Security Vetting

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Brendan O'Hara

Monday 20th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. That is not relevant, don’t worry.

[Brendan O’Hara (Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber) (SNP)]

I suspect that most reasonable people have concluded that if the Prime Minister knew and inadvertently misled Parliament, he should resign. If he did not know, he is running an incompetent, shambolic Government and really should resign. If he was lied to yet again, he is simply too gullible and lacking in basic curiosity to serve as Prime Minister. Is he so detached from reality that he is the only person who cannot see that?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Brendan O'Hara

Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Brendan O’Hara]

I, too, welcome the Secretary of State to his place, although it seems that his appointment has not been universally welcomed. Indeed, I hear that the Daily Record, having asked his Labour colleagues for their opinion, feared an asterisk shortage. One particularly caustic comrade said:

“If I had a pound for everyone who liked Douglas, I would have 50p.”

But rest assured, Mr Speaker, his appointment was welcomed with open arms on the SNP Benches, and I have to admit to having a grudging admiration for him as someone who cares not about the opinion of other people. But with Labour tanking in the polls, and independence the majority view in—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Mr O’Hara, this is meant to be a question, not a statement.