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

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

Petition of Sue Wells requesting that the House initiate an inquiry into banking services provided in rural areas

petition of Trish Castle requesting that the House repeal the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

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

Annual reports for 2020-21 of Kiwi Group Holdings, Crown Asset Management, Crown Irrigation Investments, MetService, Orillion, AssureQuality, Pāmu, Quotable Value, Meridian Energy Ltd, Airways, KiwiRail, New Zealand Railways Corporation, and Kordia

Statement of Corporate Intent 2022-24 for Pāmu

Ministers’ reports on non-departmental appropriations for the year ended 30 June 2021: Vote Business, Science and Innovation, Economic and Regional Development Portfolio and Vote Business, Science and Innovation Tourism Portfolio.

I present the report of the Controller and Auditor-General entitled The Problems, Progress, and Potential of Performance Reporting. I also present reports of the Ombudsman on the unannounced inspections of the four facilities in the grounds of the Rātonga-Rua-O-Porirua Mental Health Campus under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989. Those papers are published under the authority of the House. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.

Reports of the Education and Workforce Committee on the Holidays (Parent-Teacher Interview Leave) Amendment Bill and on the report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 on the Holidays (Parent-Teacher Interview Leave) Amendment Bill

reports of the Health Committee on the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill, on the report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 on the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill, and on the Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Bill (No 2)

interim report of the Regulations Review Committee on the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 12) Amendment Order (No 3) 2021, COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 12) Amendment Order (No 4) 2021, COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 12) Amendment Order (No 5) 2021, COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 12) Amendment Order (No 6) 2021, COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Level Requirements) Order (No 12) Amendment Order (No 7) 2021, COVID-19 Public Health Response (Required Testing) Amendment Order (No 4) 2021, COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Amendment Order (No 2) 2021, and COVID-19 Public Health Response (Isolation and Quarantine) Amendment Order (No 3) 2021, and

report of the Social Services and Community Committee on the briefing on the 2020 performance of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

The bills are set down for second reading, and the interim reports of the Regulations Review Committee are set down for consideration.