House debates
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Questions to the Speaker
Parliamentary Behaviour
3:26 pm
Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source
Madam Speaker, I have a question for you. During question time today the member for Rankin was named and suspended from the House for using an unparliamentary term and then repeating it when he was asked to withdraw it. Subsequently, he tweeted exactly the same insulting phrase. Apart from the defamatory nature of it, of course, which you cannot comment on, my question to you is: is that a contempt of parliament and would you mind investigating it, and reporting to the House on Monday the outcome of your investigation?
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