Debate on Crown Entities, Public Organisations,and State Enterprises β In Committee
The new Standing Orders provide for the debate on the performance of Crown entities, public organisations, and State enterprises to be a series of debates on individual financial reviews of Crown entities, public organisations, and State enterprises as reported by select committees. The debate on the individual financial reviews should be relevant to their performance in the 2002-03 financial year and their current operations. A member may have no more than two calls for each financial review. Three hours is allowed for the debate. At the conclusion of the 3 hours, the Chairperson will report to the House.
There is a list of the financial reviews available for debate on the Table. Only those financial reviews reported by select committees are available for debate. Two reviews are not yet reported. They are the financial reviews of Industry New Zealand and the New Zealand Teachers Council. I understand it is the wish of members to debate groups of financial reviews and that the first entity they wish to debate is Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation.
I raise a point of order, Madam Chairperson. Could you just clarify for me, please, the two areas not yet reported back. You said Industry New Zealand andβ
The CHAIRPERSON (Ann Hartley): The New Zealand Teachers Council.
It is just that they were on the schedule we had been given, so we had speakers ready to speak on them and had advised the whips of that. Will there be further debate on those in due course, or how do members go about debating those reports that are not prepared, as there is only a 3-hour debate set down?
The CHAIRPERSON (Ann Hartley): There is not now an opportunity for that debate.
Obviously, I will have to take this up with the Speaker in due course. I will not call the Speaker back now, but perhaps we could discuss it at the Business Committee.
I did not realise that we had this situation. I wonder whether we could recall the Speaker now, because I am advised we need to seek leave in the House for those reports to be debated. I am quite happy for leave to be taken, but we cannot take leave in the Committee. So we need to go back into the House, if that is possible.
π¬ John Carter: If the Speaker could be recalled now.
The CHAIRPERSON (Ann Hartley): We will recall Mr Speaker.
House resumed.
Speaker Recalled
π£οΈ Spoke in this debate (3)
- John Carter (New Zealand National Party β Member for Northland)
- Hon Sir Michael Cullen (New Zealand Labour Party β List Member)
- Ann Hartley (New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Northcote)