I've been a bit slow on the uptake here. The radio news is reporting that United Future MP Gordon Copeland will lead a committee reviewing the prostitution law reform. So I assumed that this must have been part of the deal when the legislation was originally passed and that the committee would be made up of a cross section of parties or members who voted for and against. But looking at the press release I find that a review is a requirement of United Future's confidence and supply agreement. So who else is on the committee? Ex UF MP Larry Baldock, the leading opponent of prostitution law reform.
Also on the committee are Marian Hobbs and Mark Burton both of whom voted for the bill. But they are Labour MPs with an overriding interest in maintaining the support of United Future. This makes me feel rather suspicious. Are we looking at party politics undermining legislation passed by a conscience vote?
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The review was going to happen anyway. But when setting up the UF deal Labour changed it in some way (sorry dont remember the details) so the UF could claim that the review was something that had got out of the pact.
Several comentators at the time were puzzeled as to how UF could claim that had arranged something that was going to happen anyway? Perhaps it was promissing UF seats on the review?? does anybody know
In which case it may be the same committee set up under the Prostitution Law reform Act in 2003 and it was going to happen anyway, as you say sb.
Does anyone seriously believe that Labour will not stoop to anything to stay in power. They are power hungry not principled. They play with the Poodle and the theocons just to stay in office. Totally unprincipled.
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