MPs should not be allowed to bring babies into the House of Commons chamber during debates, a cross-party review has recommended.
The Privileges Committee report was ordered amid an outcry over Labour's Stella Creasy being told she can no longer have her baby son with her.
The group ruled that MPs should not bring babies into the chamber or nearby Westminster Hall if they want to "observe, initiate, speak or intervene in proceedings".
But they said there should be a "degree of de-facto discretion" that "should be exercised sparingly".
The committee did, however, back on the "overwhelming balance of evidence" the extension of proxy voting for "serious long-term illness".
Karen Bradley, the Conservative MP who chairs the committee, said a debate should be scheduled in the coming weeks to discuss the extension of proxy voting.
"On the balance of evidence received, the committee also recommends that current rules remain and members should not bring babies into the House of Commons chamber or Westminster Hall proceedings," she added.
Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle ordered the review in November after Ms Creasy was told she could no longer bring her son Pip, then three months old, with her to debates.
The mother-of-two, who represents Walthamstow, in London, hoped the review would allow " parenting and politics possible to mix"
