A rule banning the use of television footage from the debating chamber to ridicule or satirise politicians should be ditched, the Speaker has been told.
Official television coverage cannot currently be used for "satire, ridicule or denigration" - a limitation that both the Parliamentary Press Gallery and Clerk of the House want removed.
Parliament's Privileges Committee has now agreed, and has included the recommendation in a new report on the use of social media to report on proceedings in the House.
"This rule has never been used and risks making Parliament seem out of touch and wary of criticism," the report stated.
It is now common for MPs to tweet and put up other social media postings during question time, and they often criticise the Speaker and opposing politicians.