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For the first time in living memory MPs from different political parties could give up their traditional places in the House of Commons on Monday in a show of unity to remember Jo Cox .
Parliament is due to be recalled to allow MPs to pay tribute to the Labour MP who was murdered outside her constituency surgery last week.
Under a plan being considered MPs would not sit along normal party lines for the debate but instead spread around the chamber.
Show all 20 1 /20Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Floral tributes and candles are placed by a picture of slain Labour MP Jo Cox at a vigil in Parliament square in London
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Tributes to Labour Party MP Jo Cox are placed on her houseboat in Wapping in London
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures The Union flag at half-mast on top of Portcullis House in London after Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (2R) and deputy leader Tom Watson (L) light candles as they attend a vigil to slain Labour MP Jo Cox in Parliament square in London
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and deputy leader Tom Watson (rear) arrive to leave tributes at Parliament Square
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures People leave St Peter's Church after a vigil in memory of Jo Cox
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Flowers left at Parliament Square opposite the Palace of Westminste, following the death of Labour MP Jo Cox
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures People react as they look at tributes left for Labour Member of Parliament Jo Cox in Parliament Square, London
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures A man writes a message at Parliament Square
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures People stop to look at tributes left at Parliament Square opposite the Palace of Westminster
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures A woman arrives to lay flowers at a statue to Joseph Priestly in Birstall near to the scene where Labour MP Jo Cox was shot
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Tributes at Parliament Square opposite the Palace of Westminster
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures A woman places candles in tribute to Labour Party MP Jo Cox
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures A member of the public signs a memorial for British MP Jo Cox in Parliament Square, London
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures People sign messages of condolence for MP Jo Cox during a vigil in Parliament Square in London
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Flags at half mast outside Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, after Labour MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death in the street outside her constituency advice surgery in Birstall
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures People arrive in Market Square with floral tributes after the death of Jo Co
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Floral tributes are placed in Market Square next to the statue of Joseph Priestley following the death of Jo Cox
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures Floral tributes are brought to the scene after the death of Jo Cox
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Jo Cox tributes - in pictures A police officer carries bunches of flowers at the scene of the shooting of Labour MP Jo Cox in Birstall
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Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he had heard the suggestion and was interested in the idea.
“I received that suggestion last night,” he said. “We’re thinking about that.
He added: “An MP dies and it is an attack on all of us. In her memory we have to create a more tolerant society.”
Mr Corbyn said he had also had discussions about MPs security before Ms Cox’s death – but added that he did not want elected politicians to become remote from their constituents.
Jo Cox: Tributes to the Labour MP He said that MPs could not do their job if they did not keep in touch with people who vote for them.
