Speaker berates Kemi Badenoch over bypassing informing MPs about EU law U-turn

The speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsey Hoyle lost his temper with Kemi Badenoch when the secretary of state failed to inform the house of the government's U-turn on repealing retained EU laws.

The government has decided to U-turn on plans to allow thousands of EU-inherited laws to expire by the end of the year, news that Badenoch released in a statement and to The Telegraph before making a statement in the House of Commons.

The business and trade secretary said she was sorry that the sequencing was not to the speaker's satisfaction, infuriating Hoyle further.

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[MulkRaj]

Let's see this kind of enforcement and reprimand applied consistently. I believe this is not the first time this has happened.

[musicloverlondon]

The implication from Kemi, in the form and tone of her first response, was that no protocols had been broken and that the Speaker's reaction was mere arbitrary annoyance; it wasn't.

I'm glad that Mr Hoyle stood by his point and insisted that she recognise the need to advise her fellow MPs of such information as she had, rather than going to a newspaper with it first. Her first pseudo-apology was that the "Sequencing was not to YOUR satisfaction" and only later does she acknowledge that she did not "Meet the standards" required for an MP in the HoC.

We need Speakers like Mr Hoyle to watch for such attempts to ignore or side-step those standards, which are happening more and more frequently, especially with the scarcity of quality and ability in political circles these days.

[_Gecko]

Typical tory gaslighting. No respect for anyone or anything.

[violetrodney]

What a contemptible woman, think she should have been removed from the house to reflect on her disrespectful manners.

[mazibukomail]

Even the way she said "thank you Mr speaker" at the beginning had attitude.

[adamxx]

I thought Priti Patel, Suella Braverman and Therese Coffey were hopeless enough as female government ministers but it looks like we have another one to add to the list. Mind you, when you look at the likes of Michael Gove, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dominic Raab, to name just three, the Tory male contingent has also got its fair share of chuckle-heads.

[talkttalk]

You should show the whole exchange. The speaker was very calm when giving the initial reprimand and lost his rag when she gave her sarky response. The woman made the wrong move today

[Goiz_ShanDA]

It's not funny it's disingenuous and it's disgusting and people are suffering

[richards]

Well said! About time they were told. They have circumvented Parliament too often since mid-2019. I wonder what happened then 🤔

[goodshiplollipop]

I don't know what side she's on but she got OWNED

[daam]

Who is feeding her the lines via the ipad?

[kenk]

Just became a big fan of this speaker.🔥

[sallyraynor]

Sunak the coward has disappeared again refusing to face the music for his lies snd treachery, motion of no confidence in him starting soon.

[f.s]

The way this woman reacted to the speaker's frustration is disgusting. Hopefully her constituency will kick her out at the next election.

[wizkid]

About time someone reminded the Tories they’re not demigods - just demagogues.

[Lucia-kboi]

Why is she completely hanging over the box?

[stevenhoward]

She is so very far below the standard required, like most of her ministerial colleagues.

[ameradam]

This young girl is so inexperienced and too early for her to be in public office

[stefanc]

So what was the consequence for not heeding his instruction? Nothing? Oh ok I guess business as usual, carry on.

[rickdee]

Sadly, Hoyle is like a failing Headmaster who nobody respects anymore. It is high time he started to impose penalties on ministers who announced policy before briefing the house - this should also include the numerous 'leaks' that precede budget and defence announcements. MP's have been warned on numerous occasions about the correct protocol but so far there had been no punishments. Time for this to change. As a previous poster correctly stated, people are suffering.