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Speaker nods towards large changes to Question Time
Episode 687

Speaker nods towards large changes to Question Time

The House

July 29, 20254m 38s

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Show Notes

Parliament’s Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, is considering a major rewrite of the rules for Question Time, potentially the first major reworking since the 1980s. Specifically the Speaker indicated he may ask the Standing Orders Committee (which proposes changes to Parliament’s own rules), to consider balancing the playing field by allowing questioners to contextualise their questions.

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