Budget Legislation To Be Completed Next Week

The programme for Parliament’s last week has been mapped out by Acting Leader of the House Chris Finlayson.

Finlayson said the Government would give priority to a number of bills including the Appropriation (2014/15 Estimates) Bill and Veterans' Support Bill. There would be more valedictories on Wednesday.

The House would sit on Thursday morning to deal with a number of non-controversial bills and the debate on the Standing Orders Review.

The Ministry of Justice Statement of Intent was tabled.

Select committee reports were presented on the:

Briefing on prostate cancer by the Health Committee

Petition 2011/66 of Ann Chapman and 1053 others by the Health Committee

Petition 2011/81 of Patricia Maich-Armstrong and 1,241 others by the Health Committee

Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Maintaining a future focus in governing Crown-owned companies, February 2014 by the Finance and Expenditure Committee

Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Reflections from our audits: Our future needs - is the public sector ready? by the Finance and Expenditure Committee

Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Watercare Services Limited: Review of service performance by the Finance and Expenditure Committee

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