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Commons Speaker Speeding up the Reopening of the House

by Michael Curzon
14 May 2021 12:04 PM

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the Commons, hopes to speed up the reopening of the House so that Parliament may return to normal sooner than was previously anticipated. Guido Fawkes has the story.

A new message sent to MPs says he will now encourage the Commons Commission on Monday to implement “all changes possible” under the current Government guidance, due to the reduction in the Covid alert level. Previously he was dragging his feet…

The changes he wants [include]:

~ The Chamber: Subject to final public health advice the chamber should consider moving from 2m social distancing to 1m+

~ Catering: Introduction of the rule of six – up from the current situation of tables with just one chair

~ Terrace Pavilion to open indoor and outdoor

~ Smoking room to be opened…

~ Non-pass holders: It is hoped the Commission will be able to support a limited return of access for non-pass holders for a greater variety of business reasons

Sir Lindsay has also requested that overseas committee visits resume.

Worth reading in full.

This comes as pressure from Tory backbenchers grows for Parliament to return to normal. Some MPs believe this could encourage companies across the country to speed up their reopenings. The Express has the story.

Peter Bone (Conservative, Wellingborough) told MPs: “I am afraid Parliament isn’t working. It is not holding properly the Government to account and it strikes me that Parliament should lead.

“So, could we have a statement from [Jacob Rees-Mogg] the Leader of the House telling us that Parliament – and particularly the House of Commons – is going to be restored to normal process and that we will end virtual proceedings?

“We won’t have hundreds of votes in the Deputy Chief Whip’s pocket and we’ll have proper voting and we’ll end social distancing in the chamber.

“We really need to lead and get Parliament back doing its job properly.”

Jacob Rees-Mogg says that he “hopes” the House will be back to normal from June 21st.

The Express report is also worth reading in full.

Tags: House of CommonsLindsay HoyleParliamentPeter Bone

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Smelly Melly
Smelly Melly
3 years ago

Could it be that all politicians don’t like being ignored and the quickest way to get a politician to do a U turn is to say F you.

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MikeHaseler
MikeHaseler
3 years ago

Only22 months too late to get any praise.

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Mr Taxpayer
Mr Taxpayer
3 years ago
Reply to  MikeHaseler

There’s still a load of pubs that have banned him for life.

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bfbf334
bfbf334
3 years ago

Drakeford and Co are still evil globalist shills

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Rogerborg
Rogerborg
3 years ago

“All despotism is to end, except for the despotism which is not to end.”

The systems are being kept in place, of course, awaiting the roll out of COOFS-22, or to ration recreation in order to fight the Climate Catastrophe, or to ensure Social Justice.

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TheGreenAcres
TheGreenAcres
3 years ago
Reply to  Rogerborg

The development of those systems, under the cover of COVID spending, was undoubtedly one of the big objectives of the NWO under the guise of Build Back Better. With those objectives now achieved they will await the next phase of the grand plan.

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TSull
TSull
3 years ago

All they need to do now is ditch Dripford.

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MrTea
MrTea
3 years ago

How has it come to this?
Complete sad sack ball bags like this actually get elected into power.
What the hell is wrong with voters?

I just watched a GB news interview with Steve Baker MP talking about the insanity of net zero policy and the lunacy of general governemnt policy.
There I watched a man who clearly comprehends the hole we are in and the clear and rational things that need to be done to get us out yet we end up with the fat fraud Boris, a more dishonest, corrupt and incompetent man it would be hard to find.

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Mike Oxlong
Mike Oxlong
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

As we know, the trouble is, all over the world, those politicians with common sense and sensible policies are outnumbered by complete sacks of shite like Senile Joe, Turdeau, Hardon, Putitin, Micropenis, shortJohnson etc. If only we had politicians like Baker, De Santis, even the Donald.

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Moist Von Lipwig
Moist Von Lipwig
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike Oxlong

No, not the Donald, not Captain Underpants.

Ron DeSantis or Kristi Noem would be ideal.

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mishmash
mishmash
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

You know how, the public has ignored the problem for so long we are now surrounded by these corrupt, brain-dead cultists who do not serve humanity.

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jingleballix
jingleballix
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

Interestingly, a friend in the shipping business has told me that his line – and a number of others – have decided that they will no longer carry electric cars on roll-on-roll-off vessels, or lithium batteries or other…….

……..huge fire risk apparently.

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Mr Taxpayer
Mr Taxpayer
3 years ago
Reply to  jingleballix

Search for the Felicity Ace. The fire risk is very real.
Owing to the cost of transporting the batteries, car manufacturers are opting to co-locate the car and battery factories. The fire risk is still present in the completed automobile.
One German city has withdrawn its fleet of electric buses after a battery fire in one bus destroyed the bus depot.

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Hopeless - "TN,BN"
Hopeless - "TN,BN"
3 years ago
Reply to  Mr Taxpayer

If I remember right, there was a piece in The Sunday Times recently, about the numbers of electric cars that spontaneously combust. The Spiked Online article, linked above, is also very interesting on the question of the environmental costs of these vehicles.

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Pendolino
Pendolino
3 years ago
Reply to  jingleballix

As this article points out… Shame more people won’t see it.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/03/03/the-truth-about-electric-cars/

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Hopeless - "TN,BN"
Hopeless - "TN,BN"
3 years ago
Reply to  jingleballix

Interesting thing on YouTube from a chap in the IoM, who tears down a lot of electronic and electrical stuff. Apparently, lithium cells, if they short out, go into something called “thermal runaway”. After the “Felicity Ace”, I doubt any line would want to carry lithium cars and batteries, and if they did, it would be at great cost and/or limited quantities.

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TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
TheyLiveAndWeLockdown
3 years ago
Reply to  Hopeless - "TN,BN"

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5z2gkrGRuWd0JQMx76qA

Big Clive Dot com

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JohnK
JohnK
3 years ago
Reply to  TheyLiveAndWeLockdown

Big Clive’s YT channel is useful. I’ve acquired some useful practical knowledge from that to do with repairing failed products in the last year or so.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
3 years ago
Reply to  jingleballix

Especially Teslas.

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stewart
stewart
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

The obvious answer is that providing sensible, rational solutions to actual problems isn’t what gets one “elected”.

By “elected” I mean previously selected by the system of power to be then picked by the electorate, in much the same way you pick the card the magician wants you to pick in a card trick.

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TheBluePill
TheBluePill
3 years ago
Reply to  stewart

Exactly. Critical-thinking, pragmatism, realism, honesty, ability to take difficult decisions, and favouring long-term solutions over short-term vote-winners, are exactly the qualities that will make sure that you never ever become a candidate for a major party. Favoured attributes are stupidity, malleability, lying ability, blind loyalty, wokeness and psychopathy. Until large political parties are outlawed, nothing will change.

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Milo
Milo
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

I’d imagine that Steve Baker MP might be one of those rare politicians who has NOT sold his soul to the WEF, so unfortunately, both for him and for us, he is not in the know about their plans, and that is why he speaks such common sense.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a system whereby nobody was allowed to campaign to be elected into power. Rather, if we all put names into a hat and the one with the most votes MUST take the position.

That way, you’d end up people who – likely – don’t WANT the power. They’d do as little as possible.

I understand Iceland operates like this, broadly. And, apart from the boss, all the MPs maintain proper jobs. They’re allowed time off to fulfil their civic duties.

Last edited 3 years ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago
Reply to  Marcus Aurelius knew

Yet Iceland still had insane pandemic policies, and so we’re twice as worse off than the Pharoe Islands, so that system is no guarantee of sensibility.

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MrTea
MrTea
3 years ago

‘Profanity and abuse will be removed and may lead to a permanent ban.’

On this occasion the mod has decided that you have an unassailable defence.

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Nymeria
Nymeria
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

🙂

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago
Reply to  MrTea

My defence is that the Govt are demonstrably s**t brained WEF lackeys. But in a world where rhetoric & stupidity now seems to trump evidence & rationity, well …

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rtaylor
rtaylor
3 years ago

Does Drakeford and others know when machine media stop protecting him he will find life a bit tough? I hope he enjoyed being the Covid Wizard of Wales.

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago
Reply to  rtaylor

Except what he did wasn’t wizardry, but witchcraft.

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dearieme
dearieme
3 years ago

Another bedwetter turns tail. It’s a pity that there will be no floggings until morale improves.

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Moist Von Lipwig
Moist Von Lipwig
3 years ago

“Wales has been among the most cautious of the home nations in keeping coronavirus restrictions in place” – restrictions are not cautious, any more than punches from Frank Bruno are cautious.

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago
Reply to  Moist Von Lipwig

It’s the old ‘precautionary principle’, which is one of the most dangerous constructs there is. Whenever you hear it, run a mile.

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Moist Von Lipwig
Moist Von Lipwig
3 years ago
Reply to  SimCS

Possibly. Perhaps that is the reason restrictions are presented as cautious by both proponents and opponents of lockdown.

It is self-defeating for lockdown opponents to concede defeat on this principle.

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Emmelda Johnson
Emmelda Johnson
3 years ago

It seems ages ago now that the Stazi Heddlu were threatening people daring to cross the border into Dopeford’s self acclaimed socialist state. I’m looking forward to seeing him hung by piano wire from a lamp post in Llandudno. Horrible insignificant twerp of an excuse for a man and politician. He’s got all the charisma of 4 week old limp leak left out in the sun. Surely, Wales has someone better to offer than him.

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Nymeria
Nymeria
3 years ago
Reply to  Emmelda Johnson

He’s got all the charisma of 4 week old limp leak left out in the sun.

A perfect summing up.

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prick
prick
3 years ago

If Castrol made oily drips this is the poster boy. You just know he’s never had any mates. A bloke in search of a spine.

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Emerald Fox
Emerald Fox
3 years ago
Reply to  prick

It could be argued that those who live in Wales have no spine as they haven’t got rid of Drakeford after all this time. He wouldn’t be where he is without support.

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Occams Pangolin Pie
Occams Pangolin Pie
3 years ago

Don’t ask for any gratitude. Beg for exemption from prosecution for horrendous damage caused.

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Hester
Hester
3 years ago

Shane warn cricketer died of sudden heart attack at 52 I got to ask the question. when did he have his Covid vaccination?

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Kurt Zumas Cat
Kurt Zumas Cat
3 years ago
Reply to  Hester

2nd Jab by Aug ’21 according to his feeds (caught CV19 after it).

Unsure about booster, maybe around the time he gave Djokovich a hard time (last month)

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Richard Austin
Richard Austin
3 years ago

There was a time when the Welsh were proud and would have shoved this pathetic fool off a political cliff. Now, they have been inbred with the Sheep too long and just say “Maaah”. Pathetic.

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thinkcriticall
thinkcriticall
3 years ago

Time for an inquiry and heads must roll. The great people of Wales must insist upon it!

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Emerald Fox
Emerald Fox
3 years ago

Mark Drakeford is THE threat to everyone’s health.

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JudyRobinson
JudyRobinson
3 years ago

Various doctors say families of loved ones hospitalized with covid19 are resorting to desperate measures when approved treatments(slow death protocols) have failed. When it’s not too late, some have seen tremendous success by sneaking Ivermectin medication prohibited by hospitals to patients. It is really sad situation what has our country become. You can get your ivm by visiting https://ivmpharmacy.com

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Emerald Fox
Emerald Fox
3 years ago
Reply to  JudyRobinson

Does this constant advertising of Ivermectin count as spam?

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago
Reply to  Emerald Fox

No more so than “save the NHS”! Save it from what? Sick patients!

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wantok87
wantok87
3 years ago

The.stupidity of this man and his cabal “Senedd” is once more demonstrated. Apparently he believes SARS-CoV-2 is dangerous for another 3 weeks and suddenly vanishes.Sadly that disappearing act does not work for politicians,

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Peter W
Peter W
3 years ago
Reply to  wantok87

Also the virus can’t cross the 168 mile border! It was a pleasure to be in England last week and be treated as an adult.

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Banjones
Banjones
3 years ago
Reply to  wantok87

No, he doesn’t ”believe” it at all. He knows EXACTLY what he’s doing, and why. He and his handlers know full well that it should be NOW that all this tosh ends. Right now. Not in three weeks’ time. But they want the mystique to continue just to make a point.

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Peter W
Peter W
3 years ago

What a useless “leader” Drip Drakeford has been. Oh, hasn’t Wales done well with all his “we must be cautious” drivel. And as for his “experts”, don’t start me on those 3rd rates.
Interestingly it is the Welsh Conservatives that have been most anti-restrictions – unlike their Westminster colleagues. Plaid Cymru and Labour have colluded to wreck Wales. I always thought Plaid was for Wales but we now know they are just in it for themselves, like 99% of politicians I suppose.

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago

Time to also ditch Dripford.

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Martin Frost
Martin Frost
3 years ago

What qualifies people for leadership positions these days? My old university once put up a parrot for union President and it won a landslide. I understand that nobody noticed much difference in the services provided and Charlie served a full term. Perhaps a similar approach could be tried for the next Welsh Assembly elections and indeed more widely?

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Banjones
Banjones
3 years ago

Daffy Duckford is such an odious, arrogant, posturing little oik that I am amazed that he hasn’t been shoved off what he sees as his pedestal. Isn’t it strange how little has been said about HIM partying muzzle-free and speaking disparagingly of ‘his’ people? The Welsh press is obviously on his side.

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Beefbeefbeef
Beefbeefbeef
3 years ago

Nobody had heard of “wet flannel” Drakeford until two years ago. He must be distressed that his moment in the spotlight will soon be gone.

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