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The SNP\u2019s John Nicolson has been censured in a scathing report published by a House of Commons committee after a probe in his decision to reveal details of a letter from Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.<\/p>\n
The row erupted in November 2022 after Sir Lindsay wrote Mr Nicolson, the MP for Ochil and South Perthshire, to explain his reasons for not referring former Tory culture secretary Nadine Dorries to the privileges committee.<\/p>\n
Mr Nicolson had been angered by claims made by Ms Dorries that a Channel 4 documentary in which she featured used \u201cpaid actors\u201d pretending to be people living on the breadline, contacting Sir Lindsay on the matter.<\/p>\n
After receiving Sir Lindsay\u2019s letter, Mr Nicolson, who was cleared of bullying Ms Dorries by email earlier this year, tweeted a video on November in which he said: \u00a0“I sent a copy of the report to Mr Speaker, and he’s responded and I thought I should update you on what he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“He says that he’s considered my letter, but he’s decided to take no further action and not to refer Nadine Dorries to the Privileges Committee.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Interest rate hike would be a mistake despite stagnant inflation, says economist[ANALYSIS] <\/strong><\/p>\n “In other words, she’ll suffer no consequences for what she’s done. And I thought you should know.”<\/p>\n Sir Lindsay hit back, claiming Mr Nicolson had\u00a0“seen fit to give a partial and biased account of my letter on Twitter”, had “misled the people of this country” and had “put me in a bad light with the people of this country\u201d.<\/p>\n On November, Mr Nicolson was accused of a “clear breach” of parliamentary rules – and referred to the Committee for Privileges, with MPs voting to do so by 371 votes to 16.<\/p>\n In its report, published today, committee, chaired by Labour MP Harriet Harman, found there was an expectation \u201cgrounded in precedent and a past decision of the House\u201d that correspondence with the Speaker on matters of privilege should remain confidential unless the Speaker directed otherwise.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> John Nicolson blames Brexit for independence referendum delay<\/h3>\n
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