.
Sunak had accused Sir Keir Starmer of having difficulty in “defining a woman” during an attack on Labour Party U-turns.
Esther Ghey, the mother of Brianna, who was transgender, was visiting Parliament when Mr Sunak aimed the jibe at Sir Keir.
His comment prompted fierce criticism from across the political spectrum, with Sir Keir telling Sunak: “Of all the weeks to say that, when Brianna’s mother is in this chamber. Shame.”
Rees-Mogg told Nigel Farage that Starmer broke Parliamentary procedure with his comments.
“If you look at paragraph 2130 of Erskine May, it says that members in debate should be brief and directly related to proceedings and should not be phrased as to be in any way intimidating or seek to influence debate when referring to people in the galleries”, he said.
“And Sir Keir Starmer tried to influence the debate by referring to people in the galleries to strictly disorderly.
“I think Sir Keir should apologise to the House tomorrow.”
