Committee notes
Commerce
The committee met on 24 June to hear evidence on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Communications, Vote Tourism, and Vote Consumer Affairs.
The committee will next meet on 1 July to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Commerce, Vote Energy, Vote Economic Development, Vote Communications, Vote Consumer Affairs, and Vote Tourism, as well as the report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Smart electricity meters: How households and the environment can benefit.
Education and Science
The committee met on 23 June to consider and hear evidence from the Minister for Tertiary Education on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Education.
The committee will next meet on 30 June to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Education, Vote Education Review Office, Vote Crown Research Institutes, and Vote Research, Science and Technology.
Electoral Legislation
The committee met on 24 June to hear evidence on the Electoral Referendum Bill.
The committee will next meet on 30 June to hear evidence on the Electoral Referendum Bill, and the Electoral (Finance Reform and Advance Voting) Amendment Bill. It will also meet on 1 July to hear evidence on the Electoral Referendum Bill.
Finance and Expenditure
The committee met on 23 June to consider the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy statement, June 2010, and other items of business before it.
It will next meet on 30 June to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Finance, Vote State Services, and Vote Revenue.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
The committee met on 24 June to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Defence, Vote Defence Force, and Vote Customs.
The committee will next meet on 28 June to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Vote Official Development Assistance. The committee will also meet on 1 July to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Defence, Vote Defence Force, Vote Veterans’ Affairs - Defence Force, Vote Veterans’ Affairs - Social Development, Vote Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Vote Official Development Assistance. It will also consider the Tariff (New Zealand Hong-Kong, China Closer Economic Partnership Agreement) Amendment Bill, and the international treaty examinations of the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children; the Exchange of Letters between New Zealand and Australia Constituting an Agreement to Amend Article 3 of the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (“ANZCERTA”); and the Agreement to Amend the Product Specific Rules in Annex G of the ANZCERTA. It will also consider its briefing from the Partners Relief and Development Agency.
Government Administration
The committee met on 23 June to hear evidence on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Internal Affairs. It also considered the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage.
The committee will next meet on 30 June to hear evidence on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage. The committee will also consider the Christ’s College (Canterbury) Amendment Bill, the Rugby World Cup 2011 (Empowering) Bill, the petition of Anton Michael Hyman, and the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Service, Vote Office of the Clerk, Vote Internal Affairs, Vote Ministerial Services, Vote Sport and Recreation, Vote Emergency Management, Vote National Archives, Vote National Library, Vote Ombudsmen, Vote Pacific Island Affairs, Vote Prime Minister and Cabinet, Vote Racing, Vote Statistics, and Vote Women’s Affairs.
Health
The committee met on 23 June in Auckland to hear evidence on the inquiry into improving New Zealand’s environment to support innovation through clinical trial.
The committee will next meet on 30 June to hear evidence on the report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Performance audits from 2008: Follow-up report, and on the report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Effectiveness of arrangements to check the standard of services provided by rest homes. The committee will also consider the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill, and continue its consideration of the inquiry into how to improve completion rates of childhood immunisation, and the inquiry into early detection and treatment of prostate cancer.
Justice and Electoral
The committee met on 24 June to hear evidence on the visit of the Parliamentary Committee System Review Committee of the Queensland Parliament. The committee also considered the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill.
The committee will next meet on 1 July to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Justice, Vote Attorney-General, Vote Parliamentary Counsel, and Vote Courts. The committee will also consider the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill, the Child and Family Protection Bill, the Limitation Bill, and the petition of Jane Prichard and 46 others.
Law and Order
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 30 June to consider and hear evidence on the Electoral (Disqualification of Convicted Prisoners) Amendment Bill. It will also consider the report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Response of the New Zealand Police to the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct: First monitoring report, the report of the Controller and Auditor-General on Department of Corrections: Managing offenders on parole, and the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Corrections, Vote Police, and Vote Serious Fraud.
Local Government and Environment
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 1 July to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Local Government, Vote Environment, Vote Conservation, Vote Climate Change, and Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. It will also consider the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill, and begin hearing evidence on this bill.
Māori Affairs
The committee met on 23 June to consider and hear further evidence on the 2010/11 for Vote Māori Affairs, and the inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori.
The committee will next meet on 30 June to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Māori Affairs, and Vote Treaty Negotiations. It will also hear evidence on the inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori. This hearing will be open to the public.
Primary Production
The committee met on 24 June to consider and hear evidence on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Fisheries.
The committee will next meet on 1 July to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Fisheries, Vote Agriculture and Forestry, Vote Biosecurity, Vote Lands, and Vote Food Safety. It will also consider the petition of David Mark Wills.
Regulations Review
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 22 July to consider recently promulgated statutory and deemed regulations, regulation-making powers in several bills, and the complaint regarding New Zealand (Mandatory Fortification of Bread with Folic Acid) Amendment Food Standard 2009.
Social Services
The committee met on 23 June to hear evidence on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Social Development, and Vote Community and Voluntary Sector, and to consider the Social Assistance (Future Focus) Bill.
The committee will next meet on 30 June to consider the inquiry into the identification, rehabilitation, and care and protection of child offenders, and the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Community and Voluntary Sector, Vote Housing, Vote Senior Citizens, Vote Social Development, and Vote Youth Development.
Transport and Industrial Relations
The committee met on 24 June to hear evidence from the Minister for ACC on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote ACC, and the Minister of Transport on the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Transport. It also heard evidence on the Employment Relations (Rest Breaks and Meal Breaks) Amendment Bill.
The committee will next meet on 1 July to consider the 2010/11 Estimates for Vote Immigration, Vote Labour, and Vote Employment, and to hear further evidence on the Employment Relations (Rest Breaks and Meal Breaks) Amendment Bill.
