24 May 2018

Confidence in the speaker

From The Panel, 4:53 pm on 24 May 2018

National has accused speaker Trevor Mallard of "pushing" the story about an MP allegedly making a sexist remark about the Prime Minister.

It comes after Paula Bennett walked out of Question Time over the Speaker's system of adding or removing questions as a form of punishment.

We discuss the issues with political law professor Andrew Geddis.

The Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard  21 Feb 2018

The Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard Photo: VNP / Daniela Maoate-Cox