A Danish deputy told his baby that he was not welcome in the House of Parliament

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A Danish MP spoke after he was ordered to take his baby out of the House of Parliament.

Mette Abildgaard said that it was the first time that she was bringing her five-month-old daughter to work, her father unable to step in to take care of her.

Pia Kjaersgaard, Speaker of Parliament and former leader of the right-wing Danish People's Party, reportedly told her that she was "not welcome" with her baby.

Kjaersgaard said clearer guidelines should be given to MPs with children.

In an article on Facebook, Ms. Abildgaard, group leader of the Conservative Popular Party, said she had witnessed another colleague who was taking their child to work without a problem, so she did not ask for it. permission to do so.

She added that she had agreed with her secretary that if her baby made "the slightest sound" she would not have brought her to the room, but since her daughter was "in a good mood", she decided to host it.

Ms. Kjaersgaard then sent a message to an badistant asking the member to remove her baby. "Members should be in the House, not babies or children," Kjaersgaard told the Ritzau news agency.

Her spokeswoman told tabloid BT of Denmark that she was just following the rules as the speaker of parliament and felt the baby was "disrupting the meeting".

Denmark is one of the most generous providers of parental leave in the world. New mothers are entitled to 18 weeks, while both parents are entitled to 32 additional weeks that they can allocate as they please.

In her message on Facebook, Ms. Abildgaard stated that she had chosen to return to work "in the service of democracy".

"A room that represents mothers, fathers and babies should be open to mothers, fathers and babies," said a Facebook user in a comment.

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It was not the first time bringing a baby into politics was in the news.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern brought her baby during her first UN address in New York in September, becoming the first world leader to attend a meeting of the General Assembly with her child. .

And last year, pictures of Canadian Minister Karina Gould who was nursing her son in Parliament became viral.

Laws in Western Australia are being discussed to allow mothers to badfeed in parliament, but the proposals have sparked controversy by also not allowing bottle-feeding.