Parliament to hold a minute's silence in memory of Rochdale MP Sir Tony Lloyd
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMPs will hold a minute's silence on Thursday (January 18) in memory of Tony Lloyd following his death aged 73. The Rochdale MP died 'peacefully' and 'surrounded' by his loved ones on Wednesday morning, his family announced.
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said that MPs will hold a minute's silence to remember the veteran Labour politician. Making a short statement to the House, Sir Lindsay said MPs will also have a chance to pay further tributes at a later date, as he said Mr Lloyd "was the best of us” and an “all-round good guy”.
His death comes just days after announcing that he was suffering from an incurable form of leukaemia. The Rochdale MP, who has represented the constituency since 2017 and who was first elected an MP in 1983, had been receiving chemotherapy for a form of blood cancer. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. He announced on January 11 that the cancer had "transformed into an aggressive and untreatable form of leukaemia" and was leaving hospital to “spend the time I have left with my family”.
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