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Hearings to begin on End of Life Choice Bill
Wednesday 16 May 2018
Justice Committee
After
several weeks, processing thousands of submissions, the
Justice Committee is ready to hear submissions on the End of
Life Choices Bill says Chairperson,Raymond
Huo.
“Dedicated committee staff have been engaged to
take care of over 35,000 submissions received by the
committee with many more to be processed. This is understood
to be the highest number of submissions a select committee
has ever received and is indicative of the significance of
this complex issue to so many New Zealanders.”
The
Justice Committee intends to hear from all the submitters
who asked to be heard on the End of Life Choice
Bill.
“The Committee intend to hear from the vast
number of organisations, community groups and individuals
who have taken the time to write to us. The committee will
commence hearing from national organisations on Monday, 21
May 2018 in Wellington, before starting a number of regional
sub-committee hearings, which will take place across the
country over the coming months.”
Over the next
weeks, committee staff will be in touch with individuals and
organisational submitters who wish to be heard, to assist
them with times and locations.
Hearings will be
advertised on the Parliament website and communicated to the
public.
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