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Bakshi Kanwaljit Singh: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBakshi Kanwaljit Singh: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16630. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI (National):As has been mentioned the mover of this bill the Sullivan Birth Registration Bill is Louisa Wall. Can I thank you Louisa for introducing and sponsoring this bill because it is very important for the Sullivan family and they have been waiting for it for a long time. I would like to acknowledge the chair the Hon Ruth Dyson my colleagues Chris Auchinvole and Eric Roy and the other members of the Government Administration Committee who have supported this bill all the way. The Sullivan family and particularly Diane have got a special place in Rowen’s life and she wanted her parents’ names on her birth certificate. Thank you.Clauses 1 to 4 agreed to.House resumed.The Chairperson reported the Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill without amendment the Sullivan Birth Registration Bill without amendment and no progress on the Electronic Transactions (Contract Formation) Amendment Bill.Report adopted.
Wall Louisa: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWall Louisa: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16630. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa):I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge the Government Administration Committee for the wonderful work that it has done on behalf of Rowen Sullivan Doreen Shields and the late Diane Sullivan. The work that the committee has done has ensured that the integrity of this family has remained intact. I particularly want to thank the Hon Ruth Dyson who has chaired this process Chris Auchinvole Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi the Hon Trevor Mallard Mojo Mathers Eric Roy and Jan Logie.I as the sponsor of the Sullivan Birth Certificate Bill would like to support the recommendations of the select committee and there are two. The first is that the title of the bill be changed to the “Sullivan Birth Registration Bill”. The intention of this piece of legislation is to ensure that Rowen Sullivan has a birth certificate that names both of her parents. In fact that outcome or that output will be available by virtue of the registration of her parents so I support 100 percent what the select committee has done. In addition the select committee recommends the insertion of a new clause 4 which provides that “Diane Sullivan and Doreen Margaret Shields are for all purposes the parents” of Rowen Sullivan.I would like to thank again the select committee for its wonderful work. I look forward to the third reading debate on this bill. I thank the Committee and all members for their support. Thank you.
Tisch Lindsay: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16630. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is no objection.
Wall Louisa: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWall Louisa: Sullivan Birth Registration Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16630. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]LOUISA WALL (Labour—Manurewa):I seek leave for all provisions to be taken as one question.
Goldsmith Paul: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeGoldsmith Paul: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16628. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]PAUL GOLDSMITH (National):We are dealing with clauses 1 and 2 I believe of this bill. The title which is the Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill could I suppose just as easily be the “Tasman District Council (Recovery and Validation of Certain Rates) Bill” but I think the word “validation” probably should come first followed by the word “recovery”. If we were to have the word “recovery” before the word “validation” we would get ourselves into a terrible pickle. So I agree in essence with the title as it is laid out. It has to be the Tasman District Council because that is the council that is affected by this bill. It cannot be any other council. What puzzles me however is that the bill says “2013” because as we all know it is 2014 at the moment. But I presume that that is part of how it is operated.So we are dealing here with the Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill and that I suppose in essence is the problem that we had with the legislation—that the rates were not certain at all because they had been incorrectly rated. So this bill here is indeed attempting to validate what had been made uncertain by the poor process. If we can make those rates more certain then we can give certainty back to the people of the Tasman District who have been going through a difficult time because of this bill.The second clause relates to when the bill comes into force. Again the suggestion is that it would be the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. Again that makes perfect sense because you certainly would not want it to take force the day before it received the Royal assent because that would not be appropriate. It could have been considerably later at any particular given time and indeed a number of people considered various options. It could have been 1 January 2015 for example but in essence the Local Government and Environment Committee was persuaded that it did not make any sense necessarily to stick with 1 January but rather to go with the date as suggested so as to come into force exactly on the day after the date on which this bill receives its Royal assent. On that basis I think I will leave it. I just wanted to make a short call on these clauses 1 and 2. Thank you.Clause 1 agreed to.Clause 2 agreed to.Bill to be reported without amendment presently.
O'Rourke Denis: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeO'Rourke Denis: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16627. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DENIS O’ROURKE (NZ First):I move That the question be now put.Motion agreed to.Part 2 agreed to.
O'Connor Damien: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeO'Connor Damien: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16625. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR (Labour—West Coast - Tasman):I thought I would just take the opportunity to answer a couple of questions I have been asked. On the one of accountability for mistakes and whether that has run far and wide I can say that there were a number of councillors who lost their positions in the last election and a number of staff have been shifted around. So I think that that has occurred and hopefully the rest of them will have had the message.On this particular part Part 2 I would just like to mention on clause 9 that it was the request of the Ligar Bay and Tata Beach residents to have it removed so that in fact they would then have to go back through a full process of consultation as to whether the rates should be struck or not. The Local Government and Environment Committee I have to acknowledge brought the parties back twice—they were at the committee twice—to try to reach a common position on this. It could not be reached. On balance the committee thought that it was essential that this Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill proceed for the good of all the ratepayers and that there should perhaps at some point be some acknowledgment of the Tata Beach and Ligar Bay residents. That is yet to be seen but hopefully is to be committed to and honoured by the Tasman District Council. I am not quite sure how that might occur but I think they probably deserve it.Clause 9 remains in the bill and it proceeds and it is up to the council now to ensure that fairness and harmony exist among as many ratepayers as possible. So once again I would just like to acknowledge the work of the select committee in giving it a fair go but arriving at what I think is a pragmatic solution.
Wagner Nicky: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWagner Nicky: Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16622. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]NICKY WAGNER (National—Christchurch Central):I would like to take just a short call on Part 1 of the Tasman District Council (Validation and Recovery of Certain Rates) Bill because it is a short part of the bill. We have talked about the preamble which covers most of the issues that we are dealing with. Part 1 actually outlines the purposes of the bill which to recap are to validate the specified rates and the penalties added to those rates to collect any rates or penalties that have remained unpaid and also to validate the more controversial part of this bill the Ligar Bay and Tata Beach stormwater rate for 2006 and 2007. Part 1 also lists the definitions used in the bill and they show us the large number of rates that have been set incorrectly. Yes they are technical breaches and they are procedural errors but it has required a lot of time a lot of energy and a lot of money to bring this bill to Parliament so that those rates can be validated. Yes it is a necessary process but it is wasteful of council resources and when you talk about council resources what you really are talking about are ratepayers’ resources.The member who sponsored this bill the Hon Damien O’Connor in his previous speech to the Committee made a very important point to the Tasman District Council. Local councils should be responsive to the ratepayers whom they serve. They should avoid disputes with those people whom they are set to look after. They should try to deliver what the communities want when the communities want it. This validation bill would probably never have come to the House if it were not for the dispute between the Tata Beach and Ligar Bay ratepayers and the Tasman District Council. Perhaps that could have been dealt with in a more cost-effective way if everybody had been on the same side. But this was a dispute that escalated and in actual fact everybody from that escalation—the council the Ligar Bay and Tata Beach ratepayers the ratepayers for the wider district and Parliament—were all the losers in this process.Let us hope that this council and others can view this bill as a bit of a cautionary tale. Councils should remember that it is their responsibility to provide efficient effective and affordable services to their ratepayers and so they need to treat their ratepayers with respect and work with their communities. The members of this Committee have reluctantly supported this validation bill. They are supporting it because it is a pragmatic and sensible decision and it will benefit the ratepayers of the greater Tasman district area.
Vote: Debate on Budget Policy StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Debate on Budget Policy Statement[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16606. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the House take note of the report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Budget Policy Statement 2014.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes57New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1; Independent: Horan.Motion agreed to.
Roy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy Statement[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16602. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: A 5-minute call—Jacinda Ardern.
Roy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy Statement[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16598. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The member’s time has expired.
Roy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy Statement[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16596. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The member’s time has expired. [Interruption] Order! The member’s time has expired.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I know. I’m moving for an extension—this is so good.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: It is not happening today.
Roy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Debate on Budget Policy Statement[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16590. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: David Bennett.
Tremain Chris: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet ManualText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTremain Chris: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet Manual[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16578. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon CHRIS TREMAIN: The Minister whom I proudly speak of today has made huge achievements in Parliament. She has put significant points on the scoreboard for us. She has successfully led the justice sector. She has achieved the lowest crime rate in 33 years. She has overseen the modernisation of the courts system. She has introduced alcohol law reforms. She has introduced tougher sentencing and parole. These are things that the Labour Party talked about but never delivered. Minister Judith Collins has delivered them. She has delivered tougher bail laws for this country and she has had a huge focus on improving victims’ rights.I am proud to have been part of the team here that has had Judith Collins in it. She has done a wonderful job for this country and also when she has been overseas representing the country taking this country forward. That is one of the reasons we see growth now in this country which is taking this country to new heights. So I am proud to have been a member working with Judith Collins. She has done a great job. She does not need to be wallowing at the bottom of the ruck like members of the Labour Party and New Zealand First who cannot get points on the scoreboard. They now see this as their opportunity to see some daylight. Bad luck guys; it is not going to happen.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed.
Tremain Chris: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet ManualText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTremain Chris: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet Manual[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16577. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon CHRIS TREMAIN (National—Napier):When you cannot win a game of rugby through strategy through skill through talent and through putting points on the scoreboard you resort to dirty tactics. You resort to punching people in the ruck and kicking them while they are on the ground. I will say it again. When you cannot win a game of rugby by putting points on the scoreboard and through talent and through teamwork you resort to kicking people in the guts. What we are seeing today is Labour Party members wallowing at the bottom of the ruck and my goodness they are good at it. They love the bottom of the ruck. They love to put the punch in and to scream at the ref and say that it is not fair. They are truly excellent at this style of politics.Labour Party members are not winning the game. They have not got the talent and they are not putting the points on the scoreboard. It is pretty clear. If you look at the points on the scoreboard right now in the polls National is at 48 49 or 50 percent and Labour is wallowing in the late 20s and maybe the early 30s if they are lucky. There is no new talent coming in to the party. Those members are at the bottom of the ruck punching kicking and fighting. There is not any new policy out there—nothing that it can win this election with that is gaining any momentum on the scoreboard for Labour.I stand here proudly today to speak on behalf of one of my team members in the National Party and that is Judith Collins. I am proud to have been a junior member working under Minister Judith Collins for the last year. This is a woman a strong woman who has come in here into what has been a man’s world in Parliament over the last thirty or forty decades and has stood up and answered the challenge. She has climbed to the top of politics and has delivered for this country like few other women have. She has done an outstanding job.I just want to go through some of the things that she has done.Andrew Williams: How many cars did she crush?Hon CHRIS TREMAIN: Andrew Williams do not talk to me about what you have achieved mate. People who piddle under lemon trees should just shut up.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Order! That is unparliamentary and I will ask the member just to be very mindful of those sorts of comments.
Brownlee Gerry: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet ManualText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBrownlee Gerry: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet Manual[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16573. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery):I think it is healthy for our democracy that we have a debate about perceptions of conflict of interest in the dealings that we all have as elected members of this House. But what this debate also proves is that when it comes to a debate like this hypocrisy does not apparently limit the way in which people offer their thoughts in the context of the debate. There is no one better in this House than the Hon Trevor Mallard at outlining all sorts of spurious facts joining them together in a loud tub-thumping way and making them seem more than they really are. It is truly a skill that he has and I want to acknowledge him for it.If the Labour Opposition is so outraged by finding out from public sources exactly what Judith Collins was up to on her trip to China why is it not outraged that its own leader is using—as Mr Peters his potential coalition partner said—the law as a device for deception? That is what Mr Cunliffe is doing by not telling the public of New Zealand who tipped the money into his leadership campaign. We know that it is the Unite union that is causing the most problem—we know that—but the member David Cunliffe needs to stand up and admit it and as the Hon Bill English said get out on to the steps of Parliament and tell us who put the money into the trust that he used and is now saying that he does not have to tell anyone about because he is giving it back. Well I think there is a huge lapse on the part of the Opposition here when it comes to effectively waving out a flag and saying: “Oh look here’s what we can publicly see. That’s an outrage. By the way put your head in the sand pretend you are an ostrich and don’t look at the mess that we have got into over on our side of the House.”Ms Collins has said that in hindsight she feels that she could have been more open about what she was doing but in the context of a whole lot of things that Ministers do and the public disclosures—which are clear because we are having this debate—I think that it is a mock debate that the Opposition is trying to mount this afternoon. I think that it would also be useful for us to perhaps recite all sorts of other situations where members on both sides of the House have got into difficult situations and then try to line them up and judge them. But that does not take us anywhere. What is really important here is that this debate would not be happening if it were not for the demands for transparency that the Rt Hon John Key has put on his Ministers. And it is only because there is transparency that the Opposition has a basis for a debate. So I think that what we are seeing here this afternoon is a whole lot of outrage from the Labour Party that has very little basis to it.
Tisch Lindsay: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet ManualText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet Manual[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16573. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The Hon Gerry Brownlee—5 minutes.
Mallard Trevor: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet ManualText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMallard Trevor: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet Manual[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16573. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South):We have now had 25 minutes available to National members taken by senior Ministers and neither of them has been prepared to defend Judith Collins. Why? Because you cannot defend the indefensible. Mr Assistant Speaker I remember what it felt like being attacked by one of your predecessors over Taito Phillip Field. It got to the point where you could not defend the indefensible and that is the situation that the National Party is in with Judith Collins.Those members should not be surprised and Bill English I am sure is not surprised because what did he say about Judith Collins? He said that she was a member pushed beyond her capacity. That is what he said about her. He said that she had an unfortunately high estimation of her own competence. Who said that?Hon Members: Bill English.Hon TREVOR MALLARD: Bill English said that about Judith Collins. He said that she spent too much time cultivating the media herself and then believing the resulting publicity. Bill English said that about Judith Collins and I think that what we know now is that Bill English was absolutely right.What we have is a Minister who is prepared to help line the pockets of her family while she is on a trip paid for by the taxpayer—someone who is prepared to take the officials of the New Zealand Government in to support a company that is paying her husband in order to do that. I frankly thought that Pansy Wong was the limit. I thought that Pansy Wong was the limit but Judith Collins has gone well beyond that. She must have known at some stage that she had done wrong because she did not put it in her report. Unlike previous visits on previous trips to China she did not write it up and she did not admit that it happened. She was not transparent. Why was she not transparent? Because she knew then that it was wrong. She knew that it was wrong last week when she was tackled about it and said first of all that she dropped in for a cup of tea and that it was not planned. That was not true—that was not true. She knew before she left New Zealand that she was going there. She had dinner with the person and possibly lunch as well. We are yet to find out whether that is the case.The idea that it was a minor diversion as she told the New Zealand public was just a lie. We should not have in this Parliament Ministers who lie to the public because our ethical standards—The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Order!Hon TREVOR MALLARD: I have made mistakes in my time as a Minister. But what you do when you make a mistake is you fess up. I want to make it clear. I have never been corrupt. I have never got my family income boosted using my Government funding. But the mistakes I have made I have admitted to the Prime Minister I have admitted publicly and I have not lied about in the way that Judith Collins has.
Tisch Lindsay: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet ManualText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet Manual[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16573. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The Hon Trevor Mallard—5 minutes.
Carter David: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet ManualText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Urgent Debates — Justice Minister—Compliance withCabinet Manual[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16563. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Honourable members I have received a letter from Grant Robertson seeking to debate under Standing Order 386 the statements made by the Hon Judith Collins about her involvement with the company Oravida. This is a particular case of recent occurrence involving ministerial responsibility in which there is public interest. It is very important that the public have confidence in the conduct of Ministers and to this end that any conflicts of interest that they may have are well managed. A senior Minister is involved and there is not a general debate today. Having carefully considered the application I have decided to allow the debate.
Hauiti Claudette: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHauiti Claudette: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16562. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]12.CLAUDETTE HAUITI (National)to the Minister of Health: What recent announcement has the Government made on the Waitemata bowel screening pilot?Hon TONY RYALL (Minister of Health):The screening pilot at Waitematā is detecting cancers at an earlier stage than expected and we know that bowel cancers found and treated early can often be cured. Figures show that more than 129 people of the 58000 people who have completed a bowel screening test have been found to have cancer. Many of these people had no symptoms at all. The $24 million pilot will run in the Waitematā District Health Board area certainly until at least 2015.Claudette Hauiti: What are the challenges involved in extending bowel screening across New Zealand?Hon TONY RYALL: That is a very good question. The single-biggest constraint to a larger roll-out of bowel cancer screening is having the workforce to do the colonoscopies. At the moment we simply do not have the professionals to do the procedures. Colonoscopies are performed by gastroenterologists and surgeons and I am advised that to roll out national screening would mean that we need around an extra 100 of these professionals. So we do need to consider a new approach. A symposium will be held in Wellington next month to look at ways of increasing New Zealand’s colonoscopy workforce capacity and efficiency and we need to look to countries like the UK that are now using highly trained nurse endoscopists as part of their endoscopy teams.
Shearer David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeShearer David: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16562. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]11.DAVID SHEARER (Labour—Mt Albert)to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Further to his reply to Oral Question No 9 yesterday will he now tell me what is his Ministry’s best estimate for the percentage increase in retail electricity prices for the period 1 February to 1 August this year for a household of four persons averaged across New Zealand?Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Minister of Energy and Resources):It is 2.4 percent.David Shearer: Given his answer yesterday that the Prime Minister’s statements not Transpower’s were correct with regard to what has driven up electricity prices has he now gone back to Transpower to ask it why it is making misleading statements in the media?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: Yesterday I said I agreed with the Prime Minister. I still do but it is also equally possible that Transpower is right as well. They could both be right.David Shearer: Does he believe it is fair that Kiwi families who are forced to go on to plans where they are required to pay for their electricity in advance should pay up to 60 percent more or about $1500 on a standard plan given that their electricity company has already pocketed the money?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: I think it is important that there are different options and flexibility for consumers and I think that is what the prepay option should be seen as. I certainly know of at least one prepay scheme that is not charging more than that company pays for power.David Shearer: Given that he agrees with the statement that New Zealanders are not paying too much for electricity will the increases he is forecasting over the next few months force him to reconsider that statement?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: No because as I have said in earlier questions we have halved the rampant increases we saw in 2008. And all the while we have seen an unprecedented investment from transmission operator Transpower of some $5 billion. We have seen the share of renewables go up. We have seen excellent security of supply. So I think all in all we have a very strong system that we should not take for granted and that could be put at risk if Labour and the Greens were in power.Mr SPEAKER: Order!
Hayes Joanne: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16560. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]9.JOANNE HAYES (National)to the Minister of Justice: What recent reports has she received on Justice sector results?Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Justice):Today the justice sector Ministers have released the 2013 justice sector annual report. The sector has achieved fantastic results reducing crime and reoffending. Crime in New Zealand is at a 30-year low and the justice sector is on track to meet if not exceed all its Better Public Services targets by 2017. From June 2011 to September 2013 the total crime rate has fallen by 13 percent. The violent crime rate is down by 9 percent youth crime has fallen by a whopping 22 percent and reoffending rates are down by 11.4 percent. In real terms this means over 50000 fewer crimes have been committed against victims in this period. These are great results and speak of the great teamwork across the justice sector.Joanne Hayes: What new process has been developed for accessing the justice sector statistics?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: The Ministry of Justice has today launched its new online Justice Datalab tool which will enable better understanding and communication of crime statistics and safety information across the sector. There is a lot of information publicly available online but it is not easily accessible or easily understood. The Justice Datalab will be a useful tool for students journalists and members of the public generally to research crime statistics based on many variables such as region or type of offence and create graphics showing results and trends. The launch of the Justice Datalab is part of the justice sector’s desire to make justice sector information more widely available to the public and especially the Opposition.Joanne Hayes: What is one of the key initiatives that has contributed to these excellent results?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: The justice sector’s annual report highlights the success of the Hutt Valley Innovation Project as a prime example of what can be achieved when agencies work together across the sector and bring together supporting agencies and networks. During 2013 while the project was in its trial period crime nationally dropped by 3 percent but in the Hutt Valley it dropped by a remarkable 10 percent. Since June 2011 total crime in the area has dropped by nearly 25 percent with violent crime down 20 percent and youth crime down by more than 33 percent. These are fantastic results and I want to congratulate the team responsible for this project.
Carter David: Visitors — Solomon Islands—Prime MinisterText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeCarter David: Visitors — Solomon Islands—Prime Minister[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16545. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr SPEAKER: Honourable members I have much pleasure in informing the House that a delegation from the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands led by the Hon Gordon Darcy Lilo Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands is present in the precincts of the Chamber. I am sure members would wish that he be welcomed and accorded a seat on the left of the Chair and that the delegation in the Speaker’s Gallery be welcomed.The Hon Gordon Darcy Lilo accompanied by the Deputy Speaker entered the Chamber and took a seat on the left of the Chair.
Visitors — Solomon Islands—Prime MinisterText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVisitors — Solomon Islands—Prime Minister[Sitting date: 12 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16545. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Wednesday 12 March 2014Mr Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.Prayers.VisitorsSolomon Islands—Prime MinisterMr SPEAKER: Honourable members I have much pleasure in informing the House that a delegation from the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands led by the Hon Gordon Darcy Lilo Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands is present in the precincts of the Chamber. I am sure members would wish that he be welcomed and accorded a seat on the left of the Chair and that the delegation in the Speaker’s Gallery be welcomed.The Hon Gordon Darcy Lilo accompanied by the Deputy Speaker entered the Chamber and took a seat on the left of the Chair.
Vote: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16538. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the question be now put.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Motion agreed to.Part 2 agreed to.
Vote: Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16535. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the question be now put.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Motion agreed to.The result corrected after originally being announced as Ayes 64 Noes 56.Part 2 agreed to.Schedule 1 agreed to.Schedule 2 agreed to.Clause 1 agreed to.Clause 2 agreed to.The Committee divided the bill into the Customs and Excise (Border Processing—Trade Single Window and Duties) Amendment Bill and the Biosecurity (Border Processing—Trade Single Window) Amendment Billpursuant to Supplementary Order Paper 419.Bill to be reported without amendment presently.
Vote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16518. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat clause 2 be agreed to.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Clause 2 agreed to.Bill to be reported without amendment presently.
Vote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16518. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat clause 1 be agreed to.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Clause 1 agreed to.
Vote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16516. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat Part 2 be agreed to.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Part 2 agreed to.
Vote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16514. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat Part 1 be agreed to.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Part 1 agreed to.
Vote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Families Commission Amendment Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16513. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the question be now put.Ayes63New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 2; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Motion agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16500. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat clause 2 be agreed to.Ayes65New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1; Independent: Horan.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Clause 2 agreed to.Bill to be reported without amendment presently.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16500. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat clause 1 be agreed to.Ayes64New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Clause 1 agreed to.A party vote was called for on the question that clause 2 be agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16500. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the question be now put.Ayes64New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Motion agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16488. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat Part 1 be agreed to.Ayes64New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Part 1 agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16488. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the amendments be agreed to.Ayes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Noes64New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Amendments not agreed to.The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 415 in the name of Brendan Horan to clause 55 be agreed to.Amendment not agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16488. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the amendments be agreed to.Ayes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Noes64New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Amendments not agreed to.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 420 in the name of Holly Walker to Part 1 be agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16487. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the amendment be agreed to.Ayes49New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; Mana 1.Noes71New Zealand National 59; New Zealand First 7; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Amendment not agreed to.The question was put that the following amendment in the name of Brendan Horan to clause 24 be agreed to:replace this clause with the following new clause:24Section 167 amended (Issue of ordinary ballot papers)(2)The elector must identity themselves to the issuing officer(2A)The issuing officer may take such steps so as to be reasonably satisfied as to the identity of the elector(2B)Nothing in section 167(2) or section 167(2A) requires or allows electors generally to be required to produce photo identification.Amendment not agreed to.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 417 in the name of Andrew Little to Part 1 be agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16487. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the amendment be agreed to.Ayes59New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Māori Party 3; Mana 1.Noes61New Zealand National 59; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Amendment not agreed to.The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 416 in the name of the Hon Maryan Street to clause 24 be agreed to.
Vote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeVote: Electoral Amendment Bill — In Committee Speaker Recalled In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16487. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]A party votewas called for on the questionThat the question be now put.Ayes64New Zealand National 59; Māori Party 3; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1.Noes56New Zealand Labour 34; Green Party 14; New Zealand First 7; Mana 1.Motion agreed to.The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 412 in the name of Mojo Mathers to Part 1 be agreed to.
Roy Eric: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 10 to Minister 6 MarchText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoy Eric: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 10 to Minister 6 March[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16544. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The record will stand corrected. That ends the day’s business.
Lotu-Iiga Sam: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 10 to Minister 6 MarchText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLotu-Iiga Sam: Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 10 to Minister 6 March[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16544. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (Minister of Pacific Island Affairs):I seek leave to make a personal explanation to correct an answer in question No. 10 on 6 March.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there anyone opposed to that course of action? There is not.Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA: On 6 March in response to question No. 10 I stated to the House that course completion rates for Pasifika students at all levels were up to 74 percent in 2012 compared with 54 percent in 2007. The correct figure for 2007 is 58 percent.
Tisch Lindsay: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16544. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): I am sorry to interrupt the honourable member. The time has come for me to report progress.House resumed.The Chairperson reported the Electoral Amendment Bill without amendment the Families Commission Amendment Bill without amendment the Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill without amendment and that the Committee had divided it into two bills and progress on the Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill.Report adopted.
Tisch Lindsay: Voting — Correction—Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) BillText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Voting — Correction—Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16541. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Just before I call Andrew Williams there is a correction to the vote on the closure motion on the Border Processing (Trade Single Window and Duties) Bill. The Ayes were 63 and the Noes were 56. This correction is not for the bill that we are currently on; it is for the previous bill.
Tisch Lindsay: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16539. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): The member will sit. That is irrelevant. The next speaker who got to have the call was a Government member. A Labour member was speaking; the next call went to the Government member. I accepted the Government member. He moved a closure motion. I put it to the Committee. The Committee decided that the closure motion would be accepted. We have moved on. That is the process. We are now on the clauses.
Williams Andrew: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWilliams Andrew: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16539. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]ANDREW WILLIAMS (NZ First):I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. I stood as the Labour member was sitting—as she was sitting—
Tisch Lindsay: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeTisch Lindsay: Trade (Safeguard Measures) Bill — In Committee[Sitting date: 11 March 2014. Volume:697;Page:16539. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): That is not a point of order. The member will sit. [Interruption] The member will sit. That is not a point of order. The Committee decided that a closure motion would be accepted. It was voted on and it was passed. The Committee decides not the Chair. The Committee decides whether a closure motion is accepted. That is the process of this Committee. That is the process we have just gone through. That is why I have just put it and it has been passed. We are now moving to the clauses.