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Cabinet Office Circulars

CO (07) 7 - Cabinet Committee Membership

5 November 2007

Cabinet Committee Membership: Update: November 2007

The Prime Minister has agreed to a number of changes to the membership of Cabinet committees to take account of the changes in Ministerial responsibilities and appointment of new Ministers that took effect on 5 November 2007. An updated list of the membership for Cabinet committees is attached for your information.

Diane Morcom
Secretary of the Cabinet

 

CABINET COMMITTEES:
Terms of Reference and Membership

• Cabinet Policy Committee (POL)
• Cabinet Economic Development Committee (EDC)
• Cabinet Social Development Committee (SDC)
• Cabinet Legislation Committee (LEG)
• Cabinet External Relations and Defence Committee (ERD)
• Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee (APH)
• Cabinet Committee on Government Expenditure and Administration (EXG)
• Cabinet Committee on Domestic and External Security Co-ordination (DES)

 

Cabinet Policy Committee (POL) [Weekly]

To consider major policy and strategic issues, including:

• the government’s budget and other priorities, including expenditure review issues which have significant policy implications
• Treaty of Waitangi issues
• arts, broadcasting, culture, and heritage issues, including Maori language, culture and broadcasting issues
• environment and conservation issues, including climate change
• other specific policy issues referred from time to time by the Prime Minister, Cabinet or other committees.

Implementation aspects of these issues may be considered by the appropriate sector committee, once major policy directions have been set.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark (Chair)
Hon Dr Michael Cullen
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Phil Goff
Hon Annette King
Hon Pete Hodgson
Hon Parekura Horomia
Hon Chris Carter
Hon David Cunliffe
Hon Trevor Mallard
Hon Ruth Dyson

Cabinet Economic Development Committee (EDC) [Weekly]

To consider policy issues relating to economic development and infrastructure including:

• macroeconomic framework, including tariff, tax, monetary policy and regulatory issues
• Growth and Innovation Strategy implementation
• business and microeconomic development issues, including compliance cost reduction and support for small business
• industry, regional development/local economic development issues, including export and investment promotion
• research, science and technology; Crown Research Institutes
• infrastructure issues, including energy, land transport, building issues and IT/communications issues
• agriculture, fisheries, forestry, rural affairs
• border control, including biosecurity and customs
• employment, labour market, industrial relations and workforce issues
• immigration issues
• land development issues, including Maori land development matters
• oceans policy/marine management
• consumer affairs issues; food safety
• local government
• tourism.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark
Hon Dr Michael Cullen (Chair)
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Phil Goff
Hon Annette King
Hon Pete Hodgson
Hon Parekura Horomia
Hon David Cunliffe
Hon Trevor Mallard
Hon Ruth Dyson
Hon Lianne Dalziel
Hon David Parker
Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Hon Clayton Cosgrove
Hon Damien O’Connor
Hon Steve Chadwick
Hon Maryan Street
Hon Shane Jones
Hon Judith Tizard
Hon Harry Duynhoven

Cabinet Social Development Committee (SDC) [Weekly]

To consider the development and implementation of government social policy and social equity issues including:

• social and economic policies to respond better to the needs of disadvantaged communities, including Maori and Pacific communities
• health policy, including mental health and public health issues
• drug and alcohol abuse issues, including implementing a comprehensive drug strategy
• disability issues
• accident compensation issues
• education policy, including tertiary education
• skills and training issues
• capacity building in Maori and Pacific communities
• income support issues
• housing
• settlement and ethnic affairs
• community and voluntary sector issues
• senior citizens, retirement income and veterans issues
• issues relating to children, women, youth and the family
• justice and human rights issues, including victims’ rights
• crime reduction/prevention, policing and corrections issues.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark
Hon Dr Michael Cullen
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Phil Goff
Hon Annette King (Chair)
Hon Parekura Horomia
Hon Chris Carter
Hon David Cunliffe
Hon Ruth Dyson
Hon Lianne Dalziel
Hon Nanaia Mahuta
Hon Rick Barker
Hon Damien O’Connor
Hon Steve Chadwick
Hon Maryan Street
Hon Mita Ririnui
Hon Luamanuvao Winnie Laban
Hon Mahara Okeroa
Hon Darren Hughes

Cabinet Legislation Committee (LEG) [Weekly]

To consider the government’s legislation programme, bills, regulations, government responses to select committee reports on inquiries and petitions, and other House business issues.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark
Hon Dr Michael Cullen (Chair)
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Annette King
Hon Trevor Mallard
Hon Lianne Dalziel
Hon Darren Hughes
Tim Barnett (Senior Labour Party Whip)

Cabinet External Relations And Defence Committee (ERD) [Fortnightly]

To consider external relations and defence issues, including:

• foreign policy
• defence
• development assistance
• disarmament
• international trade
• refugee issues.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark
Hon Dr Michael Cullen
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Phil Goff (Chair)
Hon Annette King
Hon Pete Hodgson
Hon Chris Carter
Hon Clayton Crossgrove

Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee (APH) [Fortnightly, and for Honours matters, as required]

To consider appointments policy, and appointments to statutory and other government agencies, Public Service Chief Executive appointments and remuneration policy; and the bi-annual nominations for the New Zealand Honours.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark (Chair)
Hon Dr Michael Cullen
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Phil Goff
Hon Annette King
Hon Pete Hodgson
Hon Parekura Horomia
Hon Chris Carter
Hon David Cunliffe
Hon Trevor Mallard
Hon Ruth Dyson
Hon David Parker
Hon Steve Chadwick

Cabinet Committee On Government Expenditure And Administration (EXG) [Fortnightly]

To consider issues relating to the state sector and government expenditure, including:

• State sector issues, including State sector co-ordination, IT and e-government issues
• monitoring of state owned enterprises and Crown owned companies
• expenditure control (proposals with significant policy implications will be considered by POL)
• detailed budget issues
• sport and recreation issues
• gaming and racing
• internal affairs.

 

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark
Hon Dr Michael Cullen
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Phil Goff
Hon Annette King
Hon Trevor Mallard (Chair)
Hon Parekura Horomia
Hon David Cunliffe
Hon David Parker
Hon Clayton Crossgrove
Hon Rick Barker

Cabinet Committee On Domestic and External Security Co-ordination [DES]
[As required]

• To co-ordinate and direct the national response to a major crisis or to circumstances affecting national security (such as a natural disaster, biosecurity problem, health emergency, or terrorist/military threat) within New Zealand or involving New Zealand’s interests overseas;
• To consider issues of oversight, organisation and priorities for the New Zealand intelligence community and any issues which, because of their security or intelligence implications, the Prime Minister directs be considered by the committee;
• To consider policy and other matters relating to domestic and external security co-ordination (including civil defence and emergency management).

The committee will have power to act where the need for urgent action and/or operational or security considerations so require. Decisions of the committee under power to act will be reported to the next Cabinet meeting as appropriate.

MEMBERSHIP

Rt Hon Helen Clark (Chair)
Hon Dr Michael Cullen
Hon Jim Anderton
Hon Phil Goff
Hon Annette King
Hon Pete Hodgson
Hon David Cunliffe
Hon Rick Barker