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(UK) Row after Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle picks Labour Gaza motion [View all]
Source: BBC
Row after Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle picks Labour Gaza motion
21 February 2024
By Paul Seddon
Politics reporter, BBC News
A row has erupted after the Commons Speaker allowed MPs to vote on a Labour motion on the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The amendment from Sir Keir Starmer would allow Labour MPs to back the party's motion calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire", defusing a potential rebellion.
It means they can call for a ceasefire without backing a differently-worded SNP motion.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle's decision prompted anger from SNP and Conservative MPs.
They accused him of breaking with precedent for allowing the votes.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68357080
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