The Speaker of the UK’s House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, showed little sympathy for a Conservative lawmaker struggling to be heard at her home via Zoom – not once, but twice – during a parliamentary session in Westminster.
During questions put to Health and Social Care Minister Matt Hancock regarding the issue of coronavirus and care homes on Tuesday, Hoyle called on Jane Stevenson, the Tory MP for Wolverhampton North East, to make her contribution via Zoom.
Stevenson is then seen staring quite blankly at her screen and speaking for a few brief moments before realising that she was muted and so couldn’t be heard.
However, showing little patience, Hoyle rather comically showed the politician no sympathy and moved hurriedly on to the next MP without even acknowledging her technical difficulties.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is not waiting around for people who don’t unmute their microphones. pic.twitter.com/GWbfatD65G
The somewhat farcical scenes didn’t end there, as Hoyle gave Stevenson another opportunity to ask her question later on in proceedings – leading to yet more sound issues, and the Speaker losing patience once again.
