By Joel Adams For Mailonline
Published: 21:59 GMT, 11 March 2019 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 11 March 2019
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Speaker of the House John Bercow issued withering reprimands today to two Tory ministers for interrupting Diane Abbot in a discussion of ISIS jihadi bride Shamima Begum.
The Shadow Home Secretary began an impassioned speech by saying: 'When she was 15, Shamima Begum made a very bad decision, and it is arguable that much of the tragedy that has engulfed her since then flows from it'.
She said she and the Labour Party believed the baby, who died in a refugee camp aged 18 days old, should have been allowed into the UK and that Begum should not have been stripped of her British citizenship.
At the dispatch box Diane Abbott asked why Shamima Begum was singled out for treatment by the Home Office
She asked Sajid Javid: 'Can he explain why he deemed this 19-year-old, with a baby that was not quite three weeks old, more dangerous to Britain than the hundreds of foreign fighters who have already been allowed to return?'
Ms Abbott was then interrupted by barracking from both benches after saying: 'We understand the issue of keeping British people safe, but this was a British baby, who is now dead.'
At this point her her Labour colleague, Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner exploded with fury, shouting 'Shut up' across the chamber, pointing towards the Tory benches.
Speaker Bercow addressed himself sternly
