SNP MPs Hannah Bardell and Kirsty Blackman have slammed the "archaic" Westminster voting procedures in a video posted from inside the House of Commons voting lobby.
After 11 straight votes on the UK Government's EU Withdrawal Bill, they took to Twitter to vent their understandable frustration at the lack of electronic voting.
The debates on Lords amendments to the Brexit Bill were hampered by the amount of time taken to vote, also cutting into the time for discussion of the power grab on Scotland's devolved powers.
"Scotland is going to be left out ... Scotland's voice is not going to be heard," they say in the video, posted as they were still voting.
While the clip may breach parliamentary protocol, Bardell said she was willing to risk it for the sake of democracy.
Here’s @KirstySNP and I in the lobby explaining why the House of Commons is so archaic.
— Hannah Bardell (@HannahB4LiviMP) June 12, 2018
We’re 4 votes into 11 of the day and it’s already taken 45 mins.
11 votes = 3 hours and no time for the Devolution amendments to be debated or Scotland’s voice to be heard. #EUWithdrawalbill pic.twitter.com/fG6amauMbI
It's good to see one of the parties in Westminster standing up for Scotland today.
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