Committees
Subject Select Committees
see also: Standing Select Committees - Special Select Committees
Any Bill sent to Parliament can be referred to any Committee of the Subject Select Committees. The Committees cover almost every topic one could think of.
They are set up by Parliament at the beginning of a new Parliament.
The Subject Select Committees and its Members are set down as follows.
Standing Orders 316 provides for the setting up and the life of the various Subject Select Committees:
Select Committees for 2007
Commerce Select Committee
- Apii Piho - Chairman
- Cassey Eggelton - Member
- Junior Maoate - Member
- Norman George - Member
- Teariki Heather - Member
Education & Science Select Committee
- Apii Piho - Chairman
- Smiley Heather - Member
- Ngai Tupa - Member
- Teina Bishop - Member
- Nandi Glassie - Member
Finance and Expenditure Select Committee
- Junior Maoate - Chairman
- Winton Pickering - Member
- Apii Piho - Member
- Teina Bishop - Member
- Norman George - Member
Foreign Affiars, Immigration and Trade Select Committee
- John Tangi - Chairman
- Cassey Eggelton - Member
- Apii Piho - Member
- Tom Marsters - Member
- Nandi Glassie - Member
Land, Local Government, Cultural Affairs Select Committee
- Smiley Heather - Chairman
- John Tangi - Member
- Ngai Tupa - Member
- Teariki Heather - Member
- Albert Nicholas - Member
Law and Order Select Committee
- Cassey Eggleton - Chairman
- Smiley Heather - Member
- Robert Wigmore - Member
- Norman George - Member
- Nandi Glassie - Member
Labour Select Committee
- Robert Wigmore - Chairman
- Ngai Tupa - Member
- Winton Pickering - Member
- Teina Bishop - Member
- Teariki Heather - Member
Privileges Select Committee
- Hon. Sir Dr T. Maoate, KBE - Chairman
- Hon. Wilkie Rasmussen - Member
- Hon. T. Vavia - Member
- Hon. T. Marsters - Member
- Norman George - Member
Social Services, Health, Environment Select Committee
- John Tangi - Chairman
- Smiley Heather - Member
- Robert Wigmore - Member
- Mii Parima - Member
- Nandi Glassie - Member
Property Law Special Select Committee
- Hon. Sir Dr T. Maoate, KBE - Chairman
- Hon. Tangata Vavia - Member
- Hon. Wilkie Rasmussen - Member
- Hon. Tom Marsters - Member
- Mr Teina Bishop - Member
Media Standards Select Committee
- Hon. Wilkie Rasmussen - Chairman
- Cassey Eggelton - Member
- Teina Bishop - Member
- Nandi Glassie - Member
- Robert Wigmore - Member
Standing Select Committees
These Standing Committees are set up at the beginning of a new Parliament and their memberships are as follows:
- Government Caucus Committee
Standing Order 359 provides the Chairperson to be the Prime Minister and its members being members of Parliament for the time being supporting the Government
- Standing Orders Committee
Standing Orders 360 provides its Chairman to be the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker (who will act as Chairman in the absence of the Speaker) and the rest of the Committee will be the Prime Minister, two other Ministers and two other Members (not being a Minister) which shall be appointed to be set up at the beginning of a new parliament. Quorum is four.
- Bills Committee
Standing Orders 361 provides its Chairman to be the Prime Minister, two other Ministers and two other Members (not being Ministers) who shall be appointed as soon as may be after the commencement of each new Parliament. Quorum is three.
Special Select Committees
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Special Select Committees are appointed by motion with names of the Chariperson, members and their Terms of Reference showing what Parliament requires of the Special Select Committee to look into and report its findings back to Parliament.
