Points of Order

Peter Swallow Excerpts

Thursday 30th October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Peter Swallow (Bracknell) (Lab)]

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This weekend, the hon. Member for East Wiltshire (Danny Kruger) suggested on a Reform UK broadcast that the country could soon be run by an

“appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party”.

As a gay man and an MP, I am proud to say I will always support LGBT rights. To suggest that that support is the same as backing Hamas—a vile terrorist organisation that systematically persecutes LGBT people—is beyond the pale. What can we do across this House to make it clear to him and his party that supporting LGBT rights is fundamental to our British values, and to the values of this Parliament?

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

I thank the hon. Gentleman for notice of his point of order, and his assurance that the Member concerned has been notified.

[Peter Swallow]

indicated assent.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

I can see the hon. Gentleman nodding. What Members say outside the Chamber is not a matter for the Chair, but he has most definitely put his point on the record. He has most likely read the recent report from the Speaker’s Conference, which once again talked about Members using moderate political language.