Sir David Amess: Commons Speaker pays tribute to 'stalwart of parliament'

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has paid tribute to Conservative MP Sir David Amess after the politician was killed while holding a surgery in his constituency on Friday (15 October).

Hoyle struck a defiant tone in the above video, saying that MPs would continue to hold surgeries despite the fatal stabbing of Amess in Southend.

The investigation into the murder of Amess is being treated as a terrorism incident and being led by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command.

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