WATCH: Craig Mackinlay has MPs in stitches as he jokes about Speaker's support

Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay has left Commons MP in fits of laughter, as he made a triumphant return to Parliament following a quadruple amputation after contracting sepsis.

Speaking to the Commons, Mackinlay thanked the NHS staff who saved his life, before joking about Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.

Mackinlay told the Chamber: "And first of all, a thanks to you, Mr Speaker, for being there for me, for coming to visit.

"And I will tell everybody a little story. The rest of the hospital thought I must be dreadfully ill, because they said, that guy's got the funeral director in already."

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