The day in Parliament

Press, 12 October 1988, Page 8

The day in Parliament

PA Wellington The Leader of the House, Mr Hunt, successfully sought leave for Parliament to discuss estimates today, when the House sat at 2 p.m. yesterday. Mr M. S. McCully (Nat., East Coast Bays) presented the petition of F. G. Milner and 597 others calling on Parliament to require Telecom not to proceed with its proposed increase in telephone rentals. Mr R. W. Prebble (Lab., Auckland Central) presented the petition of the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company, Ltd, asking for leave to introduce the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Amendment Bill. Leave was granted and the bill set down for introduction today. The report of the New Zealand Government delegates on the seventy-fourth maritime session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva and on the proposed action by the New Zealand Government on certain international instruments adopted at the conference, and the annual reports of the Masterton Licensing Trust and the Broadcasting Tribunal were presented. All six questions of the day were answered. Mr Hunt asked leave for all four stages of the Inland Revenue Department Amendment Bill (No. 2) to go through Parliament. This was granted. Debate on the bill was interrupted when Parliament adjourned for dinner at 5.30 p.m. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. when debate continued on the Inland Revenue Department Amendment Bill (No. 2). The bill was passed through its first reading and members went on immediately to the second reading. After the second reading debate began on the bill’s committee stages. Mr D. A. Graham (Nat., Remuera) introduced an amendment that the bill be in force for only one year. This was defeated on a division by 40 votes to 32. After the committee stages the bill was passed through its third reading. The Minister of Commerce, Mr Butcher, then moved the introduction of the Tariff Bill. The bill was passed through its first reading and referred to the Commerce and Marketing Select Committee. Parliament rose at 10.30 p.m.