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APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE House of Representatives OF NEW ZEALAND 2011–2014 VOL. 16 J—PAPERS RELATING TO THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE IN THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND Being the Fiftieth Parliament of New Zealand 0110–3407 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Published under the authority of the House of Representatives—2015 ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPERS _______________ I—Reports and proceedings of select committees VOL. 1 Reports of the Education and Science Committee Reports of the Finance and Expenditure Committee Reports of the Government Administration Committee VOL. 2 Reports of the Health Committee Report of the Justice and Electoral Committee Reports of the Māori Affairs Committee Reports of the Social Services Committee Reports of the Officers of Parliament Committee Reports of the Regulations Review Committee VOL. 3 Reports of the Regulations Review Committee Reports of the Privileges Committee Report of the Standing Orders Committee VOL. 4 Reports of select committees on the 2012/13 Estimates VOL. 5 Reports of select committees on the 2013/14 Estimates VOL. 6 Reports of select committees on the 2014/15 Estimates Reports of select committees on the 2010/11 financial reviews of Government departments, Offices of Parliament, and reports on non-departmental appropriations VOL. 7 Reports of select committees on the 2011/12 financial reviews of Government departments, Offices of Parliament, and reports on non-departmental appropriations Reports of select committees on the 2012/13 financial reviews of Government departments, Offices of Parliament, and reports on non-departmental appropriations VOL. 8 Reports of select committees on the 2010/11 financial reviews of Crown entities, public organisations, and State enterprises VOL. 9 Reports of select committees on the 2011/12 financial reviews of Crown entities, public organisations, and State enterprises VOL. 10 Reports of select committees on the 2012/13 financial reviews of Crown entities, public organisations, and State enterprises VOL. 11 2012 Reports of select committees VOL. 12 2013 Reports of select committees, Vols 1 to 3 (see also Vol. 13) VOL. 13 2013 Reports of select committees, Vols 4 to 6 (see also Vol. 12) VOL. 14 2014 Reports of select committees J—Papers relating to the business of the House VOL. 15 Government responses to select committee reports Inter-parliamentary relations reports VOL. 16 Inter-parliamentary relations reports Responses under Standing Orders 156–159 Reports by the Attorney-General pursuant to section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Standing Order 262 Document tabled under the authority of the House of Representatives by Hon Shane Jones Summaries of annual returns to the registrar of pecuniary interests of members of Parliament Prime Minister’s Statements to Parliament Notification by the Prime Minister of the 2014 General Election date ______________________ CONTENTS VOLUME 16 Shoulder Date Number Title Tabled J.2K Inter-Parliamentary Relations, Official Inter-Parliamentary 27 May 2014 Relations Programme, Reports of the, 1 January – 31 December 2013 J.2L Parliamentary Delegation led by the Speaker to the Kingdom 17 Jun 2014 of Thailand, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and Japan, Report of the, 29 September – 11 October 2013 J.2M Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, New Zealand 29 Jul 2014 Delegation to the 59th Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa and bilateral visit to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Report of the, 28 August – 6 September 2013 J.2N Inter-Parliamentary Union, Parliamentary Delegation to the 23 Jul 2014 129th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland and bilateral visit to the European Parliament and West Flanders, Report of the, 1–9 October 2013 J.2O Inter-Parliamentary Union, Parliamentary Delegation to the 29 Jul 2014 130th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland, 16–20 March 2014 J.2P Inter-Parliamentary Relations, Official Inter-Parliamentary 31 Jul 2014 Relations Programme, Reports of the, 1 January – 31 July 2014 J.2Q Speaker’s visit to Australia, Report of the, 24–28 March 2014 31 Jul 2014 J.3 Response presented under Standing Orders 156–159 on 20 Mar 2012 application of Elspeth Buchanan relating to references made by Hon Pete Hodgson on 6 September 2011, March 2012 J.3 Response presented under Standing Orders 156–159 on 12 Nov 2013 application of Paora Maxwell relating to references made by Clare Curran on 4 and 5 September 2013, November 2013 J.4 Report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of 17 Oct 2012 Rights Act 1990 on the Land Transport (Admissibility of Evidential Breath Tests) Amendment Bill, presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Standing Order 262 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives J.4 Report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of 19 Nov 2013 Rights Act 1990 on the Land Transport Amendment Bill, presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Standing Order 262 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives J.4 Report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of 12 Jun 2012 Rights Act 1990 on the Lobbying Disclosure Bill, presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Standing Order 262 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives Shoulder Date Number Title Tabled J.4 Report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of 16 May 2013 Rights Act 1990 on the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill (No 2), presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Standing Order 262 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives J.4 Report of the Attorney-General under the New Zealand Bill of 17 Apr 2014 Rights Act 1990 on the Parole (Extended Supervision Orders) Amendment Bill, presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to section 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Standing Order 262 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives J.6 Document tabled by leave by Hon Shane Jones on 19 Feb 2014 18 February 2014 J.7 Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of 23 May 2012 Members of Parliament: Summary of annual returns as at 31 January 2012 J.7 Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of 08 May 2013 Members of Parliament: Summary of annual returns as at 31 January 2013 J.7 Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of 06 May 2014 Members of Parliament: Summary of annual returns as at 31 January 2014 J.7A Report of the Registrar of Pecuniary and Other Specified 06 May 2014 Interests of Members of Parliament on Request by Denise Roche MP for inquiry into the Hon Peter Dunne MP’s compliance with the requirements of Appendix B of the Standing Orders, May 2014 J.8 Statement to Parliament, Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister, 29 29 Jan 2013 January 2013, presented to the House of Representatives in accordance with Standing Order 350 J.8 Statement to Parliament, Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister, 28 28 Jan 2014 January 2014, presented to the House of Representatives in accordance with Standing Order 350 J.10 Notification by Prime Minister of the 2014 General Election 13 Jun 2014 date J.2K Reports of the Official Inter- Parliamentary Relations Programme January–December 2013 Fiftieth Parliament Rt Hon David Carter Speaker Presented to the House of Representatives J.2K OFFICIAL INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS PROGRAMME 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2013 2 OFFICIAL INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS PROGRAMME 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2013 J.2K Contents 1 Foreword 5 2 Outward Programme 7 Pacific Women's Parliamentary Partnerships Forum, Sydney, Australia 9 24th CPA Parliamentary Seminar, Singapore 22 62nd Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure, London, United Kingdom 24 44th Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference of the Australian and Pacific Regions, Canberra, Australia 40 Pacific Mission to Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu 86 Australasian Study of Parliament Group annual conference, Perth, Western Australia 88 Pacific Parliaments Seminar, Nuku’alofa, Tonga 92 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Australian and Pacific Regional Conference Melbourne, Victorian Parliament 94 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association International Parliamentary Conference on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, London, United Kingdom 100 Women in Parliaments Global Forum, Brussels, Belgium 103 3 Inward Programme 11 3 Visit to New Zealand by HE Thura U Shwe Mann, Speaker of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Assembly of the Union of Myanmar 115 Visit to New Zealand by Helen Maunga, Deputy Clerk, and Sarah Takairangi, Chamber Clerk, from the Parliament of the Cook Islands 119 Visit to New Zealand by delegation from the Parliament of Samoa 123 3 J.2K OFFICIAL INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS PROGRAMME 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2013 Visit to New Zealand by the Queensland Ethics Committee 128 Visit to New Zealand by Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, United Kingdom 133 Visit of Marianne Conaty, Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, Australia 139 4 J.2K OFFICIAL INTER-PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS PROGRAMME 1 JANUARY – 31 DECEMBER 2013 1 Foreword Each year the official Inter-Parliamentary Relations Programme provides members of our Parliament with an opportunity to represent New Zealand on the international parliamentary stage. The programme accomplishes this through inward and outward inter- parliamentary visits, membership of international inter-parliamentary organisations, and hosting and contributing to parliamentary conferences and other events. The programme provides New Zealand with important opportunities for international engagements at the parliamentary level, and for our members to develop professionally and expand their international networks.
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