It’s Opposition day and the SNP’s motion calling for improved transitional measures for the ‘waspi’ women has been the cause of much commotion in the Chamber this afternoon.
Although both sides intended to make important points on a pressing issue, it soon descended into a shouting match between the SNP’s Mhairi Black and the new Scottish Conservative MPs:
A sample of the SNP vs the Scottish Conservatives on women's pensions age pic.twitter.com/Z9yjUvvmHd
— Esther Webber (@estwebber) November 29, 2017
Just as well it was Rosie Winterton not John Bercow in the Speaker’s chair…
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