Speaker urges MPs to use complaint process amid behaviour concerns

Summarised by Centrist

Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to utilise an established complaint process if they believe parliamentary standards have been breached. This comes in the wake of a senior minister issuing a written apology to Green MP Ricardo Menendez March for an inappropriate remark made during a House session. Brownlee’s address before Question Time referenced public concerns about MP behaviour, including comments from Children’s Minister and Act MP Karen Chhour, who expressed feeling unsafe and facing personal attacks in Parliament. 

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