Commons to review no baby rule
The Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has requested that the procedure committee examine their ban on babies from the Chamber and Westminster Hall, after Labour MP Stella Creasy was yesterday told she was not allowed to bring her three-month-old to debates.
Sir Lindsay told MPs that it was “extremely important that parents are able to participate” and that the “advice given yesterday… of which I was not aware of until last night, correctly reflects the current rules”.
He said Parliament ought to “change with the times” but said proceedings must go ahead “professionally and without disturbance”.
