The Day In Parliament (Press, 6 March 1986)

On 5 March 1986, Parliament in Wellington convened at 2.30 p.m. where Speaker Dr Wall presented a message from Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves. The message urged Parliament to allocate public funds for several pieces of legislation including the Education Amendment Bill (No. 2), the Finance Bill, the Fisheries Amendment Bill, the Hospital Acts Amendment Bill, the Income Tax Amendment Bill (No. 7), the New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Bill, the Video Recordings Bill, the Wanganui Computer Centre Amendment Bill (No. 2), the War Pensions Amendment Bill, and the Wheat Board Amendment Bill. During the session, Ministers responded to 18 questions from members. Following this, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Mr Bolger initiated a two-hour general debate commonly held on Wednesdays. The debate was then briefly shifted when Minister of Transport Mr Prebble introduced the Auckland City Council (Rating Relief) Empowering Amendment Bill. Later, Parliament returned to discuss the committee stages of the controversial Homosexual Law Reform Bill. An amendment proposed by Mr. G. B. Braybrooke from the Labour Party, which suggested that the bill only come into effect after a Royal Commission on homosexuality and a referendum, was rejected with a vote of 23 in favour to 51 against. The House broke for dinner at 5.30 p.m. and resumed discussions at 7.30 p.m. However, the debate on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill's committee stages was interrupted again, concluding the day's session at 10.55 p.m.

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