Rishi Sunak found himself at the end of a telling off by Speaker Lindsay Hoyle in a lively PMQs session.
The Speaker quickly slapped down the Prime Minister over his use of “props” while launching a verbal attack on Sir Keir Starmer.
The Tory Party leader was grilling Starmer over the Labour Party’s policy on immigration, suggesting he is yet to make it clear.
In doing so, the Prime Minister pulled out a textbook that Starmer “authored” about European laws on human rights.
Lindsay Hoyle hit out at Sunak
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Hoyle took exception to the move, saying the Prime Minister had broken protocol.
“Prime Minister, when I stand up, please sit down”, he said.
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GB News“Can I just say, we don’t use props in this house. I will certainly ensure that if you do need reminding, I certainly will.”
The Prime Minister was under intense scrutiny during the session as his Rwanda plan was criticised.
Starmer suggested the PM does not believe in the “gimmick” himself with Tory MPs rebelling against it.
Tory Party Deputy chairmen Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith became the latest to show their displeasure by resigning from their post as a result of the matter.
The Prime Minister is battling to see off another major revolt on Wednesday as MPs decide whether to back legislation aimed at saving the Government’s flagship asylum policy.
Some 60 Conservatives supported changes to the Safety of Rwanda Bill put forward by Tory veteran Sir Bill Cash, in a sign of the scale of unease within the party during an election year.
MPs voted 529 to 68 to reject the amendment, which aimed to ensure UK and international law cannot be used to prevent or delay a person being removed to Rwanda.
But the scope of the revolt would be more than enough to sink the legislation and overturn the Government’s working majority if it were repeated at the Bill’s final Commons hurdle expected on Wednesday.
In a bid to unite his party ahead of the showdown, he told the Daily Express newspaper: “As a party we have to come together to get this legislation through and put the pressure on Labour who are nowhere near on the issue.”