Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Speaker’s Rulings — Use of Word “Lie” in House
📅 Recorded under the Tuesday, 25 March 2025 session -
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Wednesday, 26 March 2025, so this debate may
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exact date from Hansard's own record of it.
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Yesterday, I gave an undertaking to the Hon Kieran McAnulty to come back to him and the House about the use of the word “lie” in the House. My initial response was that no allegation of lying was directed at any particular member. While that was accurate, I wish to reiterate existing Speakers’ rulings that it is not in order to accuse members, specifically or in general, or to imply the motive of lying. It is an offence to the House as a whole—Speaker’s ruling 48/3.
🗣️ Spoke in this debate (1)
- Hon Gerry Brownlee (New Zealand National Party — List Member)