Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Nigel Farage

Wednesday 13th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Nigel Farage (Clacton) (Reform)]

Q9. I am sure the Prime Minister and the whole House would wish to congratulate Donald Trump on his landslide victory last week—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I will hear the question.

Election of Speaker

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Nigel Farage

Tuesday 9th July 2024 Commons Chamber

[Nigel Farage (Clacton) (Reform)]

Mr Speaker-Elect, thank you very much. We are the new kids on the block. We have no experience in this Parliament whatsoever, even though some of us have tried many times over the years to get here, so we cannot judge you from working in this place, but we can judge you from how the outside world sees you. I mean not just the United Kingdom but the world, because Prime Minister’s question time is global, box office politics. It is pretty clear to everyone that you act with great neutrality and that you have brought tremendous dignity to the role as Speaker, so we absolutely endorse you entirely for this job. That is, I must say, in marked contrast to the little man who was there before you, who besmirched the office so dreadfully in doing his best to overturn the biggest democratic result in the history of the country. We support you fully, Sir.

[Mr Speaker-Elect]

I call the leader of Plaid Cymru.