Thank you, Chair.
I want to talk about physical safety in constituency offices.
Recently, we got a notice from the Sergeant-at-Arms to keep our offices closed. My office is closed all the time now, except by appointment, on recommendation from the Parliamentary Protective Service. There's a sign on the door to that effect.
In particular, we got a notice a few weeks ago about axe the tax demonstrations. That was something the Leader of the Opposition had called for, for the public to go to MPs' offices to demonstrate. Then shortly afterwards, we got a notice that we're to make sure that we're vigilant and to keep the doors locked.
How dangerous is that type of call by politicians to act?
Then it results in us, as MPs, being less accessible and also putting our staff in danger in community offices.