Biscuit tin democracy: the humble start of New Zealand's most progressive laws

Numbers are drawn from a 30-year-old biscuit tin to decide which members’ bills will be debated in parliament

It is usually the proviso of Christmas Day snacking or visits to your nan’s. But in New Zealand – a country with a penchant for on-the-fly problem-solving – the humble biscuit tin has become a mainstay of parliamentary democracy.

There, as in Britain, members’ bills are a chance for MPs to have laws that they have proposed debated in the house.

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