The biscuit tin at Parliament

Where New Zealand holds its bills…

You may not know this, but many laws in New Zealand start their lives in a literal biscuit tin.

When an MP puts forward a Member’s Bill, it has to wait to be pulled out and debated. It’s waiting spot at Parliament? An old biscuit tin from the now-defunct retail chain DEKA.

What does Still Minding the Gap want to happen?

Among the Bills currently in the tin is the Pay Transparency Bill. We want this Bill to come out of the tin, be debated, and brought into law. Add an online biscuit to get the bill out of the tin!