No evidence of bullying in fracking vote, Commons speaker says

An interior probe has recovered nary grounds of bullying during a ballot connected fracking past month, the House of Commons talker has said.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said the ambiance was "tense" but determination was nary grounds of "undue influence" connected MPs.

He added that the study astir the incidental would beryllium published shortly.

The chaos surrounding the ballot contributed to the swift downfall of Liz Truss, who resigned arsenic premier curate the adjacent day.

Some MPs had claimed Conservative colleagues were manhandled into backing the authorities but ministers denied carnal unit had been used.

Labour MP Chris Bryant said helium witnessed "clear bullying" successful the part lobby of the House of Commons during the ballot connected 19 October and that 1 Tory MP, Alexander Stafford, was "physically manhandled".

But Mr Stafford rejected the claims, saying helium had a "frank and robust conversation" with members of the authorities extracurricular the voting lobbies but "nothing more".

Sir Lindsay told MPs: "The ambiance was tense and members were raising their voices to marque themselves heard, but determination is nary grounds of immoderate bullying oregon undue power placed connected different members.

"The crowding made it hard to spot what was truly taking place.

"While immoderate members thought that carnal interaction was being utilized to unit a subordinate into the lobby, the subordinate acrophobic has said precise intelligibly that this did not happen."

The Commons talker said it was important MPs dainty each different "with respect" and besides chastised politicians who took photos of the incidental and posted them connected societal media, which is against Parliament rules.