WATCH: Lindsay Hoyle APOLOGISES for chaotic events in Parliament after accusations of bias

WATCH: Lindsay Hoyle APOLOGISES for chaotic events in Parliament after accusations of bias
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 21/02/2024

- 20:18

Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader, accused him of having “undermined the confidence” of the House.

Some Labour MPs were preparing to vote on Wednesday for a Scottish National party motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the second time in three months.

However, the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, decided to allow Labour to hold a vote on its own amendment, which calls for a ceasefire only in certain circumstances.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has since apologised after Tory and SNP MPs walked out of the Commons in protest against him and Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader, accused him of having “undermined the confidence” of the House.

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