ATTORNEY GENERAL John Jeremie has defended his comments in the Parliament on the country's '1%', denying he had threatened any community or brought 'race' into the House.

Jeremie addressed the issue in his wind-up on the state of emergency (SoE) extension bill late Wednesday night, having made remarks about the '1%' in moving the bill earlier that evening.

The AG said he had not referred to any race, and had used the language which members of a community had used in describing itself.