MPs should be able to bring babies to debates, Commons Speaker says

Sir Lindsay Hoyle's comments come after Stella Creasy was reprimanded for bringing her infant son

MPs should be allowed to bring their babies with them to parliamentary debates, the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has said.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said that it should be up to the chair of the debate to decide whether the presence of a baby would cause any disruption.