Wednesday, 22 July 2009
General Debate
← Urgent Debates Declined — I have received a letter from the Hon David Parker seeking to debate, under Standing Order 380, the Government’s announcement of the establishment of the 2025 Taskforce and the appointment of Dr Don Brash to chair the task force. The establishment of the task force and the appointment of its chairperson is a case of recent occurrence involving ministerial responsibility. But I am not persuaded that it requires the immediate attention of the House. The test is a high one. Not every ministerial announcement will give grounds for an urgent debate to be held. In fact, the setting up of an inquiry rarely justifies an urgent debate. Where an inquiry is reported there may be exceptional circumstances that will justify a debate, but even then that is not always the case; I refer members to Speaker’s ruling 177/1. In these circumstances, I do not believe that the business of the House ought to be set aside today. The application is therefore declined.
Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Bill →
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🗣️ Spoke in this debate (13)
- Hon Paula Bennett (New Zealand National Party — Member for Waitakere)
- Chester Borrows (New Zealand National Party — Member for Whanganui)
- Cam Calder (New Zealand National Party — List Member)
- David Cunliffe (New Zealand Labour Party — Member for New Lynn)
- David Garrett (ACT New Zealand — List Member)
- Phil Goff (New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Mount Roskill)
- Kennedy Graham (Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand — List Member)
- Hon Nathan Guy (New Zealand National Party — Member for Ōtaki)
- Tau Henare (New Zealand National Party — List Member)
- Moana Lynore Mackey (New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
- Hon David Parker (New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
- Georgina Te Heuheu (New Zealand National Party — List Member)
- Hon Anne Tolley (New Zealand National Party — Member for East Coast)