Parliament

Urgent Debates are granted or denied by Speakers. Most are denied. This week a Speaker's ruling moved the goal posts for that allowance, a lot.

Due to vagaries of the MMP system, some list MPs must endure a period of waiting and uncertainty before they can enter Parliament.

A big new wooden superstructure is about to be built out the back of Parliament House, and is planned to be ready to fit dozens of MPs by the next election.

New goverment, new parliament, new Leader of the House. Chris Bishop is now the Minister responsible for shepherding the Government's legislative agenda. He explains how.

A rare four-week sitting block at Parliament has wound up, with the Government’s programme of moving legislation through under urgency used throughout.

Taming Question Time is not easy but this week the Speaker has attempted to reign in the use of Points of Order to make out of order points.

Due to the increasing demands on the work of the Office of the Clerk in an environment of funding constraints, the efficiency of some key Parliament functions could suffer.

Parliament has another busy week planned this week. Another week spent almost entirely under the rules of urgency, but with some bills heading to select committee.

The new Parliament has spent most of its existence under urgency. What is that, and why use it? 

The new Parliament has spent much of its time so far, debating under urgency. What is that, and why has it?