The usual ballot for Member's Bills was held today, and the following bills were drawn:
- Local Government (Protection of Auckland Assets) Amendment Bill (Phil Twyford)
- Marine Animals Protection Law Reform Bill (Metiria Turei)
Twyford's bill was covered in "In the ballot" last week.
There were eight new bills as Green MPs shuffled their pack and Labour slowly got its act together. Fortunately, Trevor Mallard's execrable Official Secrets Act for schools was not among them. Labour MP Ashraf Choudhary has a bill on airline consumer rights, which could be of interest to JetStar customers, while Jeanette Fitzsimons has one on smart meters just a week after the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment reported on them. I'll try and cover some of them in an "In the Ballot" post later this afternoon.