Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:29 pm on 13 July 2026.
Lindsay Hoyle
Speaker of the House of Commons, Chair, House of Commons Commission, Chair, Members Estimate Committee, Chair, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee, Chair, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Chair, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, Chair, Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee
4:29,
13 July 2026
Order. Just for the record, the security of every Member of Parliament is equal to me, and I assure you that there is no difference between Members. When things are brought to my attention, I do not put out there what is happening and what has been done, because we do not discuss security. But I reassure everybody that when something is mentioned to me, it is passed on to the security people to deal with. I am sorry that some people, unfortunately, do not think that I do that.
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