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Brown warned over Cameron attack Brown warned after Commons jibe
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Gordon Brown was warned by the Commons Speaker Michael Martin to use "temperate language" after he accused David Cameron of "misleading" MPs. Gordon Brown was warned by the Commons Speaker Michael Martin to use "temperate language" after he accused David Cameron of "misleading" people.
The exchanges came after the Tory leader claimed the Gould report into the Scottish elections said ministers had put party interest before voters.The exchanges came after the Tory leader claimed the Gould report into the Scottish elections said ministers had put party interest before voters.
The PM said: "You're misleading people about the conclusions of that report."The PM said: "You're misleading people about the conclusions of that report."
After consulting his clerks, Mr Martin told MPs he was "satisfied the prime minister said nothing unparliamentary".After consulting his clerks, Mr Martin told MPs he was "satisfied the prime minister said nothing unparliamentary".
But there was an angry response from Tory MPs, with a number bringing up the matter during points of order after the half-hour session. Mr Cameron asked how Mr Brown "had the gall" to accuse him of misleading people over the report.
And there was an angry response from Tory MPs, with a number bringing up the matter during points of order after the half-hour prime minister's questions session.
'Rolling situation'
One of them, Tory chief whip Patrick McLoughlin asked Mr Martin: "Can I therefore take it that it's quite in order for a member of Parliament to accuse another member of Parliament of misleading the House?
"In which case we will bear that in mind when we come to challenge the government."
I ask you to take my word for it Michael MartinCommons Speaker
Mr Martin said he understood the chief whip's "anxiety".
"All I can say is read the record of Hansard tomorrow. I ask you to take my word for it," he said.
"Honourable members have got to understand that I'm in the chair and it's a rolling situation.
"I have consulted the record and I'm satisfied that the prime minister has said nothing unparliamentary."
Mr Martin told Mr McLoughlin he was always entitled to come and see him about the matter.
Labour left-winger Dennis Skinner weighed in to add that it would be a different matter if Mr Brown had said an MP had been "deliberately misleading the House".
"I have been around a long time - I've tested the market and it's called experience," he joked.