The Parliament Bill makes funding of our legislature more independent of the government. However, it fails to bring parliamentary agencies within the Official Information Act. The Bill also increases the powers of Parliamentary Security, which could have real problems for our right to protest outside. Keep reading “Submission: Parliament Bill”
Submitters have a common objective with Members – that the outcome of the scrutiny process should be thehighest quality legislation possible, even if this may sometimes mean recommending that the bill be withdrawn for redrafting or consultation. Our submission makes recommendations to improve the quality of select committee and parliamentary processes so as to try and avoid that second situation. Keep reading “Submission: Review of Standing Orders 2023”