NOAH, each section of the Social Welfare Bill, where respite care allowance is only one small part of, must be debated and voted on. Opposition parties are allowed submit amendments to the bill and these must pass a committee stage before being signed into law.
The Social Welfare Bill will form a new piece of legislation. So by saying they only debate the issue for 8 minutes is not true as the opposition have the power to submit amendments to that particular section, which must then be discussed at committee stage too.