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MPs dismiss home voting suggestion

A plan by SNP MP Angus MacNeil to allow MPs to �vote in their slippers� from the comfort of home when the journey to London is impossible has been dismissed as an attempt to turn Westminster into an X Factor-style television game show.

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TORCUIL CRICHTON, Chief UK political correspondent

A plan by SNP MP Angus MacNeil to allow MPs to "vote in their slippers" from the comfort of home when the journey to London is impossible has been dismissed as an attempt to turn Westminster into an X Factor-style television game show.