Commons Speaker pays tribute to his father, former Labour MP Doug Hoyle Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has paid tribute to his father Lord Doug Hoyle at a memorial service in Westminster.
Dignitaries including former prime minister Sir John Major, former defence secretary Lord George Robertson and current Defence Secretary John Healey paid their respects to the former Labour politician at St Margaret’s Church, next to Westminster Abbey, on Tuesday.
Lord Hoyle, who died in April aged 98, served as MP for Nelson and Colne, in Lancashire, between 1974 and 1979 before becoming MP for Warrington North in 1981.
