Business Statement

on behalf of the Leader of the House: Next week the House is in a 2-week adjournment. When the House resumes on Tuesday, 17 July, the Government will progress the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill and the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill. The Business Committee has determined that the House will take extended hours on Wednesday, 18 July, for the second readings of the Maraeroa A and B Blocks Claims Settlement Bill and the Maraeroa A and B Blocks Incorporation Bill, the Ngai Tāmanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill, the Ngāti Mākino Claims Settlement Bill, and the Rongowhakaata Claims Settlement Bill.

I wonder whether the acting Leader of the House can tell us whether bill No. 5 on the Order Paper, the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Bill, is likely to be progressed in the next sitting?

on behalf of the Leader of the House: I do not know but I will find out.