Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
After an evening of chaos in the U.K. House of Commons on Wednesday, British lawmakers are calling for Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle to resign.
Replacing Mr Bercow, who was found guilty of bullying after a parliamentary investigation, Sir Lindsay, 66, promised to be a “neutral” and “transparent” speaker and return “respect and ...
The Commons Speaker sparked uproar from the SNP and Conservatives after his decision to allow multiple Commons votes on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Sir Lindsay Hoyle faces calls to resign as ...
The new speaker elected in November 2019, Lindsay Hoyle, wears a gown like Bercow, but continues to wear his parliamentary identification card on a lanyard, as he did while Deputy Speaker. He later said he would wear the full court dress on ceremonial occasions, which he first did at the State Opening on 19 December 2019, with lanyard included ...
Hoyle was elected Speaker on the fourth ballot, defeating Chris Bryant and winning 325 votes out of a total of 540 cast. Hoyle then duly received royal approbation in the House of Lords. In accordance with convention that the Speaker's post is strictly non-partisan, following the election Hoyle rescinded his Labour membership. [34]
The election was triggered on 9 September 2019, when former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, announced his resignation as both Speaker and Member of Parliament, effective at the end of the 31 October 2019 sitting, unless Parliament was dissolved for an early general election before that date, in which case the election of Speaker ...
The Commons Leader said Sir Lindsay had ‘raised temperatures’ by selecting Labour’s bid to amend an SNP motion.
In September and October 2022, the Conservative Party government led by newly appointed prime minister Liz Truss faced a credibility crisis. It was caused by the September 2022 mini-budget and a disorganised vote in the House of Commons over a parliamentary motion to ban fracking, ultimately resulting in the loss of support of Conservative members of parliament (MPs).