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A miscellany of Parliament
21 Mar 2021From The House on Sunday, an oddment of events from a week in the House; and a chat about the 2020 Election Inquiry.
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Trans-Tasman travel bubble dominates question time
The trans-Tasman travel bubble dominated question time this week with the Opposition pressing the Government for details on dates and entry requirements
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Mad about Election 2020? Tell Parliament your thoughts
17 Mar 2021Concerned about misinformation on cannabis and euthanasia? Are fake social media accounts a threat to democracy? Tell Parliament what you think in a submission on its Election 2020 inquiry.
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Everyone deserves a defence - even Patsy
17 Mar 2021Soft-ball questions to MPs get derided. What is the point of the 'patsy question'?
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Getting a budget run-up
16 Mar 2021Before Parliament can unveil a new budget, it has to tidy away the paperwork from last year’s one. The budget run-up is also a warm down.
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Revenge porn, miscarriage bereavement leave, and abortion clinic safe zones tackled at Parliament
14 Mar 2021MPs tackle bills on revenge porn, miscarriage bereavement leave, abortion clinic safe zones and cannabis in this Parliament's first members' day
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'Does she stand by?' - quizzing the Prime Minister
11 Mar 2021MPs often ask if the Prime Minister stands by all her statements, government policies, and actions knowing the answer will be 'yes', so why do it? asks The House.
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Rise of the House of quizzes: questions gain ground in parliament
10 Mar 2021Parliament has always been about arguments and speeches, but questions have got loose and are roaming free.
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Tuesday at Parliament: debating Covid alert level changes
9 Mar 2021MPs will be able to question the Minister for Covid-19 Response on recent alert level changes and vote on Covid related rules like testing at the border.
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MPs get their first say
9 Mar 2021This week at Parliament the action includes the first Members Day since the election, including bills related to miscarriage, porn, abortion and cannabis.
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MPs pulled up for question time errors
25 Feb 2021Parliament has many rules about how question time can be run and the Speaker pulled up a few MPs for errors this week
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Whipping the biggest pack: managing a huge caucus
7 Mar 2021Labour has an absolute majority in Parliament. That makes some things easier but the whips that manage ‘the team of 65’ have a huge job.
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Baptism of fire for new master
27 Feb 2021Parliament can be like a raucous schoolroom where some boys consider new teachers are fair game. When does a robust contest cross a line into unreasonable behaviour?
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Bid to change Māori wards bill name to 'screw the scrum' fails
24 Feb 2021Suggestions to rename a bill on Māori wards to include the words ‘ignore the public vote’, ‘screw the scrum’ and ‘under-arm delivery’ have been ruled out of order at Parliament.
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The hungry, hungry parliament
24 Feb 2021Parliament usually sits on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This week it’s doing Tuesday twice, then skipping to Thursday.
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Parliament finally pulls back the joystick
23 Feb 2021Parliament has been puttering along in second gear since the election. Now the interruptions and formalities are fading as it nears lift-off.
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Debating without agenda on Parliament's agenda
Parliament debates all the time but until now it seldom did so just to see what it thinks. This week we hear what it thinks about Aid to the Pacific.
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An urgent debate on Covid-19
Parliament this week was pretty truncated, days were short and many MPs watched from home. But it did manage something unusual - an urgent debate.
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Question time key part of shortened sitting day
18 Feb 2021Question time was considered an essential part of business this week as fewer MPs sat for shorter hours under changing Covid alert levels at Parliament.
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The importance of being critical
Sometimes Parliament’s highlights are the moments it changes the topic. Today those diversions included a defense of attack, and an attack on getting roughy.
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Shorter days,fewer MPs and urgency at Parliament under alert level two
16 Feb 2021Shorter days, fewer MPs, and work on the Covid-19 response are a few of the changes at Parliament as it sits under Covid alert level 2 this week
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MPs finish 19 hour debate on speech from the throne
14 Feb 2021Last year MPs started a long debate on a speech outlining the government's plans for the next parliamentary term and this week they finally finished it off.
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Grapeshot across the trenches: the first week of Question Time
11 Feb 2021Parliament is back and so is Question Time. The first week involved releasing a head of steam by firing a lot of grapeshot.
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Submissions on Māori ward bill open for two days
10 Feb 2021Submissions are invited on a bill changing laws around the establishment of Māori wards by councils but they must be in by is 5pm Thursday 11 February.
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