Speaker interrupts Cameron

Commons Speaker Michael Martin today at PMQs prevented David Cameron from asking the PM who he would back as the next leader of the Labour Party. The Speaker declared that Cameron had no right to ask the PM about a position in the Labour Party on the floor of the House.

I actually agree with the Speaker, PMQs should be used to ask the PM about Government affairs not party ones.

However this does work both ways. The PM shouldn’t be allowed to ask the Opposition about their policies. It is Prime Minister’s Questions after all. Let’s hope the Speaker lays down the rules equally for both sides, having set this precedent.