Time is running out for changes to be made to proposed major health reform as the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill is in its committee stage.

The MP behind a Member's Bill which targets online grooming of children by adult predators hopes for it to be widened in scope to include offline or 'real life'.

The Budget gets presented, debated and commented on more than most best sellers but like A Brief History of Time very few people have the time and energy to read all of it.

The budget wasn't the only thing at Parliament this week. There was also legislation on surrogacy, free speech, political conflicts of interest, and sexual harassment.

Question Time works best if the MPs ask tight, non-political questions. Straight questions are more likely to get straight answers, so they're kept as tight as possible but not always by choice.

Why is the Budget usually on a Thursday, why just before a sitting break, and why is the debate on it usually interrupted by urgent business?

The House sits down with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, David Wilson, whose team runs the machinery of Parliament.

The Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Bill is the sort of legislation that constitutional law experts absolutely love but that may bore us to tears, until we realise it's important.

An intern in the office of the MP for Te Atatū, Phil Twyford, interviews him about his job and the decision-making process behind his job as a minister.

Parliament shows its flexibility during an extended sitting when Special Debate will take place on a couple of complex items, notably the Natural and Built Environments Bill exposure draft.