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Today Dr Shane Reti's private member's bill to increase the breast screening age to 74 has been drawn from the ballot box, taking us one step closer to our older women being able to access free mammograms

Today Dr Shane Reti's private member's bill to increase the breast screening age to 74 has been drawn from the ballot box, taking us one step closer to our older women being able to access free mammograms. Justine Smyth, Chair of Breast Cancer ...

My Lords, I make clear that this amendment, to which I have added my name, is about local authorities having the option to make some of their…

Samoa and New Zealand Parliaments will work together to improve parliamentary processes and procedures following discussions between parliamentarians from both Houses.New Zealand Speaker of the House, Adrian Rurawhe and members of his delegation are on a three-day tour of Samoa and the first agen...

What is striking is the youth and inexperience of many of the services personnel deployed in Kabul, and their bravery in the face of trauma

When things threaten to go awry it can help us learn how they work. So, how do Select Committees decide to amend bills, who helps them; and how do they track amendments and communicate with the legal drafters?

Four Oranga Tamariki staff appear to be clocking up close to two years of paid leave after being suspended for their involvement in a shut-down children's home in Christchurch.

Parliament has hit the time of year it turns into a combination of Glastonbury and the Inquisition - the multi-pronged miniterial grilling called Estimates Hearings.

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Labour MPs are hoping to bring a binding vote in Parliament on Wednesday to make public all correspondence relating to the Government’s decision…