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

A petition has been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.

Petition of Jennifer Bolton requesting that the House require police to contact mental health services for advice when a person expresses suicidal intentions.

That petition stands referred to the Petitions Committee. No papers have been delivered for presentation. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.

Reports of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the:

2022-23 annual review of the Government Superannuation Fund Authority

2022-23 annual reviews of the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General and the NZ Green Investment Finance Ltd

report on the Agreement between New Zealand and The Slovak Republic For the Elimination of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and the Prevention of Tax Evasion and Avoidance

briefing on the December 2023 mini-Budget; Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2023, and

Second Protocol to the Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Austria with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, done at Vienna on 21 September 2006

reports of the Social Services and Community Committee on the 2022-23 annual reviews of the:

Ministry for Ethnic Communities

Arts, Culture and Heritage sector

Broadcasting sector

Children’s sector

Social Services and Community sector, and the

Sport and Recreation sector.

The reports on international treaties and the December 2023 mini-Budget statement are set down for consideration. The Clerk has been informed of the introduction of bills.

Insurance Contracts Bill, introduction

Income Tax (Clean Transport FBT Exclusion) Amendment Bill, introduction

Crimes (Increased Penalties for Slavery Offences) Amendment Bill, introduction

Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) (3 Day Postnatal Stay) Amendment Bill, introduction.

Those bills are set down for first reading.