Lindsay Hoyle
"Ploy" suspected as education secretary urged to take a more "punchy" approach when answering questions from MPs.
Transport minister Huw Merriman claimed this morning that they were.
Tory minister Huw Merriman insisted the pair were informed in advance.
She knew how to put MPs in their place.
Lindsay Hoyle says the country is still "struggling to recover" from the divisions of Brexit and having three prime ministers in three months.
Groups of seriously-ill youngsters from the Dreams and Wishes charity have been making Christmas trips to Westminster for 30 years.
The speaker told the levelling up secretary: "This is not the way we do good government."
The Speaker told the PM to "stick to what you said" after he promised to give short answers.
MPs have been told not to have their mobiles in the room when they are having sensitive conversations.
Commons speaker says politics should not 'overshadow' the ceremony after he was embroiled in a row over China's attendance at Westminster Hall.