According to kiwiblog it would seem at the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill’   Second Reading will be at 4pm TODAY

So there is still time to email the MPs: https://hef.org.nz/2013/please-email-the-mps-today-before-2pm/

and to ring the MPs likely to vote for the Bill: https://hef.org.nz/2013/please-ring-as-many-mps-as-you-can-today-before-2pm/

General Debate 3.00 PM -4.00 PM.

12 Speeches of no more than 5 minutes in length.

Government Bills 4.oo PM- 6.oo PM and 7.30 PM – 10.00 PM.

1. Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill – Second Reading.

2. Marine Legislation Bill – Second Reading.

3. Local Electoral Amendment Bill (No 2) – Second Reading.

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In 1877 New Zealanders lost the freedom to educate our children at home without applying for permission. Our forefathers let us down by not standing up for their rights.

In 2013, will we be the generation that begins to lose the freedom to preschool our own children, to make our own decisions about health care, or to invest our time in our families above a job?

We say NO

Let us protect the children of Beneficiaries

Because this could extend to ALL children

if this passes

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE

This is a list of MPs and their phone numbers to make it easier for us all to ring them.

I will be adding to this list throughout the morning.

Please say to  them:

We respectfully urge you NOT to vote for the Bill at the Second Reading if it contains the harmful and discriminatory Social Obligations, sanctions and work focus provisions.

New Zealand First: They did not like the Select Committee’s report but a news item suggested that they are still intending to vote for the Bill. Please target these MPs first

Please swamp the MPs inboxes this morning with emails:

Subject line: Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill

Emails: https://hef.org.nz/beneficiaries/list-of-members-of-parliament-september-2012/ copy and paste and put into BCC

 Ideas for Content: https://hef.org.nz/2013/letter-to-mps/ Please put in your own words

OR

If we swamp the MPs inboxes then the main thing to have in your email is:

We respectfully urge you NOT to vote for the Bill at the Second Reading if it contains the harmful and discriminatory Social Obligations, sanctions and work focus provisions.

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In 1877 New Zealanders lost the freedom to educate our children at home without applying for permission. Our forefathers let us down by not standing up for their rights.

In 2013, will we be the generation that begins to lose the freedom to preschool our own children, to make our own decisions about health care, or to invest our time in our families above a job?

We say NO

Let us protect the children of Beneficiaries

Because this could extend to ALL children

if this passes

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE

The Second reading is TODAY for the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill

http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7B3B73E3-47FC-456C-83D3-8BA19D6A5BAC/267014/00HOH20130320_orderpaper_1.pdf

And it looks like it is up first on the agenda if they go through in the order of the “Order Paper”

 1 Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill  67–2 12 x 10 m speeches

Hon Paula Bennett

Second reading†  (Bill contains majority amendments)

Report of the Social Services Committee presented 13 March 2013

Sitting hours 2 pm to 6 pm and 7.30 pm to 10 pm

The Select Committee’s report was presented to Parliament 13 March 2013

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2012/0067/latest/DLM4542304.html

5 year olds can now be kept home but 3 and 4 year olds still have to be in a recognised early childhood education programme

We are still analysing it – take a look at it yourself.

Please contact all MPs and make your concerns known:

ACTION STATION:

Please contact all the MPs via email/letter/phone and visits.

We are not happy with the Select Committee’s report: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2012/0067/latest/DLM4542304.html

Press Release: https://hef.org.nz/2013/media-release-21-parents-unhappy-with-select-committee-report-on-social-security-bill/

My email to MPs to be followed up with a phone call: Letter to MPs

MPs local electorate contact details: https://hef.org.nz/beneficiaries/mp-electorate-office-for-peaceful-protest/

MPs Contact details: http://tinyurl.com/cgyf98a

Email list (not completely up-to-date but useful if you don’t have a lot of time to send emails): List Of Members Of Parliament September 2012

MPs to target

We need to especially target these MPs who voted for the Bill at the 1st reading

* NZ First 8; ACT New Zealand 1; United Future 1, (Independent 1 new)

* Please also write to National MPs asking them to abstain from voting.

Please call all your friends into action to ask for this Bill to be voted down if the Social Obligations and Sanctions are left in the Bill at the second reading. We need to also ask National MPs to not vote since they are being whipped into voting for the Bill.

Second reading – sometime between the “third sitting day after 13 March 2013 and 1 May 2013

A bill can be read a second time no sooner than the third sitting day after the select committee reports to the House. Members can then debate the main principles of a bill, and any changes recommended by the select committee in its report.

Changes not supported by every committee member are subject to a single vote at the end of the second reading debate.

Changes that are supported by every committee member are automatically included in the bill if the second reading is agreed.

If the vote is lost, that is the end of the bill. If the second reading is agreed, the bill is ready for debate by a committee of the whole House.

Bills are rarely rejected after this stage.

For more information http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/AboutParl/HowPWorks/Laws/7/5/6/75639197bdff4a15b57eaaade358509e.htm

So we need to be working hard now before the 2nd reading.