Lindsay Hoyle accused after breaking pledge to give SNP new Gaza ceasefire vote

Mr Flynn, who has already said he thinks the Speaker should quit, said the decision “called into question” the trust placed in him by MPs.

“Last week, the Speaker of the House of Commons broke the rules, this week he has broken his word,” he said in a statement. 

“The fact that has been blocked is outrageous, it flies in the face of what we were told would happen last Thursday. I think the public will be as outraged as I am.

‘‘I would imagine that parliamentarians across the chamber will be deeply concerned about the fact that the Speaker has made a clear and unambiguous statement that he would have a debate and a vote in relation to the situation in Gaza, and that he has instead opted not to do that.”

The fresh row will add to pressure on Sir Lindsay, who has faced sustained calls to step down since he was forced to apologise for last Wednesday’s chaos.

A motion tabled by William Wragg, a Tory MP, expressing no confidence in him as Speaker had attracted the signatures of 80 MPs on Monday night.

New signatories included Rachel Maclean, a deputy chairman of the Conservatives, and Vicky Ford, a former foreign office minister. It means almost one in eight MPs have now called for Sir Lindsay to go.