Reinstatement of Business 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Reinstatement of Business 
[Sitting date: 21 December 2011. Volume:677;Page:15. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Reinstatement of Business 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Leader of the House) 
: 
 I move  
That the following business be reinstated 
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Bills 
Administration of Community Sentences and Orders Bill 
Airports (Cost Recovery for Processing of International Travellers) Bill 
Alcohol Reform Bill 
Antarctica (Environmental Protection: Liability Annex) Amendment Bill  
Arms Amendment Bill (No 3) 
Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms and Import Controls) Amendment Bill 
Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Bill 
Biosecurity Law Reform Bill 
Building Amendment Bill (No 3) 
Building Amendment Bill (No 4) 
Child Support Amendment Bill 
Children Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Bill (No 6) 
Citizenship Amendment Bill 
Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 
Commerce Commission (International Co-operation and Fees) Bill 
Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill 
Consumer Guarantees Amendment Bill 
Consumer Law Reform Bill 
Corrections Amendment Bill 
Crown Entities Reform Bill 
Crown Minerals (Protection of Public Conservation Land Listed in the Fourth Schedule) Amendment Bill 
Crown Pastoral Land (Rent for Pastoral Leases) Amendment Bill 
Cultural Property (Protection in Armed Conflict) Bill 
Customs and Excise (Joint Border Management Information Sharing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 
Defence Amendment Bill 
Depleted Uranium (Prohibition) Bill 
Domestic Violence Reform Bill 
Electronic Identity Verification Bill 
Employment Relations (Rest Breaks and Meal Breaks) Amendment Bill 
Employment Relations (Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Bill 
Environment Canterbury (Democracy Restoration) Amendment Bill 
Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Bill 
Fair Trading (Soliciting on Behalf of Charities) Amendment Bill 
Financial Markets Conduct Bill 
Food Bill 
Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill 
Gambling Amendment Bill (No 2) 
Game Animal Council Bill 
Geneva Conventions (Third Protocol—Red Crystal Emblem) Amendment Bill 
Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill (No 2) 
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill 
Housing Corporation Amendment Bill 
Human Rights Amendment Bill 
Hutt City Council (Graffiti Removal) Bill 
Identity Information Confirmation Bill 
Inquiries Bill 
Insolvency Practitioners Bill 
International Finance Agreements Amendment Bill 
Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Bill 
Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill 
Legal Assistance (Sustainability) Amendment Bill 
Legislation Bill 
Local Electoral Amendment Bill 
Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill 
Maori Trustee and Maori Development Amendment Bill 
Marine Reserves (Consultation with Stakeholders) Amendment Bill 
Marine Reserves Bill 
Medicines Amendment Bill 
Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Bill 
Military Manoeuvres Act Repeal Bill 
Mokomoko (Restoration of Character Mana and Reputation) Bill 
National Animal Identification and Tracing Bill 
Natural Health Products Bill 
New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Amendment Bill 
Nga Rohe Moana o Nga Hapu o Ngati Porou Bill 
Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill 
Ngai Tamanuhiri Claims Settlement Bill 
Ngati Makino Claims Settlement Bill 
Ngati Manawa and Ngati Whare Claims Settlement Bill 
Ngati Pahauwera Treaty Claims Settlement Bill 
Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill 
Non-bank Deposit Takers Bill 
Patent Attorneys Bill 
Patents Bill 
Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims (Redirecting Prisoner Compensation) Amendment Bill 
Privacy (Information Sharing) Bill 
Public Health Bill 
Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill 
Register of Pecuniary Interests of Judges Bill 
Regulatory Reform Bill 
Regulatory Reform (Repeals) Bill 
Regulatory Standards Bill 
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill 
Road User Charges Bill 
Royal Society of New Zealand Amendment Bill 
Search and Surveillance Bill 
Sentencing (Aggravating Factors) Amendment Bill 
Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Waitaki Easter Trading) Amendment Bill 
Smoke-free Environments (Removing Tobacco Displays) Amendment Bill 
Social Assistance (Living Alone Payments) Amendment Bill 
Social Security Amendment Bill (No 3) 
South Taranaki District Council (Cold Creek Rural Water Supply) Bill 
Southland District Council (Stewart Island/Rakiura Visitor Levy) Empowering Bill 
Spending Cap (People’s Veto) Bill 
Standards and Accreditation Bill 
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) 
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 3) 
Student Loan Scheme Amendment Bill 
Subantarctic Islands Marine Reserves Bill 
Sustainable Biofuel Bill 
Taxation (Annual Rates Returns Filing and Remedial Matters) Bill 
Taxation (Income-sharing Tax Credit) Bill 
Taxation (International Investment and Remedial Matters) Bill 
Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill 
Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill 
Trustee Amendment Bill 
Victims of Crime Reform Bill 
Petitions 
Commerce Committee 
2008/128Deborah Harcus on behalf of the Eden Terrace Business Association Inc 
2008/132Genevieve McClean on behalf of the Save the Grey Lynn Post Office Working Group 
2008/134Allen Hair 
2008/136Andrea Deeth 
2008/137Duncan Macdonald 
2008/142Johannes Jozef Rikkerink 
2008/143Lois Griffiths and 382 others 
Education and Science Committee 
2008/139Judy Taligalu McFall-McCaffery and John McCaffery and 6686 others 
Finance and Expenditure Committee 
2008/145Vaughan Gunson and 38297 others 
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee 
2008/129Helen Kelly on behalf of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions 
Government Administration Committee 
2008/119Donald James Rowlands and 891 others 
Health Committee 
2008/148Geoff Annals on behalf of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota 
Local Government and Environment Committee 
2005/168Metiria Turei 
2008/135Sue Kedgley 
Primary Production Committee 
2008/45David Mark Wills 
2008/117Neville Donaldson on behalf of SFWU Nga Ringa Tota 
2008/146Sorrel Davies 
Social Services Committee 
2008/116Moana Jean Karika Rule 
Transport and Industrial Relations Committee 
2008/138George Laird 
2008/140George William Stanley King and 40 others 
2008/141Norman Harvey Wilkins 
2008/147Geoff Houtman 
2008/149Darryl Monteith on behalf of the Gisborne Rail Action Group 
2008/150Vivienne Shepherd 
2008/151Loretia Pomare on behalf of Save Kapiti and the Alliance for Sustainable Kapiti 
2010/11 financial reviews referred to committees 
Commerce Committee 
Commerce Commission  
Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited  
Genesis Power Limited  
Government Superannuation Fund Authority  
Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation  
Kordia Group Limited  
Meridian Energy Limited  
Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited  
Mighty River Power Limited  
Ministry of Economic Development  
New Zealand Post Limited  
Public Trust  
Securities Commission  
Solid Energy New Zealand Limited  
Takeovers Panel  
Television New Zealand Limited  
Testing Laboratory Registration Council  
Transpower New Zealand Limited  
Education and Science Committee 
AgResearch Limited  
Education Review Office  
Industrial Research Limited  
Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited  
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited  
Landcare Research New Zealand Limited  
Learning Media Limited  
Ministry of Education  
Ministry of Science and Innovation  
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Limited  
New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited  
New Zealand Qualifications Authority  
The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited  
Finance and Expenditure Committee 
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet  
Financial statements of the Government of New Zealand for the year ended 30 June 2011  
Inland Revenue Department  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Agriculture and Forestry  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Biosecurity  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Conservation  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Economic Development  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Education  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Energy  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Environment  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Health  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Housing  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Justice  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Labour  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Maori Affairs  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Maori Affairs (Whanau Ora)  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Official Development Assistance  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Research Science and Technology  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Social Development  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Tourism  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Transport  
Non-departmental appropriations for Vote Youth Development  
Office of the Controller and Auditor-General  
Reserve Bank of New Zealand  
The Treasury  
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee 
Ministry of Defence  
New Zealand Customs Service  
New Zealand Defence Force  
Government Administration Committee 
Archives New Zealand  
Drug Free Sport New Zealand  
Ministry for Culture and Heritage  
Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs  
Ministry of Women’s Affairs  
National Library of New Zealand  
New Zealand Lotteries Commission  
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Limited  
Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives  
Office of the Ombudsmen  
Parliamentary Service  
State Services Commission  
Statistics New Zealand  
Health Committee 
Ministry of Health  
New Zealand Blood Service  
Pharmaceutical Management Agency  
Justice and Electoral Committee 
Law Commission  
Ministry of Justice  
Parliamentary Counsel Office  
Law and Order Committee 
Department of Corrections  
New Zealand Police  
Serious Fraud Office  
Local Government and Environment Committee 
Department of Conservation  
Ministry for the Environment  
New Zealand Walking Access Commission  
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment  
Ma 
ori Affairs Committee 
Ministry of Maori Development  
Primary Production Committee 
Animal Control Products Limited  
AsureQuality Limited  
Land Information New Zealand  
Landcorp Farming Limited  
Quotable Value Limited  
Social Services Committee 
Department of Building and Housing  
Housing New Zealand Corporation  
Ministry of Social Development 
Transport and Industrial Relations Committee 
Accident Compensation Corporation  
Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited  
Department of Labour  
Ministry of Transport  
New Zealand Railways Corporation  
New Zealand Transport Agency  
International treaty examinations referred to committees 
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee 
International treaty examination of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption  
Reports of Officers of Parliament referred to committees 
Education and Science Committee 
Report from an Ombudsman on Complaints Arising out of bullying at Hutt Valley High School in December 2007  
Finance and Expenditure Committee 
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Local government: Improving the usefulness of annual reports  
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Managing freshwater quality: Challenges for regional councils  
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on the New Zealand Transport Agency: Delivering maintenance and renewal work on the state highway network  
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on The Treasury: Implementing and managing the Crown Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme  
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Transpower New Zealand Limited: Managing risks to transmission assets  
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee 
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on New Zealand Defence Force: Progress with the Defence Sustainability Initiative  
Ma 
ori Affairs Committee 
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Government planning and support for housing on Maori land August 2011  
Social Services Committee 
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Home-based support services for older people  
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Inquiry into the Plumbers Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board  
Other matters referred to committees 
Privileges Committee 
Question of privilege concerning the defamation action Attorney-General and Gow v Leigh  
Other business 
Orders of the day for the consideration of the following: 
Government Notice of Motion No 3 (Misuse of Drugs (Classification of Tapentadol) Order 2011 and report of Health Committee)  
Special Report of the Maori Affairs Committee providing te reo Maori translation for the Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Bill 
Special report of the Justice and Electoral Committee providing the uncorrected transcripts from the hearings of evidence on the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill 
Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Inquiry into the 2010 local authority elections  
Report of the Health Committee on the Inquiry into improving New Zealand’s environment to support innovation through clinical trials 
Report of the Health Committee on the Inquiry into early detection and treatment of prostate cancer 
Report of the Health Committee on the Briefing on the vision screening programme  
Report of the Social Services Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Ministry of Social Development: Managing the recovery of debt  
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Guidance for members of local authorities about the Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968  
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Final audits of Auckland’s dissolved councils and managing leaky home liabilities  
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Matters arising from Auckland Council’s planning document 
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Local Government: Results of the 2009/10 audits 
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the International treaty examination of the Agreement between the Government of Hong Kong and the Government of New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income  
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the International treaty examination of the Protocol of Amendments to the Convention on the International Hydrographic Organization 
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on New Zealand Customs Service: Providing assurance about revenue 
Report of the Social Services Committee on the Visit of the Social Services Committee to Australia 23–27 May 2011 
Report of the Education and Science Committee on the Briefing on the review of special education services 
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Evaluating the use of 1080: Predators poisons and silent forests Petition 2008/47 of Mr P Findlay on behalf of the Thames Landcare Group and 3107 others and Petition 2008/81 of Maureen Pugh 
Report of the Health Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Progress in delivering publicly funded scheduled services to patients 
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on How clean is New Zealand: Measuring and reporting on the health of our environment 
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Inland Revenue: Making it easy to comply 
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Public entities’ progress in implementing the Auditor-General’s recommendations 
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Proposed changes to the format of Estimates and other information presented with Appropriation bills  
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Report from the Controller and Auditor-General on Central government: Cost-effectiveness and improving annual reports 
Report of the Primary Production Committee on the Briefing on the 2011 Ballance farm environment awards  
Report of the Local Government and Environment Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Lignite and climate change: The high cost of low grade coal 
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Report by the New Zealand delegation to the Australia-New Zealand Scrutiny of Legislation Conference Brisbane 26–28 July 2011 
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s monetary policy statement September 2011 
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Eleventh biennial conference of the Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees (ACPAC) Perth Australia 27 to 30 April 2011  
Report of the Standing Orders Committee on the Review of the Standing Orders 
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the Briefing on Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal  
Report of the Health Committee on the Briefing from the National Health IT Board 
Report of the Primary Production Committee on the Briefing on the Walking Access Commission’s public access mapping system 
Interim report of the Social Services Committee on inquiry into boarding houses in New Zealand  
Report of the Commerce Committee on the Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on Smart electricity meters: How households and the environment can benefit 
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Complaint regarding the Resource Management (Forms Fees and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2009 (SR 2009/73) 
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Orders in Council made under the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Activities of the Regulations Review Committee in 2011 
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the Inquiry into New Zealand’s relationship with India 
Report of the Commerce Committee on the Inquiry into finance company failures 
There has been some comment in recent days about the size of the current Order Paper. It does have a lot of legislation on it. It is important legislation and the Government does intend to progress most of it although some will obviously come under review but we want to take some time in order that all opinions might be sought about that. The only two bits of business that are not reinstated are two notices of motion that have been picked up in the new Standing Orders. One of those relates to the privilege of the House and it would be my advice to all members to consult the new Standing Orders to become familiar with what the new conditions are around that particular aspect of privilege. 
Further the second notice of motion deals with extended sitting hours. The House as members will know sits for about 17 hours a week but you lose an hour for question time which is a valuable contribution and should be seen as such and then a further hour for the general debate. So the legislation time all going well is around about 13½ hours a week. It is not a long time to advance the work that accumulates on the Order Paper. So this provision which was previously noted in a notice of motion has been modified somewhat and put into the Standing Orders so that the House may claim extra hours in order to conduct its business largely by agreement with the Business Committee. I think that is a very very positive step forward. With those few comments I am happy to move this motion. 
Hon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South) 
: 
 We again will be supporting this motion. I endorse the comments that the Leader of the House has made on the extended hours and the ability which is the Government’s and one that of course we hope to use at some stage in the not too distant future to do Government business in a way that is important but not urgent. I think there has been considerable misuse of urgency or it may be that urgency is a misnomer for a system of getting through the job— 
Hon Ruth Dyson 
: Overtime. 
Hon TREVOR MALLARD 
: Overtime as my colleague Ruth Dyson says is a good way of putting it. The way that it works is that if there is substantial agreement at the Business Committee then it can happen on a Friday. Otherwise it will happen on a Wednesday and Thursday and the Government will lose the select committees as a result of that which seems fair. 
The only other point that I would like to make is a request to the select committees to look very carefully at the business before them that was not referred from the House and is not picked up as a result of this and to ensure that the good work that was done by previous select committees is brought to its conclusion and brought back here. 
Motion agreed to. 
Sitting suspended from 12.05 p.m. to 2 p.m.