Petitions, Papers, Select Committee Reports, and Introduction of Bills

Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Lawrence Yule requesting that the House inquire into the Government’s decision to decline funding for the new Cranford Hospice

petition of Karli Thomas on behalf of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition requesting that the House pass legislation to ban bottom trawl fishing on seamounts and stop the issuing of permits for bottom trawling in international waters

petition of Shannon Parker for the New Zealand Police Conduct Association requesting that the House urge the Government to provide support and legal advice for complainants and victims of police misconduct, and

petition of Tami Harris for Friends of Mt Hobson Middle School requesting the House urge the Minister of Education to reconsider the application from Mt Hobson Middle School to establish a State-designated character school serving children with diverse learning needs.

Those petitions stand referred to a select committee allocated by the Clerk. Ministers have delivered quite a few papers.

Reports in relation to selected non-departmental appropriations for the year ended 30 June 2020:

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister for Economic and Regional Development, Vote Business, Science and Innovation

Minister of Energy and Resources, Vote Business, Science and Innovation, and

Minister for Social Development and Employment, Vote Labour Market

annual reports for 2019-20:

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

New Zealand Green Investment Finance Ltd

Ministry for Primary Industries

Animal Control Products Ltd

Electricity Authority

New Zealand On Air

New Zealand Police

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Remuneration Authority

Lotto New Zealand

Diversity Works New Zealand

Gambling Commission

Earthquake Commission

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

Broadcasting Standards Authority

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Land Information New Zealand, and

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

statements of performance expectations 2020-21:

New Zealand Green Investment Finance Ltd

New Zealand On Air

Lotto New Zealand

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

Broadcasting Standards Authority, and

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

statements of intent 2020-24:

New Zealand Green Investment Finance Ltd

New Zealand On Air

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

Broadcasting Standards Authority, and

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

statement of strategic intentions 2020-24 of the Serious Fraud Office

Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the year ended 30 June 2020, and

The Treasury Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update.

I present the 2019-20 annual report of the Controller and Auditor-General, and the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s annual report for the year ended 30 June 2020, and the 2020-24 strategic intentions. Those papers are published under the authority of the House. No select committee reports have been presented, and no bills have been introduced.