The Commons Speaker said he wanted MPs to consider 'the widest possible range of options'.
SNP and Conservative MPs are reportedly furious with House of Commons Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, for how he arranged today’s vote on calling for a ceasefire in Gaza – with one ConservativeToday is an SNP “opposition day” – a special day in the parliamentary calendar set aside for a non-governing party to present issues it particularly cares about to fellow MPs.
The Labour wording spells out explicitly a concern that some commentators sympathetic to Israel have raised in response to pro-Palestinian activists demanding a ceasefire. The Labour motion “not that Israel cannot be expected to cease fighting if Hamas continues with violence and that Israelis have the right to the assurance that the horror of 7 October 2023 cannot happen again”.
The complaint from some is that the day was structured like this to help Labour avoid a tight political spot. Responding to the decision, one of Parliament’s most senior officials, the Clerk of the House of Commons Tom Goldsmith,
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