New MP, Canterbury And Papers

When Parliament resumed at 2pm Louisa Wall was sworn in as an MP to replace Darren Hughes.

Speaker Lockwood Smith said some MPs personal votes concerning an amendment to the motion on appointments to the Abortion Supervisory Committee had been incorrectly recorded.

The final vote now stood at the ayes on 31, no - 67 with one abstaining.

Civil Defence Minister John Carter advised Parliament that the national state of emergency relating to the earthquake in Christchurch would be extended.

The following papers were reported:

Report on the Botany By-Election 2011 - Enrolment and Voting Statistics from the Botany By-Election held on 5 March by the Electoral Commission; and

The final annual report of the Electricity Commission, 1 July 2010 to 31 October 2010.

Select committee reports were presented on the:

Petition 2008/93 of Quentin Duthie, Petition 2008/83 of John Parsons and 89 others, and Petition 2008/87 of Metiria Turei and 47,411 others by the Local Government and Environment Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the Environmental Risk Management Authority by the Local Government and Environment Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the Testing Laboratory Registration Council by the Commerce Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the Electricity Commission by the Commerce Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the Commerce Commission by the Commerce Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the Office of Film and Literature Classification by the Government Administration Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission by the Government Administration Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the New Zealand Film Commission by the Government Administration Committee;

Standard Estimates Questionnaire 2011/12 by the Finance and Expenditure Committee

Inquiry into the financial performance and current operations of Maori Television Service for the financial year ending 30 June 2010 by the Māori Affairs Committee;

Petition 2008/102 of James Barber and 1,969 others by the Primary Production Committee;

2009/10 financial review of AsureQuality Limited by the Primary Production Committee

2009/10 financial review of the Social Workers Registration Board by the Social Services Committee;

2009/10 financial review of the Waitemata District Health Board by the Health Committee;

International treaty examination of the Protocol on Investment to the New Zealand - Australia Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement by the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee;

Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill (267-2) by the Health Committee Bill;

Petition 2008/88 of Paul Maggs and Petition 2008/89 of Wendy Roche by the Education and Science Committee; and the

Petition 2008/114 of Hon Ruth Dyson by the Health Committee.

The Crimes Amendment Bill (No. 2) was introduced.

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