Business Committee

• Recommended sitting programme for 2010

Commerce Committee

• 2008/09 financial review of the Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited
• 2008/09 financial review of New Zealand Post Limited

Education and Science Committee

• Student Loan Scheme (Exemptions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Bill (59-2)

Finance and Expenditure Committee

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand's financial stability report, November 2009 (I.3H)

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

• 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• 2008/09 financial review of the New Zealand Customs Service
• Antarctica (Environmental Protection: Liability Annex) Amendment Bill (37-1)

Health Committee

• 2008/09 financial review of non-departmental appropriations for Clinical Training Agency, Health Services Funding, Meningococcal Vaccine Programme, Monitoring and Protecting Health and Disability Consumer Interests, and National Advisory and Support Services
• 2008/09 financial review of non-departmental appropriations for National Child Health Services, National Contracted Services-Other, National Disability Support Services, National Emergency Services, and National Maori Health Services
• 2008/09 financial review of non-departmental appropriations for National Mental Health Services, Problem Gambling Services, Residential Care Loans, and Scientific Advice to Support Pest Management Strategies as They Affect Public Health
• Petition 2008/34 of Jacqueline Langley

Justice and Electoral Committee

• Petition 2008/31 of Timothy Grigg and 121 others

Local Government and Environment Committee

• Petition 2005/179 of Sarah Allen and 3,100 others, Petition 2008/8 of Andrew Crawford, and Petition 2008/32 of Sharon Stewart, David Collings and 1,451 others (I.9A)

Primary Production Committee

• Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Change in the high country: Environmental stewardship and tenure review and briefing from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on the review of land tenure

Social Services Committee

• Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Bill (16-2)

Transport and Industrial Relations Committee

• 2008/09 financial review of non-departmental appropriations for Search and Rescue Activities (excluding the part of the appropriation that is paid to Maritime New Zealand), Weather Forecasts and Warnings, and Employment Relations Education Contestable Fund
• 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Transport

Commerce Committee

• David Clendon to be a member of the Commerce Committee but without the right to vote on any question before the committee (SO 181 (1), (2))

Law and Order Committee

• David Clendon replaced Metiria Turei(SO 183 (2))

Māori Affairs Committee

• Metiria Turei to be a member of the Māori Affairs Committee for the purpose of its consideration of the inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori, but without the right to vote on any question before the committee (SO 181 (1), (2))

Social Services Committee

• Metiria Turei to fill the vacancy(SO 183 (2))

Commerce

The committee met on 26 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Accounting Standards Review Board, and the Ministry of Economic Development, and to consider the Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment Bill.

The committee will next meet on 2 December to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of Meridian Energy Limited, Mighty River Power Limited, Solid Energy New Zealand Limited, Transpower New Zealand Limited, and the Electricity Commission.

Education and Science

The committee meet on 25 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Education, the non-departmental appropriations for Curriculum support, School Transport, Supporting Parenting, and Tertiary and International Advisory Services, the Education Review Office, the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, the non-departmental appropriations for Engaging New Zealanders with Science and Technology, International Science and Technology Linkages, Marsden Fund, and Supporting Promising Individuals, and the National Library of New Zealand. The committee also considered the Petition of Maryan Street, and the report of the Controller and Auditor-General on Ministry of Education: Managing support for students with high special educational needs.

Finance and Expenditure

The committee met on 25 November to consider the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s financial stability report, November 2009.

The committee will next meet on 9 December to hear evidence on the Financial statements of the Government of New Zealand for the year ended 30 June 2009, and the 2008/09 financial review of The Treasury. It will also further consider other items of business before it.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

The committee met on 26 November to consider the Antarctica (Environmental Protection: Liability Annex) Amendment Bill. The bill was reported to the House on 26 November. The committee also considered the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill, heard evidence on four international treaty examinations; the New Zealand-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (including annexes Vols 1 and 2), the New Zealand-Malaysia Agreement on Labour Cooperation, the New Zealand-Malaysia Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, and the Exchange of Letters constituting an Agreement between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of Malaysia on the treatment of Alcoholic Beverages in the New Zealand-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement, and considered two briefings on Major Defence Acquisitions; both Projects 1 and 2.

The committee will not meet next week.

Government Administration

The committee did not meet this week.

The committee will next meet on 9 December to consider the 2008/09 financial review of Archives New Zealand, and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, and the petition of Nathan James Ngatai.

Health

The committee met on 25 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of Lakes District Health Board.

The committee will next meet on 9 December.

Justice and Electoral

The committee met on 26 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Justice. It also considered the Limitation Bill, the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill, the petitions of Neale McMillan, Timothy Grigg, and Jane Prichard, and the 2008/09 financial review of the Crown Law Office, the Privacy Commissioner and the Electoral Commission.

The committee will next meet on 10 December to consider the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill, the Search and Surveillance Bill, the petition of Penelope Mary Bright, and the 2008/09 financial reviews.

Law and Order

The committee met on 25 November to hear evidence from the Department of Corrections on the 2008/09 financial review of the Department of Corrections.

The committee will next meet on 9 December to hear evidence from the New Zealand Police on the 2008/09 financial review of the New Zealand Police.

Local Government and Environment

The committee met on 26 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry for the Environment as well as the non-departmental appropriations for Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund, Rotorua Lakes Restoration Programme, and Sustainable Management Fund.

The committee will not meet next week.

Māori Affairs

The committee met on 25 November to consider the petition of Peter Henry Edward Bloomer, the Whanganui Iwi (Wanganui (Kaitoke) Prison and Northern Part of Wanganui Forest) On-account Settlement Bill, and the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Māori Development (Te Pūni Kokiri). It also received a briefing on bariatric surgery and its benefits to Māori.

The committee will not meet next week.

Officers of Parliament

A subcommittee met on 26 November to consider the inquiry into the appointment of an auditor of the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General. The full committee also met on this date to consider the same inquiry.

The committee will not meet next week.

Primary Production

The committee did not meet this week.

The committee will next meet on 10 December.

Regulations Review

The committee met on 26 November to consider recently promulgated statutory regulations and deemed regulations, the complaint regarding the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SR 2009/73).

The committee will next meet on 10 December to consider recently promulgated statutory and deemed regulations.

Social Services

The committee met on 24 November to consider the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Bill. This bill was reported to the House on 26 November. The committee also met on 25 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Social Development, and to consider a number of other financial reviews and the report of the Controller and Auditor-General on Ministry of Social Development: Changes to the case management of sickness and invalids’ beneficiaries.

The committee will not be meeting next week.

Transport and Industrial Relations

The committee met on 26 November to hear further evidence on the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill.

The committee will next meet on 3 December to hear further evidence on the bill.

Education and Science Committee

• Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill (31 March 2010)

Justice and Electoral Committee

• Electoral (Administration) Amendment Bill (10 December 2009)

Health Committee

• Inquiry into how to improve completion rates of childhood immunisation (12 February 2010)

Māori Affairs Committee

• Ngāti Apa (North Island) Claims Settlement Bill (68-1) (15 January 2010)
• Whanganui Iwi (Wanganui (Kaitoke) Prison and Northern Part of Wanganui Forest) On-account Settlement Bill (67-1) (15 January 2010)
• Inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori (29 January 2010)
• Inquiry into the operation of the Māori Community Development Act 1962 and related issues (12 February 2010)

Primary Production Committee

• Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk Pricing Methods) Bill (3 December 2009)
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