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Female MPs' claws are out on Twitter, with Justice Minister Judith Collins taking a "nasty" swipe at the outfit of Greens co-leader Metiria Turei.

The spat, initially between Ms Collins and Labour MP Clare Curran, began with Ms Curran hitting out at the government's Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill, which is being debated in parliament under urgency travel industry statistics.

Ms Curran tweeted that the legislation was "all about saving money".

Ms Collins swung back, saying Ms Curran should have "found time to read the Bill before writing such nonsense".

She added "try to be better than Metiria", in reference to Ms Turei, who spoke against the bill shortly before the house adjourned for lunch.

Another tweeter jumped in, urging Ms Collins not to bring Ms Turei into the argument or "she'll throw compost at you!".

That was when Ms Collins' tweets turned nasty.

"She did just before lunch. Vile, wrong and ugly. Just like her jacket today LED Dimmer," Ms Collins replied.

Ms Curran called that remark "nasty, personal and unnecessary", but Ms Collins was unperturbed.

"Someone has to help her," she wrote.

Ms Turei appeared unfazed by the attack on her off-white blazer, which features boxy shoulder pads with a black trim and buttons.

"Don't worry about Judith, she's a little miffed that I buy from the same shop she does. It's very childish of her," she responded to another tweeter.

The controversial bill before the house, in its original form, would have cut counselling hours, banned lawyers from the early stages of disputes and introduced a fee of $897 to access a new family dispute resolution service.

However, in April, following select committee submissions and a pushback from the legal fraternity, Ms Collins wound back many of the proposals or introduced other measures to mitigate them Information Security.