Business Statement

Next week in the House priority will be given to the Committee stage of the Income Tax Bill. In accordance with the agreement in the Business Committee, it will be a 4-hour debate and taken as one question. At the conclusion of the Committee stage, the Minister in charge will move the third reading, but leave will be sought to adjourn the debate immediately, until late October. This is to avoid a full reprinting of the bill between the Committee stage and the third reading, as the Business Committee has discussed. It is a rather large bill to be reprinted for that purpose.

The Government will also next week seek to make progress on the remaining stages of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Services (Remedies) Amendment Bill and the Major Events Management Bill; the first readings of the Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2), the Limited Partnerships Bill, and the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill; and the third readings of the Wills Bill, the Succession (Homicide) Bill, and the Arbitration Amendment Bill.

I wonder whether the Leader of the House would be so kind as to ensure that all of the aspects of the Statutes Amendment Bill, which appears as item No. 18 on the Order Paper, have been signed off by the Opposition.

My understanding is that that was so in the Government Administration Committee, but I understand there are one or two parts, I think, on which there is objection. Those parts, of course, will not be proceeded with at the Committee stage of the bill.