The day in Parliament

Press, 22 October 1986, Page 8

The day in Parliament

PA Wellington One petition was brought to Parliament when it sat at 2 p.m. yesterday. The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Palmer, presented the petition of Oliver Buxton, of Christchurch, and three others seeking the reinstatement of teachers’ salary grants to independent schools to pre-budget levels. • j The report of the Queen Elizabeth If Arts Council was tabled. The House voted to allow the Privileges Committee to sit while Parliament is sitting. Ministers answered ’ 19 questions. The Speaker, Dr Wall, declined an application for a snap debate on the unemployment rate in Gisborne. Mr Palmer, as the Minister of Justice, introduced the;lmperial Laws Application Bill. It was referred to the Justice and Law Reform’ Select Committee. ’ The chairman pf the.Pjjimary Production Committee, Mr R. K. Maxwell‘.‘'(tab., Waitakere), reported’ the committee had considered the petitions of Helena' Ruth Glendinning and 103 others, Sylvan George, Homewood and 111 others, and Norma Adele Michie and 53 others asking that the plant, ligustrum (privet), be declared a noxious weed. The committee recommended the petitions be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. The committee had considered the petition of James Frederick Matich and 106 others asking that privet be declared a class A noxious weed as defined in the Noxious Plant Act, 1978. The committee recommended the petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. The same committee had considered the petition of Valerie R. Insley and the Tamaki Estuary Protection Society and 1808 others asking the House to ban commercial and private set netting on the Tamaki River and in rivers, estuaries and inland waters where it would adversely affect recreational pursuits and wildlife. The committee recommended the petition be referred to the Government for consideration. The New Zealand Planning Amendment Bill was reported back from the Planning and Development Committee with the recommendation it proceed without amendment. Members then began; debating the committee stages of Vote: Broadcasting. The Broadcasting estimates .were agreed to and the House began debating Trade/and Industry estimates. The debate was interrupted when the: House adjourned for dinner at 5.30. p.m. The debate continued when the House resumed at 7.30 p.m. The debate on the Trade and Industry estimates was interrupted when the House rose at 11 p.m.