Wall taking the slot is a clear breach of party discipline from an MP who has increasingly distanced herself from official Labour Party positions in recent years and was essentially forced out as the candidate for her long-held safe seat of Manurewa.
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Labour MP Louisa Wall was not granted a speaking slot by her own political party. She is a member of a cross-party mental health group that recently published a report on suicide, which was set to be debated in the House on Thursday afternoon. However, instead of taking one of the “calls” allotted to Labour, Wall was given a call by National.