The day in Parliament

Press, 15 December 1983, Page 4

The day in Parliament

PA Wellington Five messages from the Governor-General, Sir David Beattie, were read out when Parliament sat at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The Speaker, Sir Richard Harrison, read out the messages, which recommended the House make appropriations for various bills and gave Royal Assent to others. Royal Assent was given to the Accident Compensation Amendment Act, Agricultural Workers Amendment Act, Building Societies Amendment Act, Burial and Cremation Amendment Act, Children’s Health Camps Amendment Act, Criminal Justice Amendment Act, Dangerous Goods Amendment Act, Dog Control and Hydatids Amendment Act, Domestic Protection Amendment Act. The Energy Resources Levy Amendment Act, Explosives Amendment Act, Factories and Commercial Premises Amendment Act, Family Proceedings Amendment Act, Fishing Vessel Ownership Savings Amendment Act, Royal Estate Agents Amendment Act, Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind Amendment Act, Shearers Amendment Act, State Insurance Amendment Act, Status of Children Amendment Act, Testing Laboratory Registration Amendment Act. The Tokelau Amendment Act, Toxic Substances Amendment Act, Valuers Amendment Act, Wheat Research Levy Amendment Act, Wine Makers Amendment Act (No. 2), Gaming and Lotteries Amendment Act, Guardianship Amendment Act, Hospitals Amendment Act, Kitchener Memorial Scholarship Trust Amendment Act, Legal Aid Amendment Act, Life Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2), Ministry of Energy Amendment Act, Ministry of Transport Amendment Act, Official Information Amendment Act. The Penal Institutions Amendment Act, Primary Products Marketing Amendment AcL Public Finance Amendment Act, Public Trust Office Amendment Act (No. 2), Quantity Surveyors Amendment Act, Queen Elizabth II Arts Council of New Zealand Amendment Act, and the Queen Eliazabeth II National Trust Amendment Act. The Governor-General recommended the House make appropriations for the following bills and amendments: the Animals Protection Amendment Bill, Commerce Amendment BiU, Maori Purposes Bill, Nurses Amendment Bill, Public Works Amendment Bill, amendments to the Public Works Amendment Bill contained in Supplementary Order Paper No. 54, the amendments to the Town and Country Planning&Amendment Bill contain* in the Supplementary Order-paper dated December

14, 1983, and the amendments to the Income Tax Amendment Bill (No. 3) contained in Supplementary Order Paper No. The Leader of the House, Mr Thomson, moved that the Commerce and Energy Select Com- < mittee be allowed to sit during the sitting hours of the House yesterday. The motion was allowed unopposed. The chairman of the committee of selection, Mr J. F. Luxton (Nat., Matamata), said the committee had nominated a committee of five to consider the New Plymouth High School Board (Evelyn Dowling Trust) Empowering Bill. The members are Mr Luxton (chairman), the Minister of Works, Mr Friedlander, Mr C. R. Marshall (Lab., Wanganui), the Minister of Justice, Mr McLay, and Mr J. J. Terris (Lab., Western Hutt). Mr F. M. Colman (Lab., Pencarrow) presented the petition of J. Steenhof and 164 others asking the Government not to ratify the United Nations convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. The Minster of Defence, Mr Thomson, tabled the Defence Review 1983. Members moved eight notices of motion. Minsters answered 21 questions. Urgency was taken after a 41-37 division to introduce three bills, hear reports back from select committees, and to pass the first 19 items on the Order Paper through their remaining stages. The Waterfront Industries Amendment Bill No. 2 was introduced by the Minister of Labour, Mr Bolger, and referred to the Labour and Education Select Committee. The Traffic Infringement Offences Bill was introduced by the Minister of Transport, Mr Gair, and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee. The Local Government Amendment Bill (No. 2) was introduced by the Minister of Local Government, Mr Highet, and referred to the Local Bills Committee. The chairman of the lands and agriculture select committee, Mr H. N. Austin (Nat., Bay of Islands) reported the Primary Products Marketing Regulations Confirmation Bill, without amendment Mr Austin also reported the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill, without amendment. He also told the House the committee had considered the petition of the Thames Coromandel District Council and 95 others praying that an immediate ban be placed on all power fishing in waters less than 50 metres deep surrounding the Coromandel Peninsula. The committee recommended the petition be referred to the Government for consideration. The chairman of the Statutes Revision Committee, Mr D. M. J. Jones (Nat, Helensville), reported back the Matrimonial Property Bill, with amendments. SMr Jones also reported back wo petitions calling for the iverturning of the Deportation

Tribunal’s decision to allow a Tongan overstayer convicted of rape to remain in New Zealand and for the law to be changed to prevent a similar situation recurring. The petitions of Kevin Coley and 14,662 others and Vivienne Tjaden and 852 others Were referred to the Government for consideration, with a rider “that the matter be considered when the immigration laws are reviewed during consideration of the Immigration Bill.” Debate then began on the reporting back from the Labour and Energy Committee of the Wages Protection Bill. The report was accepted and the bill was set down for a second reading. The Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Bill (No. 2) and the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Bill were reported back from the Commerce and Energy Select Committee and set down for second reading. The House then adjourned for dinner at 5.30 p.m. When the House resumed at 7.30 p.m. the Wanganui Computer Centre Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Electricity Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Construction Amendment Bill, the Higher Salaries Commission Amendment Bill and the Holidays Amendment Bill were read a second time. The New Zealand Railways Corporation Amendment Bill was read a second time. More second readings followed, of the Foreign Affairs and Overseas Service Amendment Bill, the Children and Young Persons Amend-, ment Bill, the Films Bill, the Racing Amendment Bill, the Local Government Amendment Bill, and' the Police Amendment Bill. The Area Health Boards Bill, the Health Service Personnel Bill, the Forests Amendment Bill, the New Zealand Forestry Council Bill, and the Earthquake and War Damage Amendment Bill were read a second time. The Wanganui Computer Centre Amendment Bill, the Electricity Amendment Bill, the Construction Amendment Bill, the Higher Salaries Commission Amendment Bill, the Holidays Amendment Bill, the New Zealand Railways Corporation Amendment Bill and the Foreign Affairs and Overseas Service Bill were passed through . their committee stages. The Children and Young Persons Amendment Bill, the Racing Amendment Bill, Local Government Amendment Bill, Police Amendment Bill, Area Health Boards Amendment Bill, Health Service Personnel Bill, Forests Amendment Bill, New Zealand Forestry Council Bill, Social Security Amendment Bill, Income Tax Amendment Bill (No. 3), and the Earthquake and War Damage Amendment Bill were all committed. All the bills which had been committed^were given a third reading. && The Hodse rose at 12.13 a.m.