Kenny MacAskill

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle made the rare decision to name and shame Alba MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill, who appeared to drown out Boris Johnson by ...

And he hinted it could be his last Prime Minister’s Questions, despite the fact he is due to turn up next Wednesday for the last time. But Mr Johnson today said he was “proud” of his record in a defiant statement - even as Tory leadership contenders jostle to wipe out his record on tax. Mr Johnson appeared to wave his arms in the direction of the heckling before Sir Lindsay intervened. Westminster party leader Mr Hanvey then rose to his feet and could not be heard over the heckling from Tory MPs, before he was subsequently told to leave the chamber. Mr MacAskill could be heard trying to raise a point of order and appeared to say "we need a referendum in the Prime Minister"- before being drowned out by other MPs. His voice shaking with fury, Mr Hoyle yelled: "Out now" before ordering the Serjeant-at-arms to escort them away from the chamber.

Commons descends in chaos as furious Speaker KICKS OUT two Scottish nationalist MPs for barracking Boris Johnson over new referendum in his first appearance ...

The Alba Party's Twitter account posted: 'We do not intend to sit at Westminster and play their game. To say nothing of the tragedy of drug deaths in Scotland, which they still haven’t done anything to address.' At the end of PMQs, MPs approved the suspension of Mr MacAskill and Mr Hanvey. Mr MacAskill and Mr Hanvey had written to Mr Johnson earlier today to demand he grant the Scottish Government the power to hold a second independence referendum during the PM's final weeks in Number 10. Before his exchanges with Sir Keir, Mr Johnson was seen gesturing to Mr MacAskill to sit down as he tried to answer the first question at PMQs. Boris Johnson was seen gesturing to Mr MacAskill to sit down as he tried to answer the first question at PMQs The Speaker then formally requested the suspension of Mr MacAskill and Mr Hanvey by following the Commons convention of naming them. Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ordered the removal of Alba MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill for disrupting the start of the session He refused to sit down and continued to speak as Mr Johnson attempted to address the Commons for the first time since he announced his resignation. - Mr Johnson was seen gesturing to Mr MacAskill to sit down as he tried to answer the first question at PMQs In a furious row this afternoon, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ordered the removal of Alba Party MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill for disrupting the start of the session. - Mr Hanvey and Mr MacAskill have now been suspended from the House of Commons for five days

Caretaker PM Boris Johnson has faced MPs at PMQs for the first time since his resignation.

The question of Scottish sovereignty will not be denied and Scotland’s people will ultimately prevail." What does that say about Scotland's place in the UK?" The letter added that Scotland will "not be held hostage" within a Union "completely detached from the needs, realities, and aspirations of her people". They added: "As the self-styled 'Minister for the Union' you must recognise that this Union is a voluntary one, and was meant to be a union of equals, as such it can only be maintained by consent of the people of Scotland. It reads: "The decision taken by you, in the dying days of your Premiership, to reject out of hand the request for a Section 30 order which would allow a consented and legal independence referendum to take place is an egregious affront to Scottish democracy and to the people of Scotland." Hoyle then told the Serjeant at Arms to escort them out of the Commons but moments later he told the Serjeant to “let them out”.

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Mr Hanvey then rose to his feet and could not be heard over the heckling from Tory MPs, before he was subsequently told to leave the chamber. Mr MacAskill could be heard trying to raise a point of order and appeared to say “we need a referendum in the Prime Minister” before he was drowned out by other MPs. MPs Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) and Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) were told to “get out now” by speaker of the House Lindsay Hoyle in furious scenes at the start of the session.