Directors' address bill progresses despite National's opposition

Directors' address bill progresses despite National's opposition
Andrew Bayly's opposition to the bill was thwarted. (Image: NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
A member’s bill proposing to make it easier for company directors to remove their home addresses from government records has made it to a select committee for consideration despite National and New Zealand First opposing the move.The Companies (Address Information) Amendment Bill, sponsored by Labour’s Deborah Russell, survived the vote in parliament when the Act party sided with the opposition parties on Wednesday night.An Act MP had a similar measure in the ballot that decides which members' bills Parliament gets to consider b...

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