Sir Lindsay Hoyle tells MPs he was advised that granting fresh vote could be further breach of Commons protocol
The Commons speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has rejected an SNP request for a further Gaza ceasefire vote after last week’s angry scenes at Westminster amid concerns that it could be a further breach of parliamentary protocol.
The SNP had asked for a vote on a “substantive” motion on whether there should be an immediate ceasefire after the speaker said last week that he would be willing to consider an emergency debate.
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