Brexit and leaks: One sitting was suspended in the United Kingdom House of Commons

A leak in the House of Commons forced Thursday to cancel the session for the rest of the day, the British Parliament reported in a statement.

The anecdote comes at a time when the inability of MPs to reach a consensus to tackle the "Brexit" crisis has been revealed.

The vice-president of the communes, Lindsay Hoyle, decided to cancel the debate, focused on this occasion on taxes, realizing that water was falling from the roof.

The lower house said it took action "urgent"to solve the problem and that after isolating the leak, the maintenance team is now "badessing the damage".

"We want to clarify that there was no leakage of sewer", Stressed the Parliament on Twitter.

Several MPs joked about this in this social network, like Labor Justin Madders, who said: "Parliament is really broken"

For its part, the curator Julia Lopez he wondered if the leak would be "a biblical flood"wash all parliamentarians.

The House of Commons will remain closed until next Mondaywhen it should resume normal activity, becoming more intense when leaving the United Kingdom of the European Union.

(With EFE information)