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APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE House of Representatives OF NEW ZEALAND 2011–2014 VOL. 14 I—REPORTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF SELECT COMMITTEES 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 14 Shoulder Date Number Title Tabled I.22C 2014 Reports of select committees, April 2015 – I. 22C 2014 Reports of select committees Fiftieth Parliament April 2015 I. 22C Contents Commerce Interim report on the Accounting Infrastructure Reform Bill (180-1) 30 Jan 14 13 Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law Reform Bill (104-2) 17 Mar 14 21 Accounting Infrastructure Reform Bill (180-2) 20 May 14 41 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Discussion Paper: Learning from public entities' use of social media, June 2013 23 May 14 49 Interim report on the 2012/13 financial review of the Commerce Commission 9 Apr 14 53 Energy (Fuels, Levies, and References) Amendment Bill (170-2) 1 Jul 14 79 Petition 2011/76 of Ben Dowdle on behalf of Unmask Palm Oil 25 Jul 14 83 Education and Science Petition 2008/139 of Judy Taligalu McFall-McCaffery and John McCaffery, and 6,686 others 6 Mar 14 87 Industry Training and Apprenticeships Amendment Bill (151-2) 7 Mar 14 89 Briefing from Science New Zealand 17 Apr 14 95 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Schools: Results of the 2012 audits 26 Jun 14 97 Education Amendment Bill (No 2) (193-2) 14 Jul 14 99 * Inquiry into engaging parents in the education of their children (I.2C) 31 Jul 14 Finance and Expenditure * Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Statement, December 2013 (I.3M) 5 Feb 14 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Central Government: Results of the 2012/13 audits (Volume 1) 13 Feb 14 113 * Budget policy statement 2014 and Half-year economic and fiscal update, December 2013 (I.3N) 6 Mar 14 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Earthquake Commission: Managing the Canterbury Home Repair Programme 13 Mar 14 115 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Effectiveness and efficiency of arrangements to repair pipes and roads in Christchurch 13 Mar 14 117 Standard Estimates Questionnaire 2014/15 13 Mar 14 119 * Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Statement, March 2014 (I.3O) 14 Apr 14 I. 22C Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances, and Remedial Matters) Bill (176-2) 14 Apr 14 127 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, The Auditor-General's Auditing Standards 2014 17 Apr 14 147 Petition 2011/101 of Penelope Mary Bright and 13 others 15 May 14 149 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Central Government: Results of the 2012/13 audits (Volume 2) 15 May 14 151 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Draft Annual Plan 2014/15 (including the Auditor-General's proposed work programme for 2014/15) 29 May 14 153 Whole of government directions regarding procurement, ICT, and property functional leadership 29 May 14 159 * Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Financial Stability Report, May 2014 (I.3P) 30 May 14 Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the year ending 30 June 2014 19 Jun 14 165 * Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Monetary Policy Statement, June 2014 (I.3Q) 30 Jun 14 Petition 2011/28 of Roy Reid on behalf of Grey Power Federation New Zealand 3 Jul 14 167 Petition 2011/78 of Deidre Kent and 877 others 3 Jul 14 169 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Maintaining a future focus in governing Crown-owned companies, February 2014 24 Jul 14 175 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Reflections from our audits: Our future needs - is the public sector ready? 24 Jul 14 181 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, Watercare Services Limited: Review of service performance 24 Jul 14 187 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Bill (166-2) 30 Jul 14 191 Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence International treaty examination of the Agreement between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of the United States of America on Enhancing Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Crime 31 Jan 14 197 Petition 2011/86 of Chris Hipkins 31 Jan 14 207 International treaty examination of the Minamata Convention on Mercury 14 Mar 14 211 International treaty examination of the Arms Trade Treaty 3 Jul 14 247 Petition 2011/108 of Virginia Woolf 25 Jul 14 259 Petition 2011/111 of Joshua Orion Leenhouwers 25 Jul 14 261 I. 22C International treaty examination of the Instrument amending the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union, Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Guadalajara, 2010) 28 Jul 14 263 International treaty examination of the International Telecommunication Union, Provisional Final Acts World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12), Geneva, 23 January - 17 February 2012 28 Jul 14 271 International treaty examination of the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education 28 Jul 14 279 Petition 2011/123 Bev Watson on behalf of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand 4 Aug 14 285 Petition 2011/31 of John Stansfield 4 Aug 14 287 Report from the Controller and Auditor-General, New Zealand Defence Force: Progress with the Defence Sustainability Initiative 4 Aug 14 289 Government Administration Special report on a matter relating to the 2012/13 financial review of the Department of Internal Affairs 20 Feb 14 291 Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill (13-1) 28 Feb 14 295 Report from the Chief Ombudsman, Information fault lines, Accessing EQC Information in Canterbury, A joint report of the Chief Ombudsman and the Privacy Commissioner into the Earthquake Commission's handling of information requests in Canterbury 14 May 14 301 * Inquiry into the accessibility of services to Parliament (I.5B) 28 May 14 Petition 2011/97 of Kyle Lockwood 29 May 14 309 Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4) (188-2) 29 Jul 14 313 Health Briefing on matters relating to the Inquiry into improving child health outcomes and preventing child abuse with a focus from preconception until 3 years of age 17 Apr 14 317 Petition 2011/41 of William Joseph Rea 9 May 14 323 2012/13 financial review of the Southern District Health Board 29 May 14 329 Briefing from His Excellency Khin Aung Myint, Speaker of the Upper House, Myanmar Parliament 29 May 14 335 Petition 2011/79 of Rae Reynolds and 276 others 29 May 14 337 Petition 2011/85 of Cynthia Bowers and 1,035 others 29 May 14 339 Petition 2011/89 of Neil Pluck on behalf of the Rakaia Community Association 29 May 14 341 I. 22C Petition 2011/99 of Shayne Jeffares on behalf of Together Napier 29 May 14 343 Petition 2011/88 of Sym Gardiner 30 May 14 345 Petition 2011/98 of Carrie Hetherington 30 May 14 349 Briefing on English language proficiency tests with reference to non- English speaking health professionals seeking registration in
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