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Question No. 5 to Minister

Tuesday 27 October 2009 (advance copy) Hansard source (external site)

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM (Green) Link to this

I seek leave to table four documents, if I may.

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

What are they?

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM Link to this

The first document is table M from the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report of 2009, which gives New Zealand an inequality ranking similar to those of India and Russia.

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is no objection.

Document, by leave, laid on the Table of the House.

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM Link to this

The second document is page 148 of the book The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, showing that more people are imprisoned in more unequal countries.

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

What was the document published in?

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM Link to this

It is from a book called The Spirit Level by researchers Wilkinson and Pickett.

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

I am sorry. Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is objection.

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM Link to this

Perhaps members might relent on page 67—[ Interruption]

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

I apologise to the honourable member for interrupting, but I say to the front benches on both sides of the Chamber that we are hearing a point of order, and it will be heard in silence.

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM Link to this

I am seeking leave of the House to relent with regard to page 67 of the research, which shows that more people suffer—

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

Is this the same document that the member—

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM Link to this

Yes. It is the same book, but a different page.

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

Leave is sought to table a separate page from the same book. Is there any objection? There is objection.

GrahamDr KENNEDY GRAHAM Link to this

The fourth document is a list of the top 11 “Countries with the Biggest Gaps Between Rich and Poor”, which appeared on www.businessweek.com on 16 October.

SmithMr SPEAKER Link to this

Leave is sought to table that document. Is there any objection? There is no objection.

Document, by leave, laid on the Table of the House.

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