When Parliament resumed at 2pm Speaker Lockwood Smith told MPs that he had referred a number of agreements between himself and the Police and Security Intelligence Service to the Privileges Committee.
Smith said the agreements were on how the agencies conducted their work when it involved the Parliamentary precinct and MPs generally; since these agreements had to be reviewed and had an impact on MPs privileges he was referring them to the Privileges Committee for their scrutiny.
Annual reports were presented from the Parole Board, Defence Force and the Clerk of the House.
A report by the Auditor General “Effectiveness of arrangements to check the standard of rest home services: Follow-up report’’ was tabled.
Select committee reports were presented on the:
National War Memorial Park (Pukeahu) Empowering Bill by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee
International treaty examinations of the Amendment of the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Enable the Bank to Operate in Countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, and the Amendment of the Agreement… by the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Reviewing Financial Management in Central Governmentand Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Fraud Awareness, Prevention, and Detection in the Public Sector by the Finance and Expenditure Committee
The Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill and the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Bill were introduced.
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