The NZ Herald reports:
A piece of government legislation has been discharged because no minister was available to speak on it in the House.
The Regulatory Systems (Social Security) Amendment Bill was supposed to have its first reading at Parliament on Wednesday morning.
The bill was in the name of Social Development minister Louise Upston, but she was absent from the House when the bill was called.
Labour’s assistant whip Arena Williams moved that Parliament set the bill aside, so it could move on to the next item on the order paper.
