Urgent Debates Declined — Floods, Lower North Island—Government Response

I have received letters under Standing Order 373 from Gerry Brownlee relating to the resignation of the Minister of Immigration; from the Hon Bill English, Rod Donald, and the Hon Brian Donnelly relating to the announcement of a 5-year moratorium and on the school review programme; and from the Hon Peter Dunne relating to the Government response to floods in the lower North Island. I take Mr Dunne’s application first. Without in any way wishing to minimise the importance of the flooding, I think that if I were to have accepted an application on that subject, it would have been last week when the crisis was at its height. The Government response to flood relief will unfold over the next few months and can be explored by the House in other ways. I do not accept an application for an urgent debate today.

Minister of Immigration — Resignation