Public Address | Cafe | Legal Beagle: The Review of Standing Orders https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Martin Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297873#post297873 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297873#post297873 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 19:23:48 +1300 Keir Leslie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297802#post297802 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297802#post297802 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:21:34 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297783#post297783 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297783#post297783 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:08:48 +1300 Matthew Poole https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297760#post297760 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297760#post297760 Changes to Standing Orders are done by consensus, and usually by unanimity.

IOW, it's extremely unlikely that the current regime will acquiesce to the removal of the financial veto given that its existence has allowed them to nuke private members' bills that they find offensive.

]]> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:58:03 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297759#post297759 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297759#post297759 Who introduced the Financial Veto into Standing Orders, Graeme? Was it Labour giving with one hand while taking with the other? Or is this odious concept a National creation?

Changes to Standing Orders are done by consensus, and usually by unanimity.

Something in the nature of the financial veto has…

]]> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:48:22 +1300 Matthew Poole https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297757#post297757 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297757#post297757 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:36:34 +1300 Steven Peters https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297752#post297752 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297752#post297752 "during various votes on the same-sex marriage legislation, where people watching from home (and, I understand, from overflow rooms in the Parliamentary precinct), spent several minutes watching a basically blank screen while elevator music was playing".

Our very own North Korea moment. I cannot see MPs' wanting to be seen,…

]]> Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:47:30 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297751#post297751 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297751#post297751 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:24:10 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297750#post297750 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/legal-beagle-the-review-of-standing-orders/?p=297750#post297750 Discussion from blog post.

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