The day in Parliament

Press, 15 July 1987, Page 6

The day in Parliament

PA Wellington Five petitions were presented when Parliament resumed at 2 p.m. yesterday. Mr D. F. Caygill (Lab., St Albans) presented a petition calling for an amendment to the Nurse Maude District Nursing Association Act, 1967. The bill would be introduced on the next sitting day, the Speaker, Sir Gerard Wall said. Mr G. B. Braybrooke (Lab., Napier) presented the petition of Robyn Elizabeth Turner, of Dunedin, and 158 others. The petition said: Pharmacy shop assistants and dispensary technicians declare we do not wish to be involved in any way with any scheme of supply by sale or exchange of syringes and/or needles for the purpose of drug abuse within our workplace, i.e. community pharmacies." . L .... Mr M. L. Wellington (Nat., Papakura) presented a petition calling for an amendment to the Methodist Ch ai y table and Educational Trusts Act, 1911. The Speaker set down the bill for introduction next sitting day. Mr R. G. Boorman (Lab. Wairarapa) presented the petition of Ngaio Helena Mountain and 11 others calling for legal status to be given, by. statute, to the unborn child from conception. Dr M. J. Cullen (Lab., St Kilda) presented the petition of .Frederick Philip Leathley arid’ 1 64 others of the St.-

Patrick’s Parish Prayer Group, Dunedin. The petition asked that the creation of human embryos by in-vitro fertilisation and storage of human embryos, experimentation on them and disposal of them be forbidden by law. Annual reports of the Local Government Commission, Justice Department, Government Life Insurance Corporation and Reserve Bank were tabled. A supplementary report of the Representation Commission to the Governor-General and the Wanganui Computer Centre Privacy Commissioner’s reports were also tabled.

Ministers answered 16 questions. The Minister of Justice, Mr Palmer, presented the Summary Proceedings Amendment Bill for its third reading. He also presented for their third reading the following bills: Arms Amendment Bill, Crimes Amendment Bill (No. 7), Criminal Justice Amendment Bill (No. 4), Local Government Amendment Bill (No. 6), Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill (No. 2), Summary Offences Amendment Bill (No. 3), Summary Proceedings Amendment Bill (No. 4), and Victims of Offences Bill. These bills, which went through their earlier stages as the Violent Offences Bill, all passed the third reading. The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Bill was passed through its third reading. The House considered the committee stages of the International Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Bill, the Building Societies Amendment Bill,

and the Maori Language Bill. The bills were reported back to the House. The International Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Bill was set down for a third reading next sitting day. The Building Societies Amendment and Maori Language Bills were given third readings. Debate on the third reading of the Education Amendment Bill (No 4) was interrupted when the House adjourned for dinner at 5.30 p.m. The Education Amendment Bill (No. 4) passed through the third reading when the House resumed at 7.30 p.m. Te Runanga o Ngati Porou Bill, debate which was adjourned on July 7, was set down for further consideration in the committee stages on the next sitting day. The House then moved on to the committee stages of the Shipping Bill and the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Bill.

The Shipping Bill was set down for a third reading. The Minister of Justice, Mr Palmer, then introduced the Coroners Bill, which was referred to the Justice and Law Reform Select Committee.

He also introduced the Disputes Tribunal Bill. The Shipping and Seamen Amendment Bill passed through its remaining committee stages and was set down for its third reading next sitting day.

The Status of Children Amendment Bill also passed through its committee stages. The House then rose at 10.18 p.m. after the Leader of the House, Mr Palmer, moved it was an appropriate stage for the House to finish the d«F