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 The deputy speaker of Britain's House of Commons has asked MPs not to use Twitter while sitting in the chamber. Lindsay Hoyle intervened after Kevin Brennan, a Labour politician, noted midway through a debate on education that two other MPs there were tweeting about the debate on Twitter.

Kevin Brennan, a labor lawmaker that spied the interchange, was up in arms over the incident, and argued that the two people involved should have voiced their comments to the court, rather than resorting to sharing information through the social networking site.

Hoyle stated that Twitter is banned within the House doors, reaffirming the current parliamentary guidelines that call for the barring of mobile phone use in the chamber, with the exception of using hand-held devices for e-mail exchange.

"I am glad you have brought it to my attention. I am sure no honorable member will be tweeting from the chamber to let the outside world know what is going on," Hoyle said.