Michael Farrugia to substitute deputy Speaker as Agius takes up busy schedule

Labour MP Michael Farrugia will assist as a temporary deputy Speaker should David Agius be unavailable to fill in the role of deputy Speaker, while Speaker Anġlu Farrugia remains indisposed since being taken ill a couple of weeks ago.

Farrugia will take up the substitute role until parliament’s summer recess.

The MP was appointed following a motion filed by Labour Whip Andy Ellul on Monday, with the motion being approved by both sides of the House.

Farrugia will be presiding over the House only in deputy speaker David Agius’s absence, should Anġlu Farrugia remain unwell.

Anġlu Farrugia was admitted to hospital last week, and it remains unclear on when he is set to return.