PETITIONS, pAPERS, Select Committee Reports, and Introduction of Bills

Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Bob McCoskrie requesting that the House allow the use of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests as an alternative way for unvaccinated people to access venues

petition of Melody Willis requesting that the House urge the Government to fund the transition of annual agriculture systems to plant-based agriculture, and

petition of Greenpeace Aotearoa requesting that the House urge the Government to support the creation of ocean sanctuaries across the planet.

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

Annual reports for 2021 of the Electoral Commission, New Zealand Green Investment Finance, Nursing Council of New Zealand, Report of the Registrar of the Environment Court, and WorkSafe, and

statement of intent 2022-26 for the Social Workers Registration Board.

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

Reports of the Health Committee on the 2020-21 annual review of Te Aho o Te Kahu, the Cancer Control Agency; 2020-21 annual review of the Ministry of Health; and the petition of Sue Haldane; and

report of the Regulations Review Committee on the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Specified Work Vaccinations) Order 2021; the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Maritime Border) Order (No 2) Amendment Order (No 3) 2021; and the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Protection Framework) Amendment Order (No 2) 2021.

The Regulations Review Committee’s reports are set down for consideration. The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of a bill.

Paige Harris Birth Registration Bill, introduction.

That bill is set down for first reading.