New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa October 26, 2009. (REUTERS/Chris Wattie)

OTTAWA -- Government House Leader Jay Hill is calling for NDP Leader Jack Layton to be charged with contempt of Parliament, saying he helped protesters who disrupted Question Period Monday.

Hill said the 120 climate change protesters who were physically removed after they began chanting were guests of the NDP and used a room booked by the NDP beforehand.

Hill said two House of Commons constables went to hospital after the incident and “it was also reported to me that some members were uncomfortable and feared for their safety.”

Layton denied any involvement in the protest, saying he had no idea the young people that he and MPs from other parties met with were planning to disrupt the House.

“I prefer to use the tools of the House by asking questions but we should understand that there is more and more concern among Canadian youth with Parliament’s inaction concerning a crisis that will affect the lives of these young people.”

Yesterday, it was Conservative MPs who were accused of crossing the line after they loudly heckled and laughed at Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett while she questioned the government’s conflicting messages about the safety of adjuvanted vaccine for pregnant women.

“This is not funny,” responded an emotional Bennett.

elizabeth.thompson@sunmedia.ca