Committee notes
Commerce
The committee met on 24 September to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Securities Commission and to consider the Regulatory Improvement Bill and the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill.
The committee will next meet on 15 October to consider the Patents Bill, the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Bill, the Regulatory Improvement Bill, and the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill.
Education and Science
The committee met on 23 September to consider the Education (Polytechnics) Amendment Bill, the Student Loan Scheme (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Bill, and the petitions of Aaron Gilmore, Ngahuia Nuri and Sue Kedgley.
The committee will not be meeting next week.
Finance and Expenditure
The committee met on 23 September to consider further the Taxation (Consequential Rate Alignment and Remedial Matters) Bill and the Methodist Church of New Zealand Trusts Bill.
The committee will next meet on 14 October 2009 to continue to consider the Taxation (Consequential Rate Alignment and Remedial Matters) Bill, the Methodist Church of New Zealand Trusts Bill and other items of business before it.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
The committee meet on 24 September to consider and hear submissions on the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill, to hear submissions on the International treaty examination: United Nations Convention against Corruption, and to receive a briefing from the New Zealand Baha’i community. It also considered the 2008/09 financial reviews.
The committee will not meet next week.
Government Administration
The committee met on 23 September to consider the Inquiries Bill, the petition of Tony Ciani, and the 2008/09 financial reviews.
The committee will next meet on 14 October to consider the Inquiries Bill, the 2008/09 financial reviews, and the petition of Tony Ciani.
Health
The committee met on 23 September to hear evidence on its inquiry into early detection and treatment of prostate cancer.
The committee will next meet on 14 October to hear evidence on its inquiry into early detection and treatment of prostate cancer.
Justice and Electoral
The committee met on 24 September in Wellington to hear evidence on the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill, and to consider the Crimes (Provocation Repeal) Amendment Bill, the Limitation Bill, the Privacy (Cross-border Information) Amendment Bill, the Search and Surveillance Bill, the petitions of Vince Siemer and Neil Patel, and its inquiry into the 2008 general election.
The committee will next meet on 15 October to hear evidence on the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill, and the Search and Surveillance Bill. The committee will also consider the Limitation Bill, the Crimes (Provocation Repeal) Amendment Bill and its inquiry into the 2008 general election.
Law and Order
The committee met on 23 September to further consider the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill and hear evidence from the Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General on Department of Corrections: Managing offenders on parole. The committee reported the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill to the House on 25 September 2009.
The committee will next meet on 14 October to hear evidence on the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General on Department of Corrections: Managing offenders on parole.
Local Government and Environment
The committee met on 24 September to hear evidence on the Public Works (Offer Back of and Compensation for Acquired Land) Amendment Bill and the Sustainable Biofuel Bill, and to consider three petitions regarding the location of cellphone towers.
The committee will next meet on 15 October.
Māori Affairs
The committee met on 23 September to consider its briefing on Māori educational achievement and its inquiry into the operation of the Maori Community Development Act 1962 and related issues. It also considered the petition of Peter Henry Edward Bloomer and heard evidence on its briefing on the use of tobacco by Māori.
The committee will not meet next week.
Primary Production
The committee met on September 24 to consider the Biosecurity Amendment Bill and the 2008/09 financial reviews
The committee will next meet on October 15.
Social Services
The committee met on 23 September to consider the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Bill and the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill.
The committee will not be meeting next week.
Transport and Industrial Relations
The committee met on 24 September to hear evidence on the Infrastructure Bill.
The committee will next meet on 15 October to continue hearing evidence on the Infrastructure Bill.
