Prisoners And Voting Rights
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 7:38 pm
Article: ParliamentToday.co.nz
Prisoners And Voting Rights
Shortly after the
dinner break, MPs completed the debate on the Maori Affairs
Committee inquiry into the tobacco industry.
The
third reading debate of the Electoral (Disqualification of Sentenced
Prisoners) Bill then began.
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