Petitions And Papers

A petition requesting the House urge the Government to take all steps possible to ends child labour around the world.

Select committee reports were presented on the:

Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Hydroelectricity or Wild Rivers: Climate Change versus Natural Heritage by the Local Government and Environment Committee

Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Evaluating the environmental impacts of fracking in New Zealand: An interim report, November 2012 by the Local Government and Environment Committee

Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (341-2)
as reported by the Commerce Committee

Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Water quality in New Zealand: Understanding the Science, March 2012 by the Local Government and Environment Committee

Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Response of the New Zealand Police to the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct: Third monitoring report, October 2012 by the Law and Order Committee

2011/12 financial review of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra by the Government Administration Committee

2011/12 financial review of the New Zealand Teachers Council by the Education and Science Committee

2011/12 financial review of the Tertiary Education Commission by the Education and Science Committee

2011/12 financial review of the Social Workers Registration Board by the Social Services Committee

2011/12 financial review of the Families Commission by the Social Services Committee

MPs began Question Time after a point of order concerning the adequacy of replies to written questions, with MPs citing Ministers habit of refusing to give detailed answers as they were an operational matter.

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