As the clock ticks, MPs move into urgency mode

As the clock ticks, MPs move into urgency mode
The house's deputy leader said this parliament's end is nigh. (Image: Getty)
Ian Llewellyn
With the clock ticking towards the end of this Parliament, the government has put its legislative body into urgency on Tuesday evening to try and clear the decks ahead of the general election on Oct 14.Including Wednesday (today), there are 17 sitting days left scheduled until the MPs rise for the final time on Aug 31.Moving the urgency motion, deputy leader of the house Kieran McAnulty said: “With the house soon to be out of action again for a couple of months during the election campaign, there is a need to give MPs sufficient time to c...

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