Cameron facing rebellion as he denies MPs vote on European arrest warrant David Cameron has withdrawn his commitment to holding a vote on the European arrest warrant in a move that the Speaker of the House of Commons said would be regarded as "contemptuous" by the public. MPs from all parties lined up to criticise a government "stitch-up" as it emerged they would be allowed to vote on only 11 relatively minor EU justice and home affairs measures, not the whole package of 35 that includes the European arrest warrant. The controversial warrant is backed by all three party leaders but opposed by dozens of Conservative backbenchers over fears that Britons are being sent for trial abroad for minor offences. Ministers insisted the government motion on 11 measures would be treated as a vote on the package of 35. But John Bercow, the Speaker, undermined this position by saying "disinterested experts" had confirmed that the vote would have nothing to do with the European arrest warrant. And they are frankly contemptuous, and I use the word advisably, contemptuous of what is not straight dealing. He said that there was nothing in standing orders to allow a vote on one matter to be a "proxy" on something else. However, this was very narrowly won by the government by 251 votes to 241. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, said the debate was a joke and a shambles. She pointed out that Cameron only promised a few weeks ago in the House of Commons: "I am not delaying a vote on it. Bill Cash, the Tory chairman of the European scrutiny committee, said it was a disgraceful way to go about running government business. He said it was "completely unbelievable" that Theresa May, the home secretary, would come to the house and argue that the motion was about the European arrest warrant. "This is a travesty of our parliamentary proceedings," he said, saying he would vote against a business motion. It is a trick. It is an attempt to get round the reality. Keith Vaz, the chairman of the Commons home affairs committee, said it was a "shambolic attempt" to get the motion through, while Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Liberal Democrat leader, suggested it should be withdrawn. Sir Richard Shepherd, a backbench Conservative MP, said the growth of executive arrogance had grown unsupportable and suggested the MPs should "talk out" the motion until it runs out of time. After a series of Tory MPs stood up to condemn the government, Ken Clarke, the former cabinet minister, intervened to say May should be allowed to explain the proposal. But Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Tory rightwinger, said the "outrageous abuse of parliamentary procedures" and the "fundamentally underhand" tactics needed be debated fully by backbenchers. The government was taking the "way of tyranny" by stopping the House of Commons from holding the executive to account, he said. Defending the position, May said she would treat the vote on the 11 measures as being a vote on all 35, including the European arrest warrant. She said they were not all mentioned in the motion because there was no need for them all to be transposed into UK law. "The government is clear we will be bound by that vote, if the house chooses not to transpose those measures," she said. Ukip responded by saying it showed the public would not be able to trust the prime minister to hold a European Union referendum.