Committee notes
Commerce
The committee did not meet this week.
Education and Science
The committee meet on 11 November to further consider the Education (Polytechnics) Amendment Bill and the 2008/09 financial reviews and the Carter Observatory Act Repeal Bill. The committee reported the Carter Observatory Act Repeal Bill to the House on 12 November.
Finance and Expenditure
The committee met this week on 9 November to consider the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill, and again on 11 November to continue its consideration of the bill, and to hear evidence from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on its financial stability report, November 2009.
The committee will next meet on 18 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of Television New Zealand, and the Inland Revenue Department, and to continue its consideration of other items of business before it.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 19 November to consider and hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the New Zealand Defence Force, and the Ministry of Defence, to consider the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the New Zealand Customs Service, and the New Zealand Antarctic Institute, and to consider the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill, and Antarctica (Environmental Protection: Liability Annex) Amendment Bill.
Government Administration
The committee met on 11 November to consider the Border (Customs, Excise, and Tariff) Processing Bill and the Inquiries Bill.
The committee will next meet on 17 November to consider the Border (Customs, Excise, and Tariff) Processing Bill.
Health
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 18 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Health; resume hearing evidence on the inquiry into early detection and treatment of prostate cancer, and the petition of Jennifer Maree Hooper.
Justice and Electoral
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 19 November to hear evidence on the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill, and consider the Limitation Bill, the Sale and Supply of Liquor and Liquor Enforcement Bill, the petitions of Penelope Mary Bright and 86 others, and Timothy Grigg, and the 2008/09 financial reviews.
Law and Order
The committee did not meet this week.
Local Government and Environment
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 19 November to hear evidence on two briefings, on capital projects identified in 2009-18 long-term council community plans, and from the Department of Internal Affairs on the local government aspects of its 2008/09 annual report. It will also consider the Sustainable Biofuel Bill and three petitions relating to the location of cellphone towers.
Māori Affairs
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 18 November to consider the inquiry into the tobacco industry in Aotearoa and the consequences of tobacco use for Māori. It will also consider and hear evidence on the inquiry into the financial performance and current operations of Māori Television Service for the year ending 30 June 2009, and the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Māori Development (Te Puni Kōkiri). Both hearings of evidence will be open to the public.
Primary Production
The committee did not meet this week.
The committee will next meet on 19 November to consider and hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Ministry of Fisheries, consider the 2008/09 financial review of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission, the petition of David Mark Wills, the report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Change in the high country: Environmental stewardship and tenure review, and the Visit of the Primary Production Committee to Australia, 10 – 14 August 2009.
Social Services
The committee met on 11 November to consider the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Bill.
The committee will next meet on 18 November to hear evidence on the 2008/09 financial review of the Department of Building and Housing, and consider the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Bill.
Transport and Industrial Relations
On 5 November the committee considered the Infrastructure Bill, and the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill. The Infrastructure Bill was reported to the House on 10 November.
The committee will next meet on 19 November to hear evidence from the Department of Labour on the 2008/09 financial review of the Department of Labour. It will also hear evidence on the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill.
