The day in Parliament

Press, 10 December 1982, Page 6

The day in Parliament

The petition of David McPherson and 1190 others asking for action to proven) the loss of jobs in the . carassembly industry was tabled by Mr J. J. Terris (Lab., Western Hutt) when Parliament sat at 2.30 p.m.. yesterday. Members moved 12 notices of mbtion. ,The Reserve Bank of New Zealand Amendment Bill was introduced "by the Prime Minister, Mr Muldoon, and referred to the Public Ex-' penditure Select Committee. Ministers answered 18 questions." .... . On a division over whether urgency should .be accorded 20 orders of the day, the Opposition lost, 27 votes to 36. The report of the Controller and Auditor-General on special studies and investigations. including the costs and administrative operations of united councils, was tabled. The Rodney County Council (Mobile Home Parks) Empowering Bill, set down on the Order Paper for second reading, was withdrawn. Three local bills — the Waitemata Electric Power Board (Albany-Glenfield-Wairau Valley Electric Transmission Line) Validation Bill, the Greymouth Harbour Board Empowering Bill and the Auckland City Council (Reserves Disposal) Empowering Bill — were passed through second readings, committal stages, and third readings. The Appropriation Bill (No. 2) (the Supplementary Estimates) were given a second reading and debate began on its committal stages. The debate on the Supplementary Estimates was interrupted when the House rose for dinner at 5.29 p.m. After the 7.30 p.m. resumption the committal stages of the bill were completed. The Governor-General, Sir David Beattie, ordered an appropriation for the Securities Amendment bill. The Pork Industry Board Bill, the Land Tax Amendment Bill, the Noise Control Bill, and the Agricultural Pests Destruction Amendment Bill were given third readings. The Income Tax Amendment Bill (No. 2) and the Superannuation Schemes Amendment Bill were both given third readings. The Hospitals Amendment Bill (No. 3), the Securities Amendment Bill, and the Tokelau Amendment Bill were committed. The Meat Export Prices Amendment Bill, the Animals Amendment Bill, the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill, the Companies Amendment Bill, the Petroleum Amendment Bill, and the Social Security Amendment Bill (No. 4) were all given second readings. The House rose at 11.52 p.m.