Submitted on Tuesday 7th February 2017
Rejected on Monday 13th February 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Call upon the House of Commons to remove John Bercow as Speaker
On 6 February, the Speaker of the House of Commons made a statement opposing the US President being invited to address Parliament during his planned State Visit. He made hostile comments concerning the President’s character and policy positions. These actions were an abuse of the Speaker’s office.
1. Neither HM Government nor the President had raised the possibility of an address to Parliament. Mr Bercow’s comments are therefore a gratuitous insult to the Head of State of Britain’s closest ally.
2. Mr Bercow made his statement without any reference to the Lord Speaker or the Foreign Office, which conducts our foreign relations.
3. Mr Bercow has previously been happy to invite world leaders whose words and actions have been far more abhorrent than anything Mr Trump may have said or done.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There is no mechanism for the removal of a Speaker during a Parliament. Other than at a general election, the Speaker can only stop being Speaker through resignation or death.
If you like, you could sign the petition below, which asks the House of Commons to debate a vote of no confidence in the Speaker:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/183279
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