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Use of gadget in Commons rapped

4 November 2009 08:00am

An MP has been rapped for reading aloud from a BlackBerry-type device in the House of Commons.

During a speech on tackling anti-social behaviour on Monday night, Tory MP Alistair Burt read out a letter about Criminal Record Bureau checks from a hand-held mobile gadget.

He was interrupted by Deputy Speaker Sir Michael Lord, who said the practice was "to be discouraged".