Parliament's been under urgency to allow MPs to discuss the new legislation, which now validates the $1.2 million of unlawful spending before last year's election. National, ACT and Maori Party opposition failed to stop the passage of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill and it passed by 61 votes to 50. The Green Party abstained. The Government rushed the bill through under urgency in two days, despite National putting up 130 amendments to try to slow it down. A key National amendment to make the validation conditional on all parties paying back the money was among those that failed. The bill prompted fiery scenes in parliament with many MPs ejected from the Chamber for disorderly and inappropriate behaviour. All parties but New Zealand First have agreed to pay back the money they were pinged for. Labour's $ 824,000 bill is by far the biggest. The bill validates all types of spending under the Parliamentary Service budget for MPs' support going back to 1989, and extends beyond the advertising and publicity Auditor-General, Mr Kevin Brady scrutinised to regular MPs expenses such as travel and accommodation. "What has come through this debate is a fierce and ugly sense of entitlement on the part of the Labour Party . . . that they are able to do with taxpayers money whatever they like to serve Labour Party interests," Mr Bill English, MP of National, said. 
Parliament's been under urgency to allow MPs to discuss the new legislation, which now validates the $1.2 million of unlawful spending before last year's election. National, ACT and the Maori Party opposition failed to stop the passage of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill and it passed by 61 votes to 50. The Green Party abstained. The Government rushed the bill through under urgency in two days, despite National putting up 130 amendments to try to slow it down. A key National amendment to make the validation conditional on all parties paying back the money was among those that failed. The bill prompted fiery scenes in parliament with many MPs ejected from the Chamber for disorderly and inappropriate behaviour. All parties but New Zealand First have agreed to pay back the money they were pinged for. Labour's $ 824,000 bill is by far the biggest. The bill validates all types of spending under the Parliamentary Service budget for MPs' support going back to 1989, and extends beyond the advertising and publicity Auditor-General, Kevin Brady scrutinised to regular MPs expenses such as travel and accommodation. "What has come through this debate is a fierce and ugly sense of entitlement on the part of the Labour Party . . . that they are able to do with taxpayers money whatever they like to serve Labour Party interests," English, said. Related news
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$1.2 million of unlawful spending before last year's election. National, ACT and Maori Party opposition failed to stop the passage of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill and it passed by 61 votes to 50. The Green Party abstained. The Government rushed the bill through under urgency in two days, despite National putting up 130 amendments to try to slow it down. A key National amendment to make the validation conditional on all parties paying back the money was among those that failed. The bill prompted fiery scenes in parliament with many MPs ejected from the Chamber for disorderly and inappropriate behaviour. All parties but New Zealand First have agreed to pay back the money they were pinged for. Labour's $
$1.2 million of unlawful spending before last year's election. National, ACT and the Maori Party opposition failed to stop the passage of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Expenditure Validation) Bill and it passed by 61 votes to 50. The Green Party abstained. The Government rushed the bill through under urgency in two days, despite National putting up 130 amendments to try to slow it down. A key National amendment to make the validation conditional on all parties paying back the money was among those that failed. The bill prompted fiery scenes in parliament with many MPs ejected from the Chamber for disorderly and inappropriate behaviour. All parties but New Zealand First have agreed to pay back the money they were pinged for. Labour's $
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