MP count at minimum, says expert

New Zealand has "an absolute bare minimum" number of MPs, a public policy expert says.

Victoria University professor of public policy Jonathon Boston yesterday said New Zealand First MP Barbara Stewart's bill to reduce the number of MPs from 120 to 100 went too far.

"If we reduce the number of MPs to 100 from the current number, our Parliament would be disproportionately small by comparison with comparable democracies," he told Parliament's justice and electoral select committee, which is considering Ms Stewart's bill.

- NZPA