2. Dr RICHARD WORTH (National) Link to this
to the Chairperson of the Justice and Electoral Committee
What further evidence, if any, has she requested before the committee completes its inquiry into the 2005 general election?
LYNNE PILLAY (Chairperson of the Justice and Electoral Committee) Link to this
Any decisions the committee has made to seek further evidence are confidential to the committee at this time.
Can she confirm that the committee is awaiting a report from the Controller and Auditor-General as to whether the expenditure of public funds by the office of Helen Clark on the Labour Party pledge card and leaflet was outside the scope of the relevant appropriation; if so, what is the reason for the delay in the release of that report?
It is not the role of the select committee to determine when that report comes from the Auditor-General.
I seek leave to table a letter dated 31 July from the Controller and Auditor-General that notes the matters that are the subject of these questions are complex and sensitive.
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. That letter is to the select committee and has not been tabled at that committee yet, so should it be presented?
Madam SPEAKER