The day in Parliament

Press, 28 February 1986, Page 2

The day in Parliament

PA Wellington The Leader of the House, Mr Palmer, outlined Parliament’s business for next week when the House sat at 2 p.m. yesterday.

The Address-in-Reply debate would begin at 7.30 p.m. on March 4, he said. On March 5, a general debate would be held under Standing Orders, along with .consideration of private members’ bills. Government legislation would alsp.be introduced during the week.

‘ ,s The Speaker, Dr Wall, told,_ the House that the Governor- ' General, Sir Paul Reeves, had 5 , recommended the House'? make appropriations of public money for the purposes of: the Pesticides Amendment Bill; the Plant Variety Rights Amendment Bill; the Private Schools Conditional Integration Amendment Bill; the Residential Tenancies Bill; the Road-User Charges Amendment Bill No. 4; the Shipping Bill; the Survey Bill; the Tasman Pulp and Paper Company Enabling Amendment Bill; the Trade and Industry Amendment Bill No. 2; the Animal Remedies Amendment Bill; the Commerce Bill; the Crimes Amendment Bill Nd. 2; the Electricity Amendment Bill; the Fair Trading Bill; the Health Amendment Bill; the Hospitals Amendment Bill; the Income Tax Amendment Bill No. 5; the Inland Revenue Offence Bill; the Local Government Amendment Bill No. 2; the'Machinery Amendment Bill; the

Maori Affairs Amendment Bill; the New Zealand Market Development Board Bill; the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Disarmament and Arms Control Bill; and the Patriotic and Canteen Funds Amend-, ment Bill.

Mr Palmer moved the House adjourn, after rising, until 7.30. p.m. on March 4, for the beginning of the Ad-dress-ln-Reply debate. The motion was passed.

; Ministers answered six questions of the day. ' The Speaker declined two Opposition applications for a snap debate on the "farming crisis.”

The chairman of the communications and road safety committee, Mr W. P. Jeffries (Lab., Heretaunga), reported back on the October, 1984, petition of the Wainuiomata Rural Community Association recommending Parliament amend the Urban Transport Act. The committee recommended the petition be given consideration.

The House then went into committee to debate further the New Zealand Market Development Board Bill. The bill was passed through its committee stages and it completed its third reading after a division was lost by the Opposition, 30-49. The Acting Leader of the House, Mr Hunt, then moved the adjournment of the House.

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr McLay, said there was no agreement over the adjournment and the Opposition intended debating the motion.

The House adjourned for the day at 5.30 p.m. Parliament will sit again at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday.