Why so few Labour Members’ Bills?
Every MP who is not a member of the Executive can (and should) have a bill in the Members’ Ballot. There should be 92 bills in there but there are only 51. So which parties are lagging?
- Greens 100% (10/10)
- National 76% (25/33)
- ACT 70% (7/10)
- Maori Party 50% (1/2)
- Labour 26% (10/39)
Basically three out of four backbench Labour MPs haven’t been able to come up with a law change they think is worth pursuing.