Estimates Debate — In Committee

Just to remind members, Standing Orders provide for 11 hours of debate on the Estimates, divided into 10 separate debates covering the sectors set out in the Estimates of Appropriations for 2020/2021. There is one hour, 30 minutes remaining in this debate, and New Zealand National has one hour, 16 minutes, and 36 seconds remaining; New Zealand Labour has 15 minutes and 43 seconds remaining; New Zealand First has six minutes and 24 seconds remaining; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand has 16 minutes and 40 seconds remaining; ACT New Zealand has six minutes remaining; and Jami-Lee Ross has no time remaining. Each debate will be led by a call from the chairperson of the select committee. At the end of each debate, the question will be put that the Votes in each sector stand part of the Schedules. The Estimates debate should be relevant to the Government’s current spending plans as contained in the Estimates of Appropriations. The compendium of the reports of select committees on the Votes is available on the Table.

Justice Sector (continued)

Vote Attorney-General, Vote Corrections, Vote Courts, Vote Justice, Vote Parliamentary Counsel, Vote Police, and Vote Serious Fraud agreed to.

Māori Affairs Sector