When Parliament resumed at 2pm the House marked the death of former MP Dame Margaret Shields.
Select Committee reports were presented on the:
Petition 2011/53 of Noel Christopher Roderick Perry and 4,740 others by the Justice and Electoral Committee
Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill by the Justice and Electoral Committee
Subantarctic Islands Marine Reserves Bill by the Local Government and Environment Committee
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Transport sector: Results of the 2011/12 audits by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee
Petition 2011/29 of Iain Lees-Galloway by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee
Petition 2011/59 of Margaret Millin on behalf of Nine Kiwi Social Studies Class, Sacred Heart Girls College, Hamilton by the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Public Finance (Fiscal Responsibility) Amendment Bill by the Finance and Expenditure Committee
2011/12 financial review of the Financial Markets Authority by the Commerce Committee
The Kaipara District Council (Validation of Rates and Other Matters) Bill was introduced.
MPs began Question Time.
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