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The Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives is Parliament’s secretariat, providing advice and services to members of parliament, the House of Representatives and its committees.
The Office of the Clerk is an independent, non-partisan organisation providing services to the House, its committees, and all members of Parliament. It provides advice on parliamentary law and practice, supports sittings of the House and meetings of select committees, produces and holds Parliament's official records and promotes engagement with Parliament. It also provides support to members of parliament with inter-parliamentary relations and overseas delegations.
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Parliament: Oral Questions - 24 June 2020
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 12:54 pm | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: Does she agree with Auckland University School of Medicine Professor Des Gorman that not all of the 2,159 people who left managed isolation between June 9 and 16 will probably be tracked down, and ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 23 June 2020
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 11:47 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement, “we had an expectation that testing was happening in day 3 and day 12 at the moment we went into alert level 1”; if so, on what factual basis was that ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 18 June 2020
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 11:59 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in her Minister of Health’s management of the COVID-19 response, ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 17 June 2020
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 11:59 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in her Minister of Health? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all of his statements and policies in relation to the economy? GREG O'CONNOR ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 16 June 2020
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 11:31 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy and our response to COVID-19? TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: Is she confident her Government has the systems in place and the ... More >>
Building (Building Products And Methods, Modular Components, And Other Matters) Amendment Bill
Wednesday, 10 June 2020, 1:53 pm | Office of the Clerk
Have your say on the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill Parliament’s Environment Committee has called for public submissions on the Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 4 June 2020
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 11:49 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by Cabinet’s decision not to consider lifting alert level 2 restrictions and moving to level 1 until 8 June? Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation: ... More >>
Tai A Kiwa: Stronger Pacific Parliaments Celebrates Its First Year
Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 1:02 pm | Office of the Clerk
The programme was established to expand and enhance technical assistance to parliaments in the Pacific. It was established by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Tai ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 3 June 2020
Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 11:35 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic? TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: Why isn’t New Zealand already in alert level ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 28 May 2020
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 11:32 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Prime Minister: Does she agree with the Rt Hon Winston Peters that New Zealand has been in lockdown for “far too long” and needs to be at level 1 now with a trans-Tasman bubble already operating, as reported ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 27 May 2020
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 11:36 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: When she said yesterday that the Government was “using the tax system to get cashflow to small business”, what did she mean by that? KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: How will Budget ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 26 May 2020
Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 11:52 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy since Budget 2020? TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: What is the Treasury’s most recent estimate of unemployment in the third ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 13 May 2020
Wednesday, 13 May 2020, 11:57 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? GREG O'CONNOR to the Minister of Finance: How will Budget 2020 support the actions the Government has already taken in response ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 12 May 2020
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 11:41 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers JAN LOGIE to the Associate Minister for Social Development: Will Budget 2020 make our communities safer by supporting family violence services in Aotearoa New Zealand; if so, how? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 5 May 2020
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 12:07 pm | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What advice, if any, beyond the economic scenarios published on 14 April ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 30 April 2020
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 11:42 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Education: What steps is the Government taking to bring forward education infrastructure ... More >>
Submission Deadline Extended: Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 11:34 am | Office of the Clerk
The Māori Affairs Committee has agreed to extend the submission deadline on the Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill. The original deadline was 1 May 2020 and has now been extended by three weeks until midnight, 22 May 2020. The committee made ... More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 29 April 2020
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 11:41 am | Office of the Clerk
1. KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the Government’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic? More >>
Parliament: Oral Questions - 18 March 2020
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 11:56 am | Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions? TAMATI COFFEY to ... More >>
The Local Government (Rating Of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill Opens For Submissions
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 7:03 pm | Office of the Clerk
The Chairperson of the Māori Affairs Committee has opened for submissions on the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill. The bill seeks to: · support the development of Māori land · support the development of housing on Māori ... More >>
