Jacob Rees-Mogg condemns SNP MP over ‘childish’ Brexit protest
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17 December 2020, 3:12 pm
Jacob Rees-Mogg has described the actions of an MP who picked up the parliamentary mace in a Brexit protest as “silly” and “childish”.
The SNP’s Drew Hendry, the party’s business spokesman, was suspended from the Commons on Wednesday after protesting against the UK Internal Market Bill.
As proceedings on the Bill came to a conclusion, Mr Hendry shouted “this is an outrage” and refused to resume his seat, before picking up the parliamentary mace and attempting to walk out.
The mace is the symbol of royal authority and without it neither House can meet or pass laws.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has described the actions of an MP who picked up the parliamentary mace in a Brexit protest as “silly” and “childish”.
The SNP’s Drew Hendry, the party’s business spokesman, was suspended from the Commons on Wednesday after protesting against the UK Internal Market Bill.
As proceedings on the Bill came to a conclusion, Mr Hendry shouted “this is an outrage” and refused to resume his seat, before picking up the parliamentary mace and attempting to walk out.
The mace is the symbol of royal authority and without it neither House can meet or pass laws.
On Thursday, the House of Commons confirmed that the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey would be suspended for five sitting days as a result of his actions.
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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.
SNP MP Drew Hendry was suspended from the Commons by Deputy Speaker Rosie Winterton AN SNP MP has been suspended from the House of Commons after he loudly voiced his objections to the UK Government’s Internal Market Bill being pushed through without the consent of the devolved administrations. Drew Hendry, the MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, told The National that although his protest had led to his suspension, he did not regret standing up for my constituents rights or for those of the people of Scotland for a second . Hendry had given a speech at Westminster in which he slammed the Tories bill as the “biggest assault on devolution in the history of the Scottish Parliament”.