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Tory plan for 'conga-line' Commons branded undemocratic and discriminatory against Scottish MPs

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Tory plans to make MPs vote through narrow Westminster lobbies during the coronavirus crisis have been slammed as "madness".

More than a third of the 650 MPs in parliament will not turn up over concerns they discriminate against shielding politicians and Scots unable to travel during lockdown.

The condemnation came as Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg tabled a motion that would mean MPs having to form a half-mile long queue - likened to a "conga" - in order to obey social distancing rules when voting.

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