Debate Declined, Electoral Reform Debated
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 4:35 pm
Article: ParliamentToday.co.nz
Debate Declined, Electoral Reform Debated
After
Question Time, the Speaker rejected an application for an
urgent debate on the Prime Minister’s decision not to
reappoint Pansy Wong as a minister.
MPs held the second
reading debate on the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance
Voting) Amendment Bill and Parliamentary Service Amendment
Bill.
The bills were agreed to as amended by the
select committee on single vote by 115 votes to 5 with ACT
opposing.
MPs began the second reading of the Electoral
Referendum Bill.
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