Business Statement

When the House resumes next week, it is the Government’s intention to advance the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement (Regional Agreements) Amendment Bill and the Infrastructure Bill, and to make progress on other bills on the Order Paper. The House will rise at 5 p.m. on Thursday, 1 April for the Easter break.

I ask the Leader of the House whether he anticipates any urgency next week, and also how many select committees he expects will be sitting during the Easter adjournment.

I do not anticipate that the House will go into urgency next week, although the Government is, of course, behind the scenes going about its work urgently. As for select committee meetings, that is a matter for the select committees themselves to determine. But where there is work to be done, then I expect that the chairpersons of those committees will ensure that sufficient time is set aside for that work to be completed.