Overview
- Two opposition MPs were removed in heated exchanges that unfolded Monday during questions over Lord Peter Mandelson’s proposed posting to Washington.
- Zarah Sultana refused to retract calling Keir Starmer a “bare-faced liar”, so Speaker Lindsay Hoyle named her and MPs voted to suspend her for five days with pay docked, and she later posted on X urging his resignation.
- Reform UK’s Lee Anderson was ordered out earlier after he declined to withdraw the claim that the prime minister lied and added an insult on the floor of the House.
- Starmer told MPs he would not have appointed Mandelson had he known the former Labour figure failed Foreign Office security vetting carried out between 23 December 2024 and 28 January 2025, and he apologized.
- Under Commons procedure, “naming” an MP lets the House vote to suspend them, a rare step that could deter similar outbursts yet keep attention on how No 10 handled the vetting warnings.