Resigned from Parliament with effect on 14 February 2008, and gave valedictory statement on 13 February 2008. Replaced by Dail Jones.
Brian Donnelly
Not a member of the 49th Parliament
Most recent appearances in parliament
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- Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement (13 Feb 2008)
Speech expand: "Kia orana tātou katoa. First, may I thank you, Madam Speaker, and the Leader of the House, and the whips and musterers of all parties for the effort made—in trying circumstances, I might add—to accommodate my valedictory speech. My initial plans had me ..."
- Early Childhood Education—New Centres (18 Dec 2007)
Question: "Can the Minister tell the House what effects upon the early childhood participation rates of 3 and 4-year-olds the implementation of the 20 free hours policy has had at this point in time?"
- Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2) - First Reading (13 Dec 2007)
Interjection: "Every year."
- Waka Umanga (Māori Corporations) Bill - First Reading (12 Dec 2007)
Speech: "One or two issues were raised in the previous speech that I think need to be referred to. The first one is that the member continued to use the expression “lumpenproletariat”. He actually does not understand who the lumpenproletariat are. He was referring to the lumpenproletariat as being Māori. Well, Karl Marx used the word “lumpenproletariat”—"
- Tertiary Qualifications—Reports (22 Nov 2007)
Question: "Will the Minister confirm that in 1990 New Zealand had the second-lowest tertiary participation rate of the 24 OECD countries, and that the “bums on seats” policies of the 1990s, which were put in place to rectify the situation, took us to fifth in the OECD but did not create close alignment with the economic and social needs of the nation?"