The moment England's health secretary Matt Hancock is threatened with being thrown out of PMQs

The UK Government's health secretary Matt Hancock was given a stern warning of being thrown out of PMQs by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

During a fiery exchange between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Hancock was called out for being too verbal.

Mr Hancock, who was sat on the front bench to the PM's right, made comments during questioning over care home testing.

The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, called for order and told Mr Hancock: "Secretary of State for Health, please, I don’t mind you advising the Prime Minister but you don’t need to advise the opposition during this.”

After some dissent, the Speaker added: “Sorry, do you want to leave the chamber? We're on maximum numbers, if you want to give way to somebody else I'm more than happy."

The Labour leader had begun by asking Mr Johnson why action wasn’t taken to stop coronavirus spreading in care homes sooner, and asking what was protective about government advice in March which said “negative tests are not required prior to transfers into care homes”.

Starmer also referenced comments made to members of the health and social care committee by Care England chief executive Martin Green. When asked about when routine testing would start in care homes in England, he quoted Mr Green as saying: "I think the short answer is that we've had the announcement, but what we haven’t had is the delivery and we’re not very clear when that will arrive."

In answer to Labour's question around care homes, Mr Johnson said: “He is right to draw attention to what has happened in our care homes and we mourn the loss of every victim.

“And no one was discharged into a care home without the permission of a clinician, who have the interests of those patients at heart.”

The Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras responded by reiterating the question was whether people were tested when returning to care homes.

He said: “What is causing the routine delay of care home testing?”

Mr Johnson replied: “We are absolutely confident we will be able to increase our testing, not just in care homes but across the community.”