Nationalist MPs including Fife’s Neale Hanvey were escorted from the Westminster debating chamber for staging a pro-independence protest before prime minister’s questions.
The Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath politician was ushered out with fellow Alba MP Kenny MacAskill.
Mr Hanvey yelled “Scotland’s voice will be heard” in response to Boris Johnson refusing to allow a second referendum..
‘I will not tolerate such behaviour’
In a furious exchange, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said “I will not tolerate such behaviour” and repeatedly told MPs from across the chamber to “shut up”.
He then warned if the Alba pair “persist in refusing to comply with my order” they would be officially thrown out of the debating chamber by the sergeant-in-arms.
Both MPs have now been suspended for five days.
Speaking afterwards Mr Hanvey said: “Scotland’s mandate for an independence referendum must be respected.
“Scottish MPs are in Westminster to settle up for the people of Scotland, not to settle down.
“Why should we respect the rules of the House of Commons when Westminster will not respect Scottish democracy?
Earlier today I made a statement naming two MPs for disregarding the authority of the Chair under SO no. 44(2) which triggers a 5-day suspension for those MPs.
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— Sir Lindsay Hoyle (@CommonsSpeaker) July 13, 2022
“People back home are sick and tired of the House of Commons dismissing the democratic right of Scotland to determine its own future.
“Scotland will not be held hostage by any UK prime minister, especially one on the fag-end of his premiership.”
PM ‘holding Scotland’s democracy hostage’
Earlier, Mr Hanvey wrote a letter to Mr Johnson with a set of demands following the PM’s resignation announcement.
In the letter he wrote: “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.
“You should be in no doubt that holding Scotland’s democracy hostage is something which the people of Scotland will not put up with.”
He added: “This indefensible failure of your government and its inability to meaningfully tackle the cost of living catastrophe, are feeding a groundswell of people in Scotland who demand another say on their constitutional future.”
On Tuesday, UK Government lawyers told the Supreme Court it should throw out First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s new legal challenge for an independence referendum.
See you in court
Ms Sturgeon wants to hold a vote on the constitution on October 19 next year.
The first minister wants Mr Johnson to approve the legal mechanism to allow a referendum along the lines of the vote in 2014.
But if the technical “section 30” order is not approved, the Scottish Government wants to test if Holyrood can hold a referendum without Westminster approval.
If those avenues fail, Ms Sturgeon says the next general election will be fought as a single-issue contest on independence in Scotland.
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