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

No bills have been introduced. A petition has been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Edwina Hughes for Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots requesting that the House, as a matter of urgency: enact legislation to prohibit the development, production, and use of lethal autonomous weapon systems in New Zealand; and urge the Government to support negotiations on a new treaty to retain meaningful human control over the use of force by prohibiting such weapons.

That petition stands referred to the Petitions Committee.

Ministers have delivered papers.

Annual reports for 2021:

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

New Zealand Schools

TVNZ, and

Armed Forces Canteen Council

statement of performance expectations for the year ended 30 June 2022 for TVNZ, and

the Treasury’s combined Statement on the Long-term Fiscal Position and Long-term Insights Briefing.

Those papers are published under the authority of the House.

Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.

Report of the Education and Workforce Committee on the report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Accident Compensation Corporation case management: progress on recommendations made in 2014

report of the Privileges Committee on the New Zealand Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Bill, and

report of the Social Services and Community Committee on the Report of the Ombudsman: Report on inspections of aged care facilities under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989.

The bill is set down for second reading, and the reports are set down for consideration.