1. JOHN KEY (National—Helensville) Link to this
to the Chairperson of the Finance and Expenditure Committee
How many submissions, if any, has the Finance and Expenditure Committee received on the Taxation (Annual Rates, Savings Investment, and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill?
SHANE JONES (Chairperson of the Finance and Expenditure Committee) Link to this
I roto i te reo Māori, 3,681.
Is he aware that it is normal to receive about 50 submissions on a taxation bill, that it is highly unique that we have received approximately 3,600, and can he tell us, from his diligent reading of those 3,600 submissions, how many are opposed to the bill?
About 37 hours have been set aside to hear those submissioners who want to be heard, and I look forward to Mr Key wrenching himself from his leadership ambitions and joining us to hear them.
Madam SPEAKER