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Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing even said there should be a new parliamentary committee to remove the Speaker’s role of its power. Mr Bercow has come under fire consistently for appearing to fail to be impartial in the role with respect to the Brexit issue. Ms Laing said: “It would appear that the Speaker, uniquely for a person who holds power and authority in a democracy, is not accountable to anyone.

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“The time when the Speaker’s role was evolving, it was normal to give enormous power to one man, be it a king, a prime minister, a general, a duke or a Speaker. “All those other very powerful men had their power and their authority tempered, but the Speaker hasn’t.” Mr Bercow has been criticised for his role in the Brexit debate, but the Speaker has defended himself by claiming he has been standing up the rights of Parliament.

Ms Laing has made it clear that many MPs are of the belief that Mr Bercow is biased with regards to Brexit. Speaking on Radio 4 on Friday, Ms Laing said: “Let’s face it, whatever is happening now is not working. We need to do things differently. “I would do things differently. What you have just described is correct. There are large numbers of Members of Parliament who feel that the impartiality of the chair has been possibly diminished. “It’s not necessarily my opinion, but there are large numbers of Members of Parliament who feel that the impartiality of the chair has been possibly diminished. READ MORE: Brexiteer Mark Reckless mocks BBC QT host Fiona Bruce

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