Hipkins Chris: Commerce Commission (International Co-operation and Fees) Bill — In Committee 
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Hipkins Chris: Commerce Commission (International Co-operation and Fees) Bill — In Committee 
[Sitting date: 29 May 2012. Volume:680;Page:2635. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
CHRIS HIPKINS (Labour—Rimutaka) 
: 
 I am happy to take a brief call on this part of the Commerce Commission (International Cooperation and Fees) Bill while the other Labour speakers who hopefully are watching this in their offices—that is Cunliffe Cosgrove Huo and various others who may be watching—are I am sure on their way to the Chamber. Of course they were not expecting to be here until 9 o’clock because the agreement of the Business Committee was that the Budget debate would continue until 9 o’clock. So I will put on record now that the Opposition members are very unhappy and after an agreement that was reached unanimously by the Business Committee has been breached our further co-operation with the Government will be much much more restricted from this point onwards in proceedings. The Business Committee does operate on a unanimous basis and when the Leader of the House gives an undertaking to the Business Committee we expect that it will be adhered to. The agreement was that the Budget debate would continue until 9 o’clock so we are somewhat disturbed that that agreement has been breached and that the debate was adjourned before the time that was agreed with the Leader of the House was reached.  
I am sure my colleagues who have more knowledge of the particular clauses in this bill that we are going to be debating who are watching this and listening to this will be on their way to the Chamber at the moment. I can see that Mr Cunliffe has just arrived and I am sure he will be happy to pick up the debate after a few minutes. I will give him a few minutes to collect his thoughts and then I am sure he will pick up the debate.  
But I do want to say that I am incredibly disappointed at this breach of good faith by the Government— 
Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman 
: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. These remarks do not seem to relate at all to the topic in hand. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch) 
: I know that the member will come to Part 1 in a moment but there is a procedural matter that he is referring to and I am happy to accept that. I know that the member will come to Part 1. 
CHRIS HIPKINS 
: Thank you very much Mr Chair. I will come briefly to Part 1 while my colleagues sort themselves out. This bill basically has two parts. The main provisions of Part 1 set out the cooperation provisions with overseas regulators with regard to restrictions on providing information the arrangements regarding Government to Government cooperation and what the cooperation agreement must contain. Those are contained in new sections 99C through to 99O inserted by clause 6. Other new sections include procedural arrangements with regard to reporting on the use of cooperation arrangements conditions on providing information and the sharing of information and the maintenance of privilege.  
Those are the main provisions that are in this particular part of the bill. I am sure my colleague David Cunliffe who I am sure is about to speak on this bill—and possibly Raymond Huo who is also here—will be willing to elaborate on those provisions further.