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title: "2 Hold Government Quotes By Lindsay Hoyle"
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> [Behind our age-old customs, the House has always adapted and innovated to meet the needs of the times to ensure that we can continue to hold the Government to account. And we have shown a remarkable survival instinct too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/behind-our-age-old-customs-the-house-has-always-adapted-and-innovated/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

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> [Members are elected to hold the government to account and we've got to allow them to do so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/members-are-elected-to-hold-the-government-to-account-and-we-ve-got/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

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## More by Lindsay Hoyle

> [I have lost my dad, my inspiration and the country has lost a truly dedicated parliamentarian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/i-have-lost-my-dad-my-inspiration-and-the-country-has-lost-a-truly/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [There's no excuse for bullying. I don't care what caused it. Whatever it was doesn't make it acceptable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/there-s-no-excuse-for-bullying-i-don-t-care-what-caused-it-whatever/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [When an MP says to me, 'Lindsay, I don't think I'm going to stand again. I don't feel safe. My family must come first,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/when-an-mp-says-to-me-lindsay-i-don-t-think-i-m-going-to-stand-again/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [I make sure everything goes evenly in the chamber. But also, I'm kind of the chief executive of the Palace of Westminster, the House…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/i-make-sure-everything-goes-evenly-in-the-chamber-but-also-i-m-kind/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [Hopefully I don't come across bombastic. That's the one thing I don't want to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/hopefully-i-don-t-come-across-bombastic-that-s-the-one-thing-i-don-t/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [If you have been prime minister of this country, I do believe the country should recognise the service given.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/if-you-have-been-prime-minister-of-this-country-i-do-believe-the/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [Of course, we're going to have division of views. That's what politics is all about. I don't want them all to agree with each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/of-course-we-re-going-to-have-division-of-views-that-s-what-politics/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [I oversee debates, premises, questions. And that's my role.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/i-oversee-debates-premises-questions-and-that-s-my-role/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [Others like myself will carry on meeting constituents, but doing it in a very safe environment, that's the key to us. That's what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/others-like-myself-will-carry-on-meeting-constituents-but-doing-it-in/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [I have never known the monarch to object to what the House of Commons does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/i-have-never-known-the-monarch-to-object-to-what-the-house-of-commons/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [Regulation of petrol companies and the major retailers must demonstrate commitment to the motorist and the U.K.'s hard-pressed transport industries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/regulation-of-petrol-companies-and-the-major-retailers-must/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [I'm a person who enjoys history, and history is very important to us - very very important it's about making judgement on history. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/i-m-a-person-who-enjoys-history-and-history-is-very-important-to-us/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [I was elected to serve this house, I was elected to serve all the Members of Parliament. That is why I gave up my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/i-was-elected-to-serve-this-house-i-was-elected-to-serve-all-the/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [My belief is if you watch five games of rugby league, you'll be committed to it for life, because there is no better sport…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/my-belief-is-if-you-watch-five-games-of-rugby-league-you-ll-be/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

> [In the end whatever the government might think, including the prime minister, we are all MPs, there to represent our constituencies. We are there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsay-hoyle/in-the-end-whatever-the-government-might-think-including-the-prime/)

[Lindsay Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsay-hoyle/)

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