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Business Statement For Last Week Of Parliament

Business Statement For Last Week Of Parliament

Acting Leader of the House Simon Power said the Government intended next week to complete the remaining stages of the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill and Subordinate Legislation (Confirmation and Validation) Bill (No 3), and the first reading of the Victims of Crime Reform Bill.

The report of the Standing Orders Committee on its review of Standing Orders would be debated and the remaining valedictory speeches.

The Government would seek to put the House into Urgency on Thursday to complete the remaining stages of the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill and Sleepover Wages (Settlement) Bill.

The adjournment debate would then take place.

After the business statement the Law Commission Annual Report was tabled.

Select committee reports were presented on the
Petition 2008/133 of Chris Walker on behalf of NZEI Te Riu Roa New Zealand Educational Institute and 60,000 others and the

Petition 2008/104 of Paulette de Ridder by the Education and Science Committee

Petition 2008/110 of Darien Fenton and 1,414 others by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee

The Crown Enitities Reform Bill and Hutt City Council (Graffiti Removal) Bill were introduced.

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