Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar has been appointed as the president of the parliamentary health committee.

This comes after around two months the Standards Committee voted to admonish Cutajar after adopting a report that found her in breach of ethics.

The PN MPs had proposed to suspend her from Parliament for a month, but this was shot down.

During Parliament on Monday, Deputy Minister Chris Fearne moved a motion for Cutajar’s appointment. The motion for her appointment was not objected to by the Opposition.

Cutajar succeeds Labour MP Silvio Grixti who resigned from the House last month after being interrogated by the police.

The Standards Committee had, on 9 November, adopted the conclusions and recommendations of a report that found Cutajar in breach of ethics. Standards Commissioner George Hyzler had found that Cutajar more likely than not had received a €46,000 brokerage payment, not declaring it.

The Standards Commissioner had looked into the situation after reports had read that Cutajar and one of her political aides – Charles Farrugia - allegedly received around €46,000 each as brokerage fees for the sale of a €3.1 million Mdina property to Yorgen Fenech.

This is the first appointment for Cutajar since her resignation from her position of parliamentary secretary for equality.