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

No bills have been introduced. Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Two petitions of Toni Boynton requesting that the House amend the Local Electoral Act 2001 to make the process for the establishment of Māori wards and constituencies for district and regional councils the same as the process for establishing general wards and constituencies

petition requesting that the House conduct an inquiry into bullying within the medical sector with reference to any disproportional application of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 by the Medical Council

petition of Richard Edward Stein requesting that the House urge the Government to fund ustekinumab for New Zealanders with severe Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis

petition of Anmar Taufeek requesting that the House urge the immigration Minister to increase resourcing so that the time taken to process visitor visa applications for culturally arranged marriages can be reduced

petition of Claire Bleakley requesting that the House urge the Minister for Food Safety to advocate for regulation, safety trials, and full labelling of GM and gene-edited food in the review of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act

petition of Diane Hunt requesting that the House urgently amend the Sentencing Act 2002 and the Parole Act 2002 to automatically decline parole eligibility for offenders convicted of the murder of police officers, and

petition of Olivia Rollo requesting that the House urge the Government to extend the roll-out of free period products in schools to include reusable period products.

Those petitions stand referred to the Petitions Committee. Ministers have delivered papers.

Minister of Climate Change, Vote Environment, report in relation to selected non-departmental appropriations for the year ended 30 June 2020

Minister for the Environment, report in relation to selected non-departmental appropriations for the year ended 30 June 2020

Accident Compensation Corporation

Annual Report 2019/20, and

Service Agreement 2020/21

report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 on the Taxation (Income Tax Rate and other Amendments) Bill.

I present the 2019-20 parliament sector annual account of the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Parliamentary Service. Those papers are published under the authority of the House. A select committee report has been delivered for presentation.

Report of the Business Committee, recommended sitting programme for 2021.

That report is set down for consideration.