MP Craig Mackinlay returns to Commons after having hands and feet amputated

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Sunak and Starmer pay tribute to South Thanet MP as he returns to chamber after sepsis ordeal

, has returned to the Commons chamber for the first time since his illness, receiving a standing ovation from fellow MPs as well as tributes from Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

Mackinlay acknowledged their applause before taking his seat on the Conservative benches. Julia Lopez, the science minister, resumed her answer after saying: “What an appropriate way to walk in on science questions, for the new bionic MP.”, Mackinlay asked a question, using it to pay tribute to the NHS staff who had treated him, among others, and to seek greater recognition for the early signs of sepsis, which affected him in September.

“I’m sure the whole house would like to join me in welcoming back our colleague, our friend and inspirational honourable member for South Thanet,” Hoyle said. Before asking his first question, Starmer thanked Mackinlay for meeting him privately earlier that day, with his wife and daughter, saying the Commons “genuinely comes together as one … today to pay tribute to your courage and determination in not only coming through an awful ordeal, but by being here today with us in this chamber.

 

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