Rees-Mogg should ‘reconsider his position’ – Welsh MP
JACOB Rees-Mogg should resign after the Government’s Brexit plans showed “discourtesy” to the Queen, a Welsh MP told the Commons yesterday.
Swansea West Labour MP Geraint Davies hit out at the Commons Leader for being part of the bid to put down a new motion seeking another “meaningful vote” on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.
Speaker John Bercow rejected yesterday’s attempted vote as he ruled it was “repetitive and disorderly” following the Government’s failed bid on Saturday for a similar vote.
Mr Davies called into question Mr Rees-Mogg’s position given his role in the matter, which has also resulted in the postponement of the final two days of debate on the Queen’s Speech.
Raising a point of order, he said: “Her Majesty the Queen thought she had five weeks to write her Queen’s Speech, and then she was just given a few days. And she’s waiting intently to know what the response of the House is on the Queen’s Speech, but instead the Leader of the House has put down a motion which is basically a copycat of a motion on Saturday in breach of Erskine May.
“And predictably, I’ve got to say Mr Speaker, you ruled it out of order.
“Isn’t this a discourtesy to Her Majesty and reason that the leader should reconsider his position for his own incompetence?”
Mr Bercow replied: “I’m very grateful to the honourable gentleman, but I don’t think we should get ahead of ourselves – I’m certainly not accusing the leader of discourtesy, I’m not doing so at all.”
The exchanges came after some Tory MPs questioned Mr Bercow’s impartiality.
One of the, Tory backbencher and Monmouth MP David Davies, said Mr Bercow’s rulings “seem to favour one side of the argument”.