The members’ bill ballot
The ballot for three bills takes place at midday. The bills in the ballot are:
1. Accident Compensation (Recent Migrants and Returning New Zealanders) Amendment Bill – Melissa Lee
2. Care of Children Law Reform Bill – Jacinda Ardern
3. Children’s Commissioner (Reporting on Legislation) Amendment Bill – Dr Rajen Prasad
4. Children, Young Persons and Their Families (Parent and Guardian’s Responsibilities) Amendment Bill – Mike Sabin
5. Climate Change (New Zealand Superannuation Fund) Amendment Bill – Eugenie Sage
6. Climate Change Response (Low Carbon Economic Development) Amendment Bill – Gareth Hughes
7. Commerce (Code of Practice for Supermarket Grocery Suppliers) Amendment Bill – Steffan Browning
8. Conservation Natural Heritage Protection Bill – Jacqui Dean
9. Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill – Mojo Mathers
10. Coroners Amendment Bill – Hon Lianne Dalziel
11. Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (Break Fees Disclosure) Amendment Bill – Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga
12. Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 (Application to Casinos) Amendment Bill – Metiria Turei
13. Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill – Hon Annette King
14. Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill – Hon Damien O’Connor
15. Defence (Overseas Deployments) Amendment Bill – Iain Lees-Galloway
16. Disputes Tribunals Amendment Bill – Mark Mitchell
17. Education (Community Representation on Polytechnic Councils) Amendment Bill – Hon Nanaia Mahuta
18. Electoral (Entrenchment of Maori Representation) Amendment Bill – Hon Parekura Horomia
19. Electricity Industry Act (Energy Efficiency) Amendment Bill – Dr David Clark
20. Electricity Industry Act (Smart Meters) Amendment Bill – Moana Mackey
21. Electricity (SuperGold Cardholder Discount) Bill – Andrew Williams
22. Employment Relations (Protection of Young Workers) Amendment Bill – Rino Tirikatene
23. Employment Relations (Statutory Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill – Sue Moroney
24. Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Bill – Andrew Little
25. End of Life Choice Bill – Hon Maryan Street
26. Energy Efficiency and Conservation (Warm Healthy Rentals) Amendment Bill – Holly Walker
27. Environmental Protection Authority (Protection of Environment) Amendment Bill – Louisa Wall
28. Environmental Reporting Bill – Grant Robertson
29. Equal Pay Amendment Bill – Jan Logie
30. Family Proceedings (Paternity Orders and Parentage Tests) Amendment Bill – Nicky Wagner
31. Financial Assistance for Live Organ Donors Bill – Michael Woodhouse
32. Fisheries (Precautionary Approach) Amendment Bill – Kevin Hague
33. Immigration (Migrant Levy) Amendment Bill – Raymond Huo
34. Income Tax (Universalisation of In-work Tax Credit) Amendment Bill – Catherine Delahunty
35. International Non-Aggression and Lawful Use of Force (Implementation of Amendment to Statute of Rome) Bill – Dr Kennedy Graham
36. Keep Kiwibank Bill – Hon Clayton Cosgrove
37. Kiwi Jobs Bill – Hon Shane Jones
38. Land Transport (Admissibility of Evidential Breath Tests) Amendment Bill – Scott Simpson
39. Land Transport (Safer Alcohol Limits for Driving) Amendment Bill – Phil Twyford
40. Local Electoral (Enhancement of Transparency) Amendment Bill – Hon David Cunliffe
41. Local Electoral (Finance) Amendment Bill – Denise Roche
42. Local Government (Council-Controlled Organisations) Amendment Bill – Darien Fenton
43. Local Government (Public Libraries) Amendment Bill – Dr Megan Woods
44. Local Government (Salary Reform) Amendment Bill – Denis O’Rourke
45. Maritime Transport Amendment Bill – Hon Phil Goff
46. Members of Parliament (Code of Ethical Conduct) Bill – HV Ross Robertson
47. Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill – Hon David Parker
48. New Zealand Bill of Rights Amendment Bill – David Clendon
49. New Zealand Flag Bill – Charles Chauvel
50. New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Change of Electoral System for District Health Boards) Amendment Bill – Dr Jian Yang
51. Oaths and Declarations (Members of Parliament) Amendment Bill – Su’a William Sio
52. Oaths and Declarations (Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill – Te Ururoa Flavell
53. Overseas Investment (Owning our Own Rural Land) Amendment Bill – David Shearer
54. Plain Language Bill – Chris Hipkins
55. Public Broadcasting Foundation (TV 7) Bill – Clare Curran
56. Public Finance (Sustainable Development Indicators) Amendment Bill – Julie Anne Genter
57. Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Amending Primary Function of Bank) Amendment Bill – Rt Hon Winston Peters
58. Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Essential Financial Services) Amendment Bill – Dr Russel Norman
59. Resource Management (Requiring Authorities) Amendment Bill – Hon Ruth Dyson
60. Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers (Scrap Metal Dealers) Amendment Bill – Tim Macindoe
61. Sentencing (Reparation) Amendment Bill – Kris Faafoi
62. Sentencing (Short-sharp Sentences) Amendment Bill – Le’au Asenati Lole-Taylor
63. Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Shopping Centre Opening Hours) Amendment Bill – Hon Trevor Mallard
64. Summary Offences (Possession of Hand-held Lasers) Amendment Bill – Dr Cam Calder
65. Summary Proceedings (Warrant for Detention Conditions) Amendment Bill – Jonathan Young
66. SuperGold Health Check Bill – Barbara Stewart
67. Wild Animal Control (Increased Fines and Sentence of Imprisonment) Amendment Bill – Ian McKelvie
All 34 Labour MPs have a bill in the ballot.
Hat Tip: Chris Hipkins
UPDATE: The three bills selected are:
- Local Government (Council-Controlled Organisations) Amendment Bill – Darien Fenton
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Amending Primary Function of Bank) Amendment Bill – Rt Hon Winston Peters
- Income Tax (Universalisation of In-work Tax Credit) Amendment Bill – Catherine Delahunty
Fenton’s bill would define port companies (that mare majority Council owned) as Council-controlled organisations for the purpose of the OIA etc. I’m not aware of the rationale for why they are excluded, so this bill may be fine.
The Peters’ bill is to amend the Reserve Bank Act, so we have higher inflation.
Delahunty’s bill will be the really interesting one. It legislates for the $60 a week in-work tax credit to be extended to parents who are on benefits and not working. This has been long-standing Green policy, but after resisting it in Government was Labour policy in 2011. It was hugely unpopular and it will be a fascinating defining issue for David Shearer as to whether Labour keeps their 2011 policy, or ditches it. They would rather not had to decide until 2014, but this bill will force them to confront this issue.
If Labour vote for this bill, it will be a huge weapon against them in 2014. If they ditch their policy, their activist base could go even more feral, coming on the back of the sickness beneficiary comments.
Fenton’s bill may pose the biggest challenge to the Government, if they oppose it, as their coalittion partners could support it.
The Peters’ bill is unlikely to pass first reading.