Kia ora,

the Foreshore and Seabed Bill was reported back to parliament today. The Fisheries and Other Sea-related Legislation Committee did not reach agreement on whether the Bill should be passed, so reported it back to parliament with no amendments. It appears that any government amendments to the Bill will be made via Supplementary Order papers and the legislation will be passed before the end of the year essentially unchanged.

The Select Committee Report has seven parts - an outline of issues arising during consideration of the bill; then a section with the views of Labour and Progressive, National, New Zealand First, ACT, the Green Party, and United Future. It is available online at http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/Content/SelectCommitteeReports/Final%20FS%20Report.pdf

Michael Cullen has put out a press release about the Select Committee Report which is online at
http://www.beehive.govt.nz/foreshore/recommendations/

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