1. POSITIVELY PARLIAMENT
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2. Functions of Parliament
A Review
Provides representation
Provides a Government (Executive Cabinet.)– Government is not Parliament.
Enacts laws
Consents to taxation & public expenditure
Scrutinises Government
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3. Parliamentary Publications
Order papers
Hansard
Questions
Journals of the House of Representatives
Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR’s)
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4. Order Papers The agenda of the House for the sitting day.
Prepared each sitting day.
More than one version, provisional, final.
Contain information about items which may be considered each day.
Arrangement changes from day to day.
Not all items will be dealt with in one day.
Business statement lists next week’s business.
Can be found online.
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5. Parliamentary Debates (NZPD) Hansard
A record of speeches made in the House, not necessarily all of the business transacted there
Sources:
Knowledge Basket online from 1987 – 2007 for subscribers
On Parliament’s website 2003 onwards
Hard copy-several bound volumes for each Session
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6. Maiden speeches and valedictories General debates Questions Notes
Hansard- Use & Value
Speeches on Bills
Maiden speeches and valedictories
General debates
Questions
Notes
Indexes
Hard copy may be more useful for some information
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7. Questions to Ministers
Oral questions-asked any sitting day except when House is in urgency-12 each day
Supplementary questions may be asked.
Questions for written answer
Answers may give statistical, financial & other information
Some answers attached or lodged in Parliamentary Library
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8. Journals of the House of Representatives
Not to be confused with the Appendices…
Record an outline of the business but not speeches
Published initially in the Parliamentary Bulletin in an abridged form (votes in committee not recorded). Also published individually with all votes.
Bound volumes for each Parliament
Useful for locating details of older bills, petitions and papers presented
Statistical information
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9. Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR) & Parliamentary Papers
A collection of Parliamentary papers which are required, often by statute to be published and tabled in the House.
Examples: Annual Reports of Govt. Depts. & Ministries, Election results, Government responses.
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10. AJHR & Parliamentary Papers
Shoulder Numbers e.g. B6, E9.
A number by which each paper can be identified.
Consists of a letter (A-J) which identifies the category & a number.
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11. AJHR’S Up to 1999 Annual Reports of government departments
Budget papers
Select committee reports
Law Commission reports
Reports of the Auditor General
Election results
& many more
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12. Changes to the AJHR’s From 1999 - Two sequences of papers
Parliamentary Papers – include most of the papers with the numbers A-H e.g. Annual reports, budget papers, election results, reports of Royal Commissions & others.
Appendices to the Journals – include all select committee reports (I papers) and a new series of Papers relating to the business of the House (J papers) e.g. Register of Pecuniary interests of Members
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13. Parliamentary papers From 1999
All papers with numbers A – H became Parliamentary Papers (now published annually)
Select Committee reports (I) with a new series of J papers continue as the Appendices to the Journals
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14. Select Committee Reports
Initially published as individual papers (I papers)
Compendia are published each year in 3 volumes:
Votes & Estimates
Financial Reviews
All other reports eg. bills, petitions, inquiries
Not all reports are published in the compendia. If not they will be published as a separate I paper.
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