When Parliament resumed at 2pm a petitions and select committee reports were presented.
The petition asked Parliament to legislate so the parent of a woman aged under 16 has the right to be informed of her pregnancy and any medical procedure require their consent.
Select committee reports were presented on the:
Petition 2011/0067 of Margi Martin, Amanda Austrin, and 31 others, and the Briefing from the Ministry for the Environment on the Management of Contaminated Sites by the Local Government and Environment Committee
Report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, On a Pathway to Extinction? An Investigation into the Status and Management of the Longfin Eel, Update Report by the Local Government and Environment Committee
Briefing on the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards by the Primary Production Committee
International treaty examination of the Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the Republic of Korea by the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Ministry for Primary Industries: Managing the Primary Growth Partnership by the Primary Production Committee
Petition 2011/0093 of Gary Williams MNZM, and Petition 2011/0094 of Felicity Emmett and 278 others by the Local Government and Environment Committee
MPs began Question Time.
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