Today is a Member's Day, and probably (this time!) the last one of the parliamentary term. First up there is a pair of private bills: the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (Trust Variation) Bill and the Trust Horizon (Trust Variation) Bill. The committee stage and third readings of these bills has been combined for speed by agreement, so I'm expecting them to whizz through. Following that is the third reading of Shane Reti's (now renamed) Maritime Transport (Lifejackets on Recreational Craft) Amendment Bill. The House will probably make it to the second reading of Laura McClure's Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment Bill (more radical ACT bullshit), and if it moves very quickly it might make a start on Lan Pham's Crown Minerals (Prohibition on Mining on Conservation Land) Amendment Bill. If that happens there'll be a ballot for one bill tomorrow.
While the last week on the sitting calendar should include a member's day, I expect there to be urgency somewhere along the line to disrupt it. So this is probably it for the term, unless National and Labour really want to vote down that mining ban bill.
