Tremain Chris: Parliamentary Service (Continuation of Interim Meaning of Funding for Parliamentary Purposes) Bill — Second Reading 
Tremain Chris: Parliamentary Service (Continuation of Interim Meaning of Funding for Parliamentary Purposes) Bill — Second Reading 
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CHRIS TREMAIN (National—Napier) 
 I rise to take a brief call on the Parliamentary Service (Continuation of Interim Meaning of Funding for Parliamentary Purposes) Bill. 
I had a brief look at the speech I gave in the first reading of this bill. 
Hon Darren Hughes 
: What year? 
CHRIS TREMAIN 
: It was this year 2009. My speech in that debate went a little bit outside the scope of the bill because it discussed the events that had occurred during the siege in Napier and the shooting of Senior Constable Len Snee. In that speech I acknowledged the efforts of the police and I want to allude back to that in this particular speech. We had a tournament in Napier and raised a raft of money. As a member of Parliament— 
Hon Darren Hughes 
: What’s this got to do with the bill? 
CHRIS TREMAIN 
: It relates to the Parliamentary Service and the ability for us to be members of Parliament and to represent our constituents. I used the debate on the bill to acknowledge the efforts of the constables. I also want to acknowledge the recent efforts of the community in getting behind a massive fund-raising event in Hawke’s Bay to acknowledge the work of those fine men. 
This is a short bill that provides an interim definition for the term “funding entitlements for parliamentary purposes”. The bill clarifies the principal duties of the Parliamentary Service when it considers whether an MP’s expenditure was used for parliamentary purposes or for the purposes of electioneering. The bill provides a very similar interim definition to the meaning set out in the Appropriation (Continuation of Interim Meaning of Funding for Parliamentary Purposes) Act 2007 which was brought in under the previous Government as members will be well aware. 
Generally speaking the bill maintains the legislative framework that has been in place since legislation was passed in 2006. The bill preserves the convention observed by members before 2006 which is that parliamentary publicity entitlements should not be used for electioneering. As a new member of Parliament in 2005 I thought that was the case. I guess I was a rather naive new candidate when I appeared on the hustings in 2005— 
Hon Clayton Cosgrove 
: Still naive. 
CHRIS TREMAIN 
: Thank you Mr Cosgrove. When I appeared in 2005 I was rather surprised to see a raft of advertising material turn up on the hustings even though I had been counselled against using parliamentary expenditures for electioneering by Judy Kirk the then President of the National Party. She castigated new candidates by saying that we must stay within the $20000 spend we must be very clear about the way we spend that money and we must ensure that we have our campaign manager’s name on the election information. Then when I got to the hustings I found a raft of advertising. 
Hon Darren Hughes 
: We are fascinated. Sit down. 
CHRIS TREMAIN 
: Thank you very much I say to Mr Hughes. On that note I have great pleasure in recommending this bill to the House. 
Bill read a second time.