David Seymour: Three Waters entrenchment shouldn't have been "rushed through" in the first place

The Government appears to be ready to back-track on a move to entrench part of its Three Waters reforms.

Under a last minute change to the Government's Three Waters reforms, 60-percent of MPs would have to agree to overturn part of the bill protecting water assets from privatisation.

A group of public law experts has written to the Government raising concerns about the entrenchment of non-electoral law and the precedent it could set.

Jacinda Ardern says the concerns are legitimate, and she'll be discussing the matter with Cabinet today.

ACT Leader David Seymour says the change shouldn't have been rushed through Parliament under urgency without public debate in the first place.

He says the backbench MPs who were on duty at the time didn't seem to realise the significance of what was being debated.

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