Member's Day

Today is a Member's Day, the second of the new Parliament - and finally, we're going to see something happen. Labour withdrew three of its member's bills yesterday in order to move David Seymour's End of Life Choice Bill up the Order Paper, and it looks likely to begin its first reading today. But first, there's some other business to plough through, in the form of the committee stage of Ruth Dyson's Rates Rebate (Retirement Village Residents) Amendment Bill, the rest of the second reading of Brett Hudson's Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill, and the rest of the first reading of Parmjeet Parmar's Newborn Enrolment with General Practice Bill. These will take up most of the day, but the debate on the End of Life Choices Bill should start before 9pm. Whether we'll see a vote will depend on how quickly the House gets through other business.

Due to Labour pulling its bills, there will be a ballot for three bills at noon today. There should also be a ballot for a further bill tomorrow. So, new bills for the House to play with!