Parliament’s diary

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32629, 10 June 1971, Page 2

Parliament’s diary

When Parliament resumed yesterday afternoon after its 11-week recess, seven measures were introduced and read a first time. They were the Mining Bill, the Public Trust Office Amendment Bill, the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Amendment Bill, the Hydatids Control Bill, the Aircrew Industrial Tribunal Bill, the Hovercraft Bill, and the Lay-by Sales Bill. The lay-by and local authorities measures received pro forma second readings and were referred to the Commercial and Local Bills Committees respectively. Papers tabled included the annual reports of the State Insurance Office, the Churchill Memorial Trust Board, the National Development Council, the Tourist Hotel Corporation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Export Guarantee Office, the Patriotic Fund Board, the Canteen Fund Board, the Prisons Parole Board, and the Borstal Parole Board, and the Public Accounts.

Members gave nine notices of motion. Mr T. E. Gill (Nat., Waitemata) gave notice of moving the Welfare of Miners Bill.

Standing orders were then waived to allow full discussion of the report of the Select Committee on the Manapouri petition. This continued throughout the evening.