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Book of Commons etiquette

December 6 2010

In a heated exchange with Patrick Mcloughlin in the chamber, Mr Bercow repeatedly shouted down the then Conservative chief whip after he accused the Speaker of bias towards Labour.

March 15 2013

When Anna Soubry, then a junior minister in the Ministry of Defence, objected to the line of questioning by Labour, Mr Bercow said: “What I say to the honourable lady, in all courtesy, is sit there, be quiet.”

February 5 2014

Michael Gove, then the Education Secretary, was reprimanded for gesticulating with: “You really are a very overexcitable individual. You need to write out a thousand times: I will behave myself.”

July 7 2015

Berated for a long question, former Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland was told not “to argue the toss with the chair”. When he complained, Mr Bercow shouted: “Don’t shake your head, mate.”

February 27 2018

After cutting off Liz Truss, Mr Bercow lashed out at Philip Hammond, who was unhappy with his outburst, barking: “If the Chancellor is confused, he really is uninformed … Stick to your abacus, man.”

March 27 2018

Berating Foreign Office minister Harriett Baldwin, he said: “The Foreign Secretary doesn’t need to be defended by her and I know she wouldn’t argue with the chair, she’d come off rather worse.”