of Assembly or risk being thrown out.

The warning came from Speaker of the House Ernest DeCouto at the opening of Friday's session.

He referred MPs from both sides of the chamber to Rule 21 which deals with the time and manner of speaking and contents of speeches.

Mr. DeCouto said he was concerned about the topic which had also been noticed by members of the voting public.

"The rule requires Members to demonstrate a better deportment and greater responsibility in the observance in particular to Rule 21 (9): `No member shall impute improper motives to another member','' he said.

"It, therefore, follows that no charge of a personal character can be raised, save upon a direct and substantive motion to that effect.

"Further, no statement in debate can be embodied in a notice to call the attention of the House to a stated matter.'' Mr. DeCouto asked all the MPs to "trim their speeches'' to exclude such remarks, references or comments so as to avoid transgressing the rules of debate.

"Without any further notice by the Speaker,'' he continued, "Members are to consider this as a final warning to desist or otherwise Rule 30 (2) will apply.'' Rule 30 (2) states that the Speaker or Chairman can order MPs whose conduct is "grossly disorderly to withdraw immediately from the House during the remainder of the day's sitting''.

In closing, Mr. DeCouto added : "The message that I am getting is that the general public and voters are also expecting that their representatives show an improvement in their decorum as it relates to dignity -- politeness, decency and respect for each other and to the preservation of the rich history and tradition of this ancient House in debate and actions.'' At the last House session, Premier Pamela Gordon accused Shadow Tourism Minister David Allen of scandalmongering and of abusing his position of privilege as a Member of Parliament.

Earlier he had accused her of a conflict of interest over her association as a financial controller with the St. George's Club.

He also accused Tourism Minister David Dodwell of misleading the House over statements he made regarding Carnival Cruise Lines interest in sailing to the Island and of having a conflict of interest as a hotelier.

"I think it is most unfortunate that we have members in the House who use their position of privilege to bring forward scandalous accusations,'' Ms Gordon said.