Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) — Procedure Second Reading Third Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) — Procedure Second Reading Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 16 February 2012. Volume:677;Page:565. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) 
Procedure 
Hon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South) 
: 
 I seek the leave of the House for the second reading Committee stage and third reading of the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) to be taken as one question. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is none. 
Hon DAVID PARKER (Labour) 
: 
 I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I am trying to assist the House. I do not think it has been called as it needs to be for the Committee stage and the third reading to be part of the same debate. 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Leader of the House) 
: 
 I concur with that. The Hon Trevor Mallard sought leave of the House for those two debates to be taken as one. 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: Three debates. 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE 
: Three debates. So it is the second reading the Committee stage and the third reading. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: We have already agreed to that. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: We can dispense with the Committee stage by leave of the House? We can do that by leave of the House. 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: We’ve already done it. 
Second Reading 
Third Reading 
Hon CHESTER BORROWS (Associate Minister of Justice) 
: 
 I move  
That the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a second time and a third time 
.  
CHARLES CHAUVEL (Labour) 
: 
 I confirm that the Labour Party supports the passage of the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) in the manner that has been agreed to by the House. I particularly want to record that this bill has received exhaustive scrutiny by the Government Administration Committee. It has made several amendments which I think improve the bill and make sure that it is as a Statutes Amendment Bill should be—uncontroversial and dealing with matters that are technical. So on that basis the Labour Opposition will support the motion. 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Leader of the House) 
: 
 Charles Chauvel is quite correct. An exhaustive amount of scrutiny goes on with these bills. In fact the bill would not be in the House if all parties did not agree to all the provisions in these bills. But this bill affects 20 different bills in this case. So I would seek leave that at the conclusion of the third reading debate the bill is split into its appropriate bills as would have normally been the case should we have taken a more exhaustive amount of the House’s time. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is none. 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: Further leave Mr Speaker that the bill be read by the Clerk as a Statutes Amendment Bill rather than having to read out all those different third readings. 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: The question is that that be agreed to. It is agreed. 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: The question is? 
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson) 
: The question is that the motion be agreed to. Those of that opinion will say aye to the contrary no the ayes have it.  
Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) read a second time. 
20 bills formerly part of the Statutes Amendment Bill (No 2) read a third time.