Robson makes his apology
Matt Robson has made the apology required of him by Parliament’s Privileges Committee. Back in November Robson made some remarks about Peter Dunne’s links to the tobacco industry and Dunne complained.
Despite Robson no longer being a member of Parliament, the Committee was still able to act as judge and jury for Robson’s “offence”. No need for Dunne to worry about any inconvenient libel case like the rest of us would have to.
Robson made sure to reinforce his original point during his apology 
In my November 1 newsletter I contrasted United leader Peter Dunne’s strong rhetoric in favour of the interests of families against his party’s vote against family-friendly policies like my Four Weeks’ Annual Leave Bill in 2003 and his own vote against my 2005/’06 Bill to raise the alcohol purchasing age to 20.
I would like to make an unqualified apology to Hon Peter Dunne that the wording of the original version of that November 1 newsletter to members and friends might have been misinterpreted by some to suggest that Robson-on-politics was in anyway suggesting that Mr Dunne was not an honourable person.
