Cascade of lawmaking for Parliament’s penultimate week

0:00Kia ora, Kofos Mithaho, no more kita farti, welcome to the house. With just two weeks to go, Parliament is not slowing down. Anything but. For the second time in just three sitting weeks, the government has dumped a vast collection of work onto MP's desks, and no one is allowed to go home until it's done. So this week there will again be no normal select committee meetings, and instead MPs will be debating from breakfast until midnight. Until they either pass 18 bills through 37 stages of debate, or they hit midnight Sunday morning when the coach that brings parliamentary urgency to the dance turns back into a pumpkin. In short, it's going to be a long week, and all under urgency, except for an initial and brief discussion about tax. I move that urgency be accorded the remaining stages of the India free trade agreement legislation, Amendment Bill, the local government system and providence amendment Bill, the Orangatomari responding to serious youth offending amendment Bill, and the summary offences move on

1:01orders amendment Bill. The first reading and referral to select committee of the references to Tertiti or Whitanyi, Treaty of Whitanyi, repeals amendment Bill, the reference to Tertiti or Whitanyi, Treaty of Whitanyi standardisation. That urgency motion listed 17 different bills up for debate this week, often through multiple stages. Not all of the bills are contentious. A few are supported by at least some parties on both sides of the House. Those tend to be late on the list when the pace of proceedings is likely to increase. Most of the week, though, will be spent on contested topics, like say this one. How dare the Minister of Justice get up and tell the House not just today, but yesterday as well that this is not criminalising homelessness, because if they comply and go home, they're not going to be charged. The Minister realises they don't have a home, right? Where exactly are they supposed to move on? Should they go to your house? That was from the first reading debate of the summary offences move on orders amendment Bill,

2:06which would give police new powers to issue move on orders to people deemed to be engaging in disorderly or disruptive behaviour, including obstructing businesses, breaching the peace, begging, rough sleeping, so on. In select committee, that bill was opposed by a wide array of submitters, including those speaking for police, businesses and charities, so it's unlikely to suddenly be less contentious. Another lengthy flashpoint may be the Orangatama reiki responding to Sirius youth offending amendment Bill, which among other powers will allow judges to sentence youth to compulsory military style boot camps. And a third point of heat is likely to be three bills with a shared intent, all of which were only announced to the House on Tuesday. References to to to to to to your White Tungee Treaty of White Tungee standardisation amendment Bill introduction. References to to to to to your White Tungee Treaty of White Tungee Strength of Legislative Obligations Amendment Bill introduction. References to to to to to to your White Tungee Treaty of White Tungee repeals amendment Bill introduction. Those three bills

3:10are all aimed at changing references to the Treaty of White Tungee within legislation. One removes statutory references in a number of laws, a second standardises the legislative approach to the treaty, and the third waters down the wording used to a default of taking into account. Māori language week may not have been the most politically astute time to throw this legislation onto the pile. In fact, as MPs were greeting each other in caucus on Tuesday, there was already a large protest outside parliament, including a troop of East Coast horses, and its purpose was delivering a petition aimed at the likes of these three bills. Petition of Nāti Kahununu, EUI, Inc. Requesting the House reject any proposals to remove, amend, or redefine references to to to to to to to or White Tungee or its principles in legislation. All in all, it's likely to be a long week, and a lively week, at parliament, anything but a gentle friendly stroll to the finish line. You've been listening to the House,

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