This happened when the Levelling Up Secretary spoke without providing the Speaker with a copy of the statement in advance about the recently permitted coal mine in Cumbria.
Michael Gove was chastised by Linsday Hoyle for breaking the Ministerial Code, which resulted in the suspension of the House for 30 minutes. This happened when the Levelling Up Secretary spoke without providing the Speaker with a copy of the statement in advance about the recently permitted coal mine in Cumbria.
Sir Lindsay criticised Mr. Gove, saying, “I’ve got the thinnest statement ever and quite rightly the minister has gone long.
“So there is something missing between what I’ve been provided, what the opposition has been provided.
“That is not according to the ministerial code. We don’t work like that.
“The shadow secretary has not been able to read what has been said. I’m going to suspend the house for five minutes in order to try and find out what is in and has just been told to the house.”
It took the House till thirty minutes later to show up again.
