Cullen Michael: Reinstatement of Business 
Cullen Michael: Reinstatement of Business 
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Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House) 
: 
 I move  
That the following business be reinstated:  
Bills 
Animal Welfare (Restriction on Docking of Dogs’ Tails) Bill 
Arms Amendment Bill (No 3) 
Child Support Amendment Bill (No 4) 
Children Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Bill (No 2) 
Children Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Bill (No 4) 
Climate Change Response Amendment Bill 
Conservation (Protection of Trout as a Non-commercial Species) Amendment Bill 
Coroners Bill 
Courts and Criminal Matters Bill 
Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill 
Crimes (Intimate Covert Filming) Amendment Bill 
Criminal Procedure Bill 
Criminal Proceeds and Instruments Bill 
Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill 
Education Amendment Bill 
Education (Establishment of Universities) Amendment Bill 
Education (Trustee Ineligibility) Amendment Bill 
Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill 
Energy Safety Review Bill 
Evidence Bill 
Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Bill 
Gisborne District Council (Alfred Cox Park) Validation Bill 
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Approvals and Enforcement) Amendment Bill 
Historic Places Amendment Bill 
Human Rights (Gender Identity) Amendment Bill 
Immigration Advisers Licensing Bill 
Independent Police Complaints Authority Amendment Bill 
Judicature Amendment Bill (No 3) 
Kerikeri National Trust Bill 
Law Practitioners (Corporatisation) Amendment Bill 
Lawyers and Conveyancers Bill 
Legal Services Amendment Bill (No 2) 
Legal Services (Territorial Customary Rights) Amendment Bill 
Manfeild Park Bill 
Marine Reserves Bill 
Marriage (Gender Clarification) Amendment Bill 
New Zealand Bill of Rights (Private Property Rights) Amendment Bill 
New Zealand Council of Law Reporting Amendment Bill 
New Zealand Day Bill 
New Zealand Sign Language Bill 
Oaths Modernisation Bill 
Overseas Investment (Queen’s Chain Extension) Amendment Bill 
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment Bill 
Police Amendment Bill (No 2) 
Protected Objects Amendment Bill 
Rail Network Bill 
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 
Sale of Liquor (Youth Alcohol Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill 
Securities Legislation Bill 
Sex Offenders Registry Bill 
Sports Anti-Doping Bill 
Standards and Conformance Bill 
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 5) 
Taxation (Depreciation Payment Dates Alignment FBT and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 
Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill 
Veterinarians Bill 
Petitions 
Commerce Committee: 
2002/177Dr Muriel Newman and 6778 others 
Education and Science Committee: 
2002/61Graham Crawshaw and 851 others 
2002/155Brian Sheedy and others 
2002/170Colin Tarr and 35329 others 
2002/172Fiona Mildon and 395 others 
2002/180Addo Mulders and 1249 others 
Finance and Expenditure Committee: 
2002/157Rod Donald and 7984 others 
Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee: 
1999/177Trevor Graeme Cullen  
2002/5Suzy Wakim and 573 others 
2002/13Joan Macdonald and 2565 others 
2002/14Timothy Jones and 1062 others 
2002/33Timothy Jones and 2314 others 
2002/37Wan Ji Kang and 640 others 
2002/38Kenneth Wang and 7296 others 
2002/39Jackie C W Orr and 1533 others 
2002/120Dr Mohammad Jabawe and 46 others 
2002/144Bruce Blades and 1020 others 
2002/151Eric Liu on behalf of the Hwa Hsia Society and 955 others 
2002/158Stuart Vogel and 116 others 
2002/163Rae Julian and Paul Martell on behalf of the Council for International Development and 13911 others 
Government Administration Committee: 
1999/239 Peter Robert Cameron and 994 others 
2002/148Brenda Wilkin and 2050 others 
2002/173Robert James Lee 
Health Committee: 
2002/162Helen Smith 
2002/178Dr Muriel Newman and 585 others 
Justice and Electoral Committee: 
2002/90John Tonson for PANIC (NZ) and 86 others 
2002/92John Tonson for PANIC (NZ) and 47 others 
2002/160Larry Baldock MP and Gordon Copeland MP 
Law and Order Committee: 
1999/54Frank Louis Miessen and 4 others 
2002/131Derek Williams and 1506 others 
2002/168Manchao Li Kenneth Wang MP and others 
2002/174Robert Cochrane Fitzgerald 
Local Government and Environment Committee: 
1999/227 Kees Bon and 146 others 
2002/21Judith Taylor 
2002/34Matthew Ross Harper on behalf of the Pegasus Bay Users Association 
2002/65Phil Evans 
2002/122Len Harvey and 1196 others 
2002/179Malcolm Anderson and 37 others 
2002/182Claire Gulman and 1452 others 
2002/183Lucy White and 3287 others 
Primary Production Committee: 
2002/171Harry Schat and others 
Privileges Committee: 
2002/175Amer Salman and Omer Ali and 724 others 
Social Services Committee: 
2002/153Margaret and Stan Lambert and 16 others 
2002/156Russell and Marion Miller and 7079 others 
2002/164Philip Lynch 
2002/166Aubrey Fitton 
2002/181Frank Moloney and 3840 others 
Standing Orders Committee: 
2002/83Dr Anthony Hochberg and 9 others 
Other matters referred to committees 
International treaty examination of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
International treaty examination of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement 
Statutory Review of the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 
Other business 
Orders of the day for the consideration of the following: 
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on an Investigation and complaint about civil court fees regulations 2004 
Report of the Social Services Committee on a Briefing from the Department of Building and Housing 
Report of the Health Committee on Supplementary Order Paper No 298 (relating to the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill (No 3)) 
Report of the Government Administration Committee on the Visit of the Government Administration Committee to Australia 20 to 24 June 2004 
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on Complaints regarding Regulation 8 of the Gambling (Harm Prevention and Minimisation) Regulations 2004 
Report of the Officers of Parliament Committee on the Appointment of a Deputy Controller and Auditor-General 
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on a Complaint regarding the limits and exclusions on Class 4 Venue Costs Notice 2004 
Report of the Primary Production Committee on the International treaty examination of the Agreement to promote compliance with international conservation and management measures by fishing vessels on the high seas 
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the International treaty examination of the Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South East Asia (1976) 
Report of the Commerce Committee on the International treaty examination of the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh 2002) and the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunications Conference (Geneva 2003) amending the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (1992) as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto 1994) and by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis 1998) 
Report of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee on the International treaty examination on the amendment to provide for cargo-only accession to the 2001 multilateral agreement on the liberalisation of international air transportation 
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Statement June 2005  
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the Fiscal Strategy Report Budget Economic and Fiscal Update 2005 and 2005/06 Estimates Votes Audit Finance Revenue and State-Owned Enterprises  
Report of the Standing Orders Committee on the Review of Standing Orders 
Report of the Primary Production Committee on the International treaty examination of the Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region  
Report of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee on a Briefing on progress in implementing key recommendations of the 1996 Transport Committee inquiry into truck crashes  
Report of the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the International treaty examination of the Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Poland for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income  
Report of the Health Committee on Briefings on the national hearing and vision screening programme and the approach to health screening in New Zealand  
Report of the Regulations Review Committee on the Activities of the Regulations Review Committee in 2005 
Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee on its Visit to Australia 22 to 26 May 2005 
Briefing report of the Primary Production Committee on Exercise Taurus and Operation Waiheke  
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the Inquiry into New Zealand’s relationship with Latin America 
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the Inquiry into New Zealand’s relationship with the Kingdom of Tonga 
Report of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee on the Inquiry into the role of international human rights in foreign policy 
Interim report of the Regulations Review Committee on a Complaint about Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare 2005 
Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Inquiry into 2004 local authority elections 
Report of the Education and Science Committee on the Inquiry into setting of National Certificate of Educational Achievement examination questions 
Report of the Constitutional Arrangements Committee on the Inquiry to review New Zealand’s existing constitutional arrangements. 
This is the first time this motion has been moved in the House under the changes to the Standing Orders and the Constitution Act. Previously what happened was that at the end of a Parliament a motion was moved to carry matters over to the next Parliament. Famously of course in 1984 with the so-called “schnapps election” that did not happen and there was no business for the incoming Parliament to pick up. Since then of course we have had that carry-forward motion successfully moved. 
On constitutional grounds I think it is far preferable for an incoming Parliament to determine the business that it will have under review. I think also however that there is very good reason for that motion to cover the business as it was at the time the House rose for the election and for the Government not to attempt to use a temporary or perhaps passing majority in the House on particular matters to remove issues from the Order Paper whether they be members’ bills Government business or other business. Indeed I understand that the National Party is thinking of moving an amendment to remove bills from this particular motion. I have to say that that I think will probably be the summit of National’s achievement for this Parliament and I trust that those amendments— 
Hon Dr Nick Smith 
: Just watch this space. 
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN 
: I think the member had better get a decent barber before he starts interjecting any further. But certainly if that is all the National Opposition can manage to do on the first day of Parliament it is showing its lack of imagination its lack of wit and its lack of talent. After all it is appropriate for this House to consider properly any bills that are in front of it—to debate those bills if the Minister or member in charge chooses to have that matter proceed to consideration by the House. It is of course open— 
Hon Dr Nick Smith 
: What about the gender bill? 
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN 
: Goodness me the member is back in action already—a sort of chirping little sparrow on the things opposite. I remind the member that once he starts chirping all the time he will invite the appropriate retaliation from this side of the House so I invite him to shut up before he carries on. I know that more senior members know what I am referring to and I am being very kind to that member by not commenting on why he behaves like that so often in this House. 
So I have deliberately moved a motion that picks up all the business in front of the House. 
Hon Dr Nick Smith 
: Losing his rag on the first day. 
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN 
: That is actually a female activity not a male one if the member had any idea at all. 
So I have moved this motion and I am sure we will face some rather silly amendments. We will face some rather silly speeches as the various contenders for the leadership of the National Party try to show what they can do as opposed to the efforts of the current leader of the National Party. I trust that the common sense of the House will reject those motions and allow members and Ministers to determine the future of those bills.