The day in Parliament

Press, 13 March 1985, Page 8

The day in Parliament

PA Wellington The Minister of Overseas Trade, Mr Moore, made a Ministerial statement when Parliament sat at 2.30 pm yesterday. He rejected suggestions that the previous National Government had a secret deal wth the United States on export incentives. The Acting Speaker, Mr Terris, read the Royal Assent of the Governor-General, Sir David Beattie, to the following bills:

The Civil List Amendment Act, Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act (No. 2), Transport Amendment Act, Summary Proceedings Amendment

Act, Wanganui Computer Centre Amendment Act, Post Office Amendment Act, Small Claims Tribunals Amendment Act, Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre (Wairarapa) Amendment Act.

Technicians Training Amendment Act, Trade and Industry Amendment Act, Trade Marks Amendment Act, Urban Transport Amendment Act, Valuation of Land Amendment Act, Vocational Training Council Amendment Act, Volunteers Employment Protection Amendment Act, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Amendment Act, Hire Purchase Amendment Act, Historic Places Amendment Act, Human Rights Commission Amendment Act, Illegal Contracts Amendment Act, Industrial Training Levies Amend-

ment Act, Law Practitioners Amendment Act, Marriage Amendment Act, Matrimonial Property Amendment Act. Medicines Amendment Act, Minors’ Contracts Amendment Act, Motor Vehicle Dealers Amendment Act, New Zealand Walkways Amendment Act, Ngarimu V.C. and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Amendment Act, Nurses Amendment Act, Petroleum Amendment Act, Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Amendment Act, Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, Apprenticeship Amendment Act, Arms Amendment Act, Chattels Transfer Amendment Act, Commerce Amendment Act, Contractual Mistakes Amendment Act, Contractual Remedies Amendment Act.

Criminal Justice Amendment Act, Dairy Board Amendment Act, Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Amendment Act, Disabled Persons Employment Promotion Amendment Act, District Courts Amendment Act, Domestic Protection Amendment Act, Earthquake and War Damage Amendment Act, Family Proceedings Amendment Act, Food Amendment Act, Guardianship Amendment Act, and Higher Salaries Commission Amendment Act.

Members presented 19 notices of motion. Ministers answered seven questions.

The Broadcasting Amendment Bill was reported back from the Commerce and Energy Select Committee, with amendments, and set down for a second reading next sitting day.

Members then began debating the Defence estimates.

The debate was interrupted when the House adjourned for dinner at 5.30 p.m.

Debate on the Defence estimates continued when the House resumed at 7.30 p.m., and was interrupted when it rose at 10.30 p.m.