Andrew Laming ‘does not deserve’ to be committee chair, Labor members say

Letter signed by Lisa Chester, Ged Kearney and Joanne Ryan calls on PM to sack MP from parliamentary committee role

Labor members of a parliamentary committee chaired by Andrew Laming are calling on the prime minister to sack the controversial Queensland MP, saying his position is untenable".

In a letter sent to Scott Morrison on Wednesday, the opposition members of the employment, education and training committee expressed deep concern" about the conduct of Laming, saying the Liberal MP's behaviour towards women had been completely unacceptable".