Select Committee Business
From 28 July to 1 August 2014
Committee meetings
There were seven committee meetings, all in the parliamentary complex.
Reports presented
Education and Science Committee
• Inquiry into engaging parents in the education of their children (I.2C)
Finance and Expenditure Committee
• New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Bill (166-2)
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
• International treaty examination of the Instrument amending the Constitution and Convention of the International
Telecommunication Union, Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010)
• International treaty examination of the International Telecommunication Union, Provisional Final Acts World
Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12), Geneva, 23 January - 17 February 2012
• International treaty examination of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of
Qualifications in Higher Education
Health Committee
• Interim report on Petition 2011/102 of Carmel Berry and Charlotte Korte
• Petition 2011/71 of Dr Lynley Hood and Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson on behalf of the Visual Impairment
Charitable Trust
• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Health sector: Results of the 2012/13 audits
Local Government and Environment Committee
• Petitions 2011/15 and 2011/16 of Christine Rose
• Interim report on Petition 2011/67 of Margi Martin, Amanda Austrin, and 31 others
• Petition 2011/105 of Daphne Taylor on behalf of Save Fiordland Incorporated and 18,128 others
• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Local government: Results of the 2012/13 audits
• Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Inquiry into property investments by Delta Utility Services Limited at Luggate and Jacks Point
• Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Hydroelectricity or wild rivers: Climate change versus natural heritage, update report
• Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Making difficult decisions: Mining the conservation estate, update report
• Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Water quality in New Zealand: Land use and nutrient pollution
Primary Production Committee
• Briefing on the health of bees
• Briefing on the Policy, project management, and programmes of Forestry Grants offered by the Ministry for
Primary Industries
• Petition 2011/72 of Mandy Carter on behalf of SAFE and Humane Society International
Social Services Committee
• Interim report on the inquiry into the funding of specialist sexual violence social services
• Special report on the 2014/15 Estimates for Vote Social Development
Bills referred to select committees
Law and Order
• Crimes (Match-fixing) Amendment Bill
Committee notes
Commerce
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Education and Science
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Finance and Expenditure
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
The committee met on 31 July when it further considered the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on New
Zealand Defence Force: Progress with the Defence Sustainability Initiative and the petition of John Stansfield.
The committee also considered the petition of Bev Watson on behalf of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of
New Zealand.
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Government Administration
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Health
The committee met on 30 July to continue its consideration of the Report of the Controller and Auditor-General on the
results of the 2012/13 audits of the health sector, the Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Amendment
Bill, and the 2014 Parliamentary Committee Exchange with Australia. It also continued its consideration of the petition
of Carmel Berry and Charlotte Korte on the use of surgical mesh in New Zealand, and the petition of Dr Lynley Hood and
Associate Professor Gordon Sanderson.
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Justice and Electoral
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Law and Order
The committee met on 31 July 2014 to consider the Parole (Extended Supervision Orders) Amendment Bill , the 2011/117
Petition of Grace Haden and the 2011/124 Petition of Ann Hodgetts.
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Local Government and Environment
The committee met on 31 July to consider the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill,
Petitions 2011/15 of Christine Rose, 2011/16 of Christine Rose, 2011/67 of Margi Martin, Amanda Austrin and 31 others,
2011/105 of Daphne Taylor on behalf of Save Fiordland Incorporated and 18,128 others, 2011/116 of Eugenie Sage, 2011/100
of Deborah Cox and 6 others, 2008/135 of Sue Kedgley, the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill, and the
Environmental Reporting Bill. It also considered the reports from the Controller and Auditor-General Inquiry into property investments by Delta Utility Services Limited at Luggate and Jacks Point, and Local Government: Results of the 2012/13 audits. The committee also considered the reports from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Water quality in New Zealand: Land use and nutrient pollution; Update Report – Making difficult decisions: Mining the conservation estate; and Hydroelectricity or wild rivers: Update Report – Climate change versus natural heritage.
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Māori Affairs
The committee met this week to consider the Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill and the Waitangi National Trust Board
Amendment Bill.
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Primary Production
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Privileges
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Regulations Review
The committee met on 31 July 2014 to consider its Activities Report 2014, and to continue its scrutiny of various
legislative instruments and disallowable instruments that are not legislative instruments.
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Social Services
The committee met on 30 July to consider its Inquiry into boarding houses in New Zealand, and Briefing into long-term
caravan park and motor camp accommodation, as well as its Inquiry into the funding of specialist sexual violence social
services. It also initiated an item of business named Special report on the 2014/15 Estimates for Vote Social
Development and reported on it to the House on 30 July.
The committee reported its interim report on the Inquiry into the funding of specialist sexual violence social services
to the House on 31 July.
The committee is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Standing Orders
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Transport and Industrial Relations
The committee did not meet this week and is not scheduled to meet again this Parliament.
Closing dates for submissions
Committees are receiving submissions on the following items with the closing date shown:
Law and Order
• Crimes (Match-fixing) Amendment Bill (no closing date)
• Parole (Extended Supervision Orders) Amendment Bill (no closing date)
Local Government and Environment
• Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Bill (no closing date)
• Christchurch City Council (Rates Validation) Bill (no closing date)
Māori Affairs
• Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill (no closing date)
Submissions can be made online.
General
Compiled in the Select Committee Office, Office of the Clerk, 1 August 2014