U.K. Speaker Thwarts Covid Rebels But Slams Johnson for Contempt
- Tory move to curb government emergency powers is blocked
- Conservatives want to reach compromise with prime minister
Lindsay Hoyle
Photographer: Jessica Taylor/U.K. Parliament
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The speaker of the House of Commons blocked a bid by rebels in Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party to curb the U.K.’s emergency coronavirus powers but attacked the prime minister over his failure to consult Parliament.
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said the government’s attitude to parliament is “totally unsatisfactory” as he ruled an amendment to the Coronavirus Act proposed by Tory MP Graham Brady, which was backed by dozens of other Conservatives, cannot be put to a vote on Wednesday.