A biography for Lindsay Hoylehasn’t been written yet.
“The Speaker will always be judged in the same way: those who liked what he did will always say it was good, those who didn't will always say it was bad.”
“If you have been prime minister of this country, I do believe the country should recognise the service given.”
“Let's treat each other, not just with tolerance but with respect.”
“If you're going to work against me, I can also work against you as well!”
“My home is Chorley, my friends are in Chorley, my family. There is no better experience to get your feet back on the ground than walking round Chorley market talking to real people about real things.”
“Since my father introduced me to the game, I have loved the fast pace, high collision nature of rugby league, but also its vital role in bringing communities together and developing upcoming talent.”
“The quality in women's rugby league is absolutely incredible and our players can go and become world champions.”
“No-one has got all the ideas, I think there are many ideas that can come out by working together.”
“We've got to protect the candidates who put themselves forward.”
“Others like myself will carry on meeting constituents, but doing it in a very safe environment, that's the key to us. That's what we were elected to do, we have a duty of care not just to ourselves, but to the staff and the people that come to see us.”
“The House of Commons elected me to be the Speaker and there's nothing that's going to stop me from doing that.”
“If there's something that keeps me awake at night, it is the safety of MPs.”
“When you go to school with farmers' sons called John and Steven it doesn't half toughen you up to be called Lindsay.”
“This was an unhappy place to work. I think there has been bullying in parliament. I've never shied away from that.”
“How did I become a type 1 diabetic? Nobody will ever know but I think it was the shock of my daughter.”
“I make sure everything goes evenly in the chamber. But also, I'm kind of the chief executive of the Palace of Westminster, the House of Commons.”
“Let's listen to different people. Let's get different people focusing, putting their mind to it, and coming out with the best ideas.”
“I have never known the monarch to object to what the House of Commons does.”
“We have not got a presidential system. We have a prime minister and that prime minister is answerable to the House of Commons, and the same with the secretary of state for health.”
“I would like us to look at best practice in other parliaments around the world, to see if there are other models that would work here.”