Member's Day

Today is a Member's Day, one of the last for the current Parliament. But there's a lot of locla business to get through before the interesting stuff. First up is the third reading of the New Plymouth District Council (Perpetual Investment Fund) Bill, followed by the combined second and third reading of the Thomas Cawthron Trust Amendment Bill, and then the first reading of the McLean Institute (Trust Variation) Bill. If these go for their full time they could easily eat all the available time today, but that seems unlikely. So the House should finish the first reading of Eugenie Sage's Crown Minerals (Prohibition of Mining) Amendment Bill (which Labour will vote down rather than keep their promises on climate change or on banning mining on conservation land), and should at least start the first reading of Karen Chhour's racist Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill. If the House moves quickly it might make a start on Helen White's Employment Relations (Restraint of Trade) Amendment Bill. There should be a ballot for one or two bills tomorrow.