Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I am not going to detain the House on this matter other than to say I want the level of language to improve. I've participated, prior to being Speaker obviously, in a number of debates relating to Israel, and you do not want me to recount all the claims in those debates over many years. I've got a pretty good memory, and it's a topic I'm very familiar with; it is not in the interests of this question time for me to do that. I'm just going to say I want the standard of language to improve. That's what I'm saying.

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