Today In Parliament 27.10.10

Wednesday, 27 October 2010, 5:12 pm
Article: Tom Frewen

Tom Frewen: Today In Parliament 27.10.10

Tom Frewen: Finance Minister Bill English on the government's accounts; Corrections Minister Judith Collins on the virtue of work as a cure for poverty; and Environment Minister Nick Smith on Toilet Duck; Question Time is followed by the General Debate.

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