House of Commons speaker has kept almost 300 gifts over past four years

Lindsay Hoyle's freebies include champagne, whisky, food hampers, skincare sets and presents for his pets

• Hampers, cufflinks ... and a lot of alcohol: some of the gifts Lindsay Hoyle has kept

Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has kept almost 300 gifts over the last four years including dozens of bottles of alcohol, hampers, ties, cufflinks and chocolates, his declarations show.

The speaker received a large volume of presents from foreign dignitaries such as ambassadors, MPs and sometimes companies and chose to keep hundreds of them rather than donating them to Speaker's House - his residence and office - or parliament.