9 Nov 2016

The Day In Parliament for 9 November 2016 - morning edition

From In Parliament, 5:45 am on 9 November 2016

Energy Innovation (Electric Vehicles and Other Matters) Amendment Bill passes first reading unopposed and is sent to the Commerce Committee for public submissions; Five bills split from the Drug and Alcohol Testing of Community-based Offenders, Bailees, and Other Persons Legislation Bill pass their final readings unopposed; Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill undergoes committee stage; Resource Legislation Amendment Bill back in the chamber after ten months with the Local Government and Environment Committee; Opposition parties put questions about the Auditor General's report on the Saudi sheep deal to the Prime Minister John Key; Speaker accuses Craig Foss of using patsy questions to score points against the Opposition.