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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhiannon James

Speaker urges Government to apologise for not taking Ministerial Code seriously

The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has criticised ministers (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Speaker of the House of Commons has urged Government ministers to apologise for not taking the Ministerial Code “seriously”.

For the second time this month, Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated ministers in the chamber for making policy announcements to the media, instead of to Parliament.

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