SNP MP suspended from Commons over stunt against Internal Market Bill
Drew Hendry MP was named in the Commons after he staged an angry protest over the approval of the controversial Internal Markets Bill.
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SNP MP Drew Hendry has been suspended from the Commons after shouting and refusing to sit down during a debate. The MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey was taking part in the debate about the UK Internal Market Bill when the outburst happened. The deputy speaker of the house, Dame Rosie Winterton, said the MP was showing off while other MPs said his behaviour was unacceptable . The deputy speaker asked Mr Hendry to sit down when he started shouting as the trade minister Paul Scully was finishing up his speech. When he refused, she said he would be named - a term used in Westminster to describe the process of using an MPs name to discipline them.
Childish Scottish National Party MP Drew Hendry was today suspended from the House of Commons for refusing to sit down and bellowing outrage as the Brexit bill was approved.
Mr Hendry, the SNP s business spokesman, shouted this is an outrage as proceedings on the UK Internal Market Bill came to a conclusion following a lengthy parliamentary battle in recent weeks.
Deputy Speaker Dame Rosie Winterton told Mr Hendry to resume his seat but the MP refused before proceeding to pick up the parliamentary mace and walk towards the door of the chamber.
He was stopped by the doorkeepers, who took the mace from him.
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The Bill would leave the scope of Wales devolved powers uncertain and undermined.at the hands of the UK Government, said Mr Miles. The provisions in the Bill are also so wide and deep in operation that they risk constraining the legislative space for the Senedd in areas which are currently devolved, he said. We have therefore today formally notified the UK Government that should the UK Parliament enact the Bill in its present form, I intend to take immediate action to seek a declaration from the Administrative Court that the ambit of constitutional legislation cannot lawfully be cut down in this way and that the ensuing Act cannot be interpreted so as to have that effect.