Sir Lindsay Hoyle praised his father Lord Doug Hoyle as a dedicated parliamentarian who was always there for him ahead of his funeral at St Paul Church in Adlington, in Lancashire.
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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.