“As I say, unlike the rest of the bill, which is the Government's alleged response to the Ngati Apa case, this aspect of it would simply have had a nugatory effect without the Supplementary Order Paper.”

“We would be glad to know how much value it is likely to add and how the Government intends to put it into practice without generating nugatory effort and expense.”

“A statute that is unconstitutional is a nugatory law.”