The Na­tion­al Par­ent Teacher As­so­ci­a­tion (NPTA) has ex­pressed con­cern over the con­duct of Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment dur­ing Fri­day’s Stand­ing Fi­nance Com­mit­tee meet­ing, say­ing the ex­changes sent the wrong mes­sage to young peo­ple and un­der­mined ef­forts to ad­dress in­dis­ci­pline in schools.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, the NPTA said it viewed with “deep con­cern and con­ster­na­tion” the events that un­fold­ed dur­ing the com­mit­tee meet­ing, which was marked by heat­ed ex­changes and shout­ing among MPs.

The as­so­ci­a­tion said the in­ci­dent over­shad­owed the com­mit­tee’s work and de­tract­ed from the dig­ni­ty ex­pect­ed of Par­lia­ment.