25 May 2018
Gerry Brownlee discusses Opposition dispute with Mallard
A strongly-worded letter penned by the National Party questioning the conduct of the Speaker of the House has been ignored by Trevor Mallard. The Speaker has been confiscating questions from MPs and allocating them to the opposition, prompting Paula Bennett to walk out in protest and then get kicked-out the following day. It's ruffled National's feathers to the point where they considered walking out of Question Time en masse. Shadow leader of the House Gerry Brownlee wrote the letter. He talks to Susie Ferguson.