Lord Hoyle, effective Labour whip in the Lords and father of the Speaker of the Commons – obituary

Lord Hoyle, who has died aged 98, was an effective Left-wing Labour MP for 21 years before taking office as a Government whip in the Lords; he was still an active peer, at the age of 93, when his son, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, was elected Speaker of the Commons.

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