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

Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Niki Gladding on behalf of Aotearoa Water Action requesting that the House implement a moratorium on applications to take or use water for water bottling or bulk export, pending an inquiry into the industry’s effects

petition of Vince Siemer requesting that the House pass legislation mandating the Supreme Court of New Zealand publish every judgment promptly

petition of Safdar Ahmed requesting that the House urge the Government to include migrants stuck offshore as a result of the pandemic in a one-off 2021 Resident Visa pathway

petition of Xichen Sun requesting that the House urge the Government to treat PhD student visas the same as work visas in applications for the 2021 one-off Resident Visa.

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

Annual reports for 2020-21 for Education Payroll Limited, Gambling Commission, Heritage New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry of Transport, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Post, NIWA, Scion, and Waka Kotahi

Strategic Intentions for 2021-25 for the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Transport

Ministers’ reports on non-departmental appropriations for the year ended 30 June 2021 for Vote Business, Science and Innovation, Energy and Resources portfolio, Vote Housing and Urban Development, and Vote Social Development

Heritage New Zealand Statement of Performance Expectations 2021-22

Ministry of Social Development Statement of Intent 2021-25

New Zealand Post Integrated Report 2021

Government responses to five ACC-related petitions

interim report of the Regulations Review Committee regarding a complaint about the exemption to Maritime Rule 53.4(2)(a)

petition of Angela Mason and the referral of Vadim Chausov’s petition on solidarity with the people of Belarus.

Those papers are published under the authority of the House. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.

Reports of the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee on the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Bill and the Incorporated Societies Bill

report of the Environment Committee on the Inquiry into the Natural and Built Environments Bill: Parliamentary Paper

report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee on the Maritime Powers Bill

report of the Governance and Administration Committee on the Inquiry into Supplementary Order Paper 59 on the Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Bill

reports of the Officers of Parliament Committee on the alterations to the 2021-22 appropriations of Vote Audit and the inquiry into the appointment of an auditor for the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General

reports of the Petitions Committee on the petitions of Brook van Velden, Daniel Roberts, Doreen Senn, and Lindsay Calvi-Freeman.

The bills are set down for second reading. The inquiries and the alteration report are set down for consideration. The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of bills.

Māori Purposes Bill, introduction

Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill, introduction.

Those bills are set down for first reading.