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Furious Speaker Lindsay Hoyle demands Matt Hancock apologise in coronavirus rant

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The House of Commons Speaker has issued a blistering slapdown to Matt Hancock after the Health Secretary ignored him when announcing a major change to the law.

Last night the Department of Health announced it will be illegal from Monday for groups of more than six people to gather in England.

But the news leaked out on Twitter and was then announced in a late-night press release, rather than to MPs first. Furious Lindsay Hoyle demanded an apology today from Mr Hancock for "ignoring" the House of Commons.

He accused the Health Secretary of "running this chamber ragged" - and threatened to snarl up his diary with a long run of urgent debates if he does not toe the line.

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