OTTAWA — A brewing battle between the House of Commons and the federal public service over documents linked to the so-called “green slush fund” came to a head Monday, with Conservatives accusing the government of disobeying an order from MPs to provide unredacted records.

The fall parliamentary session started with a procedural bang when Conservative MP Andrew Scheer told Speaker Greg Fergus that the government was violating MPs’ parliamentary privilege and argued that it was in contempt of the wide-ranging powers of the House of Commons.