“The Regulatory Standards Bill puts corporate interests ahead of our communities, environmental protections, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi,” Labour regulation spokesperson Duncan Webb said.
“The Prime Minister failed to show leadership on the Treaty Principles Bill – and he’s failing again. Christopher Luxon is clearly too weak to stand up to David Seymour.

“For a Bill that claims to attempt to embed ‘good law-making’, it is staggering that National would agree to cut short the public's chance to have their say.

“Under the Regulatory Standards Bill, laws that would keep people healthy and safe, like requiring landlords to heat homes, or limiting the sale of vapes, would be at the whim of whether David Seymour thinks they’re a good idea or not.

"It is unbelievable that the Government is cutting short the time the public will have to weigh in on such a consequential Bill.

“Today, the Government voted to shortcut the select committee process from six months to four months, all because David Seymour wants this wrapped up before the end of the year. They also cut short the public submission period from six weeks to four.

“Luxon needs to start standing up to the extreme voices in his Government, but instead he’s bending over backwards to accommodate them,” Duncan Webb said.