Rishi Sunak calls Sir Lindsay Hoyle's decision to break with convention on a Gaza ceasefire vote "very concerning"
The PM says "we should never let extremists intimidate us" into changing how Parliament works, after Hoyle allowed a vote on a Labour amendment to an SNP proposal
It comes after the SNP's Westminster leader tells Hoyle his party has no confidence in him as Commons Speaker after yesterday's debate chaos
More than 60 MPs now say they have no confidence in Hoyle, who has apologised twice for making the "wrong decision"
Meanwhile, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has denied threatening Hoyle, saying he “simply urged” the Speaker to ensure there was the “broadest possible debate”
On Wednesday, MPs approved a Labour motion calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" following hours of debate which saw SNP and Conservative MPs walk out of the Commons
You can watch our coverage live at the top of this page by clicking the play button
Lammy accuses the SNP motion of being "one-sided", saying Israel cannot be expected to cease fighting if Hamas continues with violence.
He says it does not lay out a path to a sustainable peace, how a lasting ceasefire can be achieved, nor does it mention the two-state solution.
Any ceasefire must be observed by all sides, he adds.
Image source, House of Commons"All of us agree the time for a ceasefire" has come, Lammy continues.
He says there are three options MPs can vote for - the SNP's motion, the Labour amendment or the government's amendment.
"And only one can be supported by all sides," he notes.
Lammy says Labour supports an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, a stop to fighting by both sides, the release of hostages, a surge of aid into Gaza and a two-state solution.
Rafah ground offensive ‘must not happen’ - Lammy
We're now hearing from Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who says Labour wants an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
“It is with pain and sadness that this House gathers here today," he says.
"It is 137 days since the appalling 7 October massacre, and since that day the killing has gone on - flattened cities, ransacked kibbutzim, teaming refugee camps, hostages in chains."
Lammy says a ground offensive in the southern city of Rafah would be a humanitarian disaster, a moral catastrophe and strategic mistake.
"It must not happen."
SNP MP Brendan O'Hara brings his remarks to a close and, as he does, he says he wants to share with the House the words of people forced to "live through this hell".
He recounts the words of a Palestinian man who lost his wife and three children - aged four, five and just three months old.
O'Hara recounts his testimony: "My body survived but my spirit died with my children it was crushed under the rubble with them."
"That's why tonight really matters," O'Hara says.
"We will be remembered for what we did and for what we chose not to do," he says, concluding that for decades to come people will ask them what they did.
BBC Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt has just posted on X to say there have already been repercussions for Speaker Lindsay Hoyle's decision to select a Labour amendment.
He says: "Repercussions from @CommonsSpeaker decision to call Labour Gaza amendment: Conservative MP William Wragg has just tabled an Early Day Motion saying: This member has no confidence in Mr Speaker."
SNP MP Brendan O'Hara attacks the decision of the government to pursue the language of a "humanitarian pause" rather than a ceasefire.
He calls it a "convoluted idea" which will mean that "the carnage [can] resume at a pre-arranged date and time".
The government has said that the pause will allow for further negotiation and full resolution.
But O'Hara says the UK's response has diminished its reputation which means that it will not have credibility in any future negotiations.
He finishes this part of his statement by talking of the impact on children and innocent civilians in Gaza.
Israel have "completely abandon[ed] international humanitarian law by imposing collective punishment on a defenceless civilian population", he concludes
Sir Julian Lewis, who's the chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, raised concerns the SNP appeared to be calling for an unconditional ceasefire which he said "would leave all the hostages at the mercy of Hamas".
The Conservative MP for New Forest East said Israel had previously had to release thousands of convicted criminals in exchange for one soldier to be released.
He added: "One of the people they released was the person who organised the Hamas atrocities on 7 October."
The SNP MP Ian Blackford says it's important for everyone to show appropriate leadership to speak up against human rights abuses in the war between Israel and Hamas.
People are facing famine and death in Gaza, he says.
And he pleads for "this House to come together and stand up".
We return to Brendan O'Hara, who says the UK, as one of Israel's closest allies, calling for an immediate ceasefire would be "enormous".
He adds that it would also pose a "pivotal moment in the campaign to stop UK arms sales to Israel".
O'Hara says he utterly condemns the Hamas attack, but adds the only possible solution to this crisis, and to destroying Hamas, is political rather than military.
Harry Farley
Political correspondent
I am sitting in the gallery looking over the House of Commons where roughly two-thirds of MPs are absolutely furious with the Speaker.
The noise from the chamber is deafening with the SNP and the Conservatives livid at Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Labour MPs sit quietly in their seats.
That is because the Speaker will allow votes on the Labour amendment and the government one, as well, to the SNP motion. That is highly unusual to allow an opposition party – in this case Labour – to amend a motion from another opposition party.
“Disgrace,” shouted one SNP MP. “Bring back Bercow,” shouted a Tory MP, referring to the previous holder of the speaker's post, John Bercow. “You ought to be ashamed of yourself,” said another.
The reason they are so annoyed is it means Sir Keir Starmer can avoid a potentially damaging rebellion.
He can now tell his MPs to back Labour’s wording. If Labour’s amendment was not selected, some Labour MPs would have been tempted to back the SNP’s wording calling for an “immediate ceasefire”.
SNP sets out case for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza
Brendan O'Hara, the MP for Argyll and Bute, has now tabled the SNP motion, which calls for "an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for all combatants".
O'Hara says there's an "unequivocal condemnation of the Hamas attack on 7 October and repeats both a call for the immediate release of all hostages and to see those involved in those atrocities called to account for their actions".
He adds no-one denies that Israel has the right to defend itself, that every country has that right but says no country has the right "to lay siege to a civilian population, carpet-bomb densely inhabited areas, drive people from their homes, erase an entire civilian infrastructure and impose a collective punishment".
No country "regardless of who they are" can kill civilians at such pace and scale in the name of self-defence, O'Hara says.
MPs have filed back into the Commons for the Gaza debate and it's already proving to be an impassioned affair.
After significant consideration, the Speaker has decided that amendments from both the government and Labour will be allowed.
First, the Labour amendment will be voted on. If that passes, the SNP's amended motion (effectively the same thing) will be voted on. If the original Labour amendment fails, there will be a vote on the SNP's motion, which is unlikely to pass due to opposition across the House.
If both the Labour amendment and SNP motion fail, there will then be a vote on the government's amendment.
This proposal has been met with outrage from the SNP, who complain their time for debate has already been cut into and now other parties' proposals will use up their time further.
Owen Thompson, SNP MP for Midlothian says: "What is the point of an opposition day if it is going to be met like this?"
SNP MP Owen Thompson, the party's chief whip, complains the opposition Labour amendment has been selected when today is opposition day for the SNP.
He said: "We've already had a significant delay to the start of this motion and now we appear to be doing things in a way that's never been done before... What's the point?"
The Speaker says "I've made a judgement... That is my ruling and I'm not taking any more points of order".
Tensions rise towards Speaker in Commons Gaza debate
The Speaker has decided to select both the government and Labour amendments to the SNP motion.
He said: "This is a highly sensitive subject on which feelings are running high, in the House, in the nation and in the world.
"I think it's important on this occasion that this House is able to consider the widest possible range of options."
Although opposition amendments would not usually be selected like this, his opinion is that this "reflects an outdated approach", he added.
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has taken his place in the Commons chamber, replacing deputy speaker Rosie Winterton.
This signals the debate around the Gaza ceasefire vote is under way after a delay in the voting lobby.
Protesters are flying Palestinian flags and singing as they wait outside parliament
Labour's John McDonnell has raised a point of order in the House of Commons, complaining that hundreds of protesters, engaging in what's known as a "mass lobby" over the war in Gaza, are being left in the rain.
They're waiting to meet their MPs in Westminster Hall to ask them to support an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The BBC understands only 50 are being allowed in at a time.
McDonnell, a former shadow chancellor, said there were "only limited numbers being allowed in when there's quite a sizeable amount of space" available for meetings.
He asked if it would be possible to let more people in instead of "being forced to stand outside in the rain".
Image source, UK ParliamentAs we've said, PMQs is over and soon we'll hear MPs debate the SNP’s motion which calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Labour has proposed an amendment, calling for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” while a separate government amendment calls for an “immediate humanitarian pause”.
We will find out later which amendment will be voted on in the Commons.
Stay with us as we bring you more.
During PMQs, Stephen Flynn, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) at Westminster, said "as it stands, some 60% of the buildings in Gaza are either damaged or destroyed".
That figure appears to be based on analysis of damage to buildings in Gaza by two US academics.
They have been studying satellite images of Gaza and focusing on changes to the height of buildings, indicating damage.
Their latest assessment – as of 14 February – is that between 54.2% and 66.2% of buildings in the Gaza Strip were likely to have been damaged or destroyed by this date.
You can read about damage in Gaza here
Last up is Labour's Graham Stringer, the MP for Blackley and Broughton, who accuses the PM of insulting the people of Manchester when he cancelled the HS2 rail line north of Birmingham at the Conservative party conference in the city.
He asks if Sunak understands train services will be slowed down and capacity reduced as a result.
Sunak says "every penny" from the northern part of HS2 is being reinvested -- he doesn't know what Labour's policy is.