Report Backs And Petitions
When Parliament resumed at 2pm a petition from Helen Kelly on behalf of the CTU signed by 15 people was presented
calling for a select committee inquiry into the implications for New Zealand of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement,
and for the publication on the internet of documents tabled by the Government, and of other key documents, at the
negotiations.
Select committee reports were presented on:
the Biosecurity Law Reform Bill as reported by the Primary Production Committee;
Reserve Bank of New Zealand's monetary policy statement, June 2011 by the Finance and Expenditure Committee;
Building Amendment Bill (No 3) by the Local Government and Environment Committee;
Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill by the Māori Affairs Committee;
Crown Pastoral Land (Rent for Pastoral Leases) Amendment Bill by the Primary Production Committee;
2011/12 Estimates for Vote Energy by the Commerce Committee;
2011/12 Estimates for Vote Communications by the Commerce Committee;
Sustainable Biofuel Bill by the Local Government and Environment Committee;
Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Some biofuels are better than others: Thinking
strategically about biofuels by the Local Government and Environment Committee.
The annual report of the Armed Forces Canteen, a report on the Speaker’s Parliamentary Delegation to China and the
Auditor General’s report on Custom’s revenue were presented.
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