Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage): I move, That the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to move that the bill be considered by the Government Administration Committee, that the committee present its final report on or before 3 December 2010, and that the committee have the authority to meet at any time while the House is sitting, except during oral questions, during any evening on a day on which there has been a sitting of the House, and on a Friday in a week in which there has been a sitting of the House, despite Standing Orders 192 and 195(1) (b) and (c).
