The public gallery had to be cleared on Thursday after co-ordinated protests by environmental demonstrators
It is the eighth time this year that FMQs has been disrupted by environmental protests organised by a coalition of groups including This is Rigged and Just Stop Oil.
This week it was announced that mobile phones have also been banned from the public gallery during First Minister’s Questions as part of efforts to deter protesters. “However, the individuals who disrupted the Parliament today did not attend to observe parliamentary democracy, but to disrupt.
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