Chaos in the Commons as Hoyle Selects Labour Gaza Amendment

The Speaker has called both the Government’s and Labour’s amendments in SNP Gaza debate. This is a break with precedent after Labour pushed a vote on a ten-minute rule bill to spend more time negotiating with Hoyle. Tom Goldsmith, clerk of the House, says the move “represents a departure from the long-established convention for dealing with such amendments on Opposition days, governed by Standing Order No.[…] Read the rest