Nation and Labour 'Taking the Piss' on Parliament Urgency
November 25, 2022
PHOTO: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
ACT is now accusing National and Labour MPs of rushing through and not taking enough time to debate the legislation that’s been going through the House.
As urgency went into Friday some MPs took extremely brief calls, which ACT said was not enough to provide the proper scrutiny.
Its deputy leader Brooke van Velden said the laws being debated had “real impact on people’s lives”.
“Members of Parliament have a duty to scrutinise legislation,” she said. “New Zealanders were badly let down today.
“These are people who are paid six-figure salaries with taxpayers’ money. They took the piss so they could have the weekend off.”