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30 June 2008
The Prime Minister has agreed to a number of changes to the membership of Cabinet committees
to take account of the changes in Ministerial responsibilites and the appointment of a new
Minister that took effect on 16th June 2009. An updated list of the membership for Cabinet
committees is attached for your information.
Rebecca Kitteridge
Secretary of the Cabinet
Cabinet Strategy Committee (STR)To set the overall strategic direction and policy priorities of the government. This committee will not be used for detailed policy development or implementation, which will be considered by the relevant policy committee once the strategic direction has been set. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Tony Ryall Hon Dr Nick Smith Hon Judith Collins Hon Anne Tolley Hon Christopher Finlayson Hon Murray McCully Hon Steven Joyce |
Relevant Portfolios |
| All relevant portfolios |
Frequency |
| Meets Weekly as required |
Cabinet Appointments and Honours Committee (APH)To consider appointments to statutory and other government agencies, chief executive appointments, and nominations for New Zealand Royal Honours, and associated policy. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Tony Ryall Hon Anne Tolley Hon Christopher Finlayson Hon David Carter Hon Murray McCully Hon Georgina te Heuheu Hon Pansy Wong Hon Heather Roy Hon Tariana Turia Hon Peter Dunne |
Relevant Portfolios |
| All portfolios |
Frequency |
| Meets weekly as required |
Cabinet Expenditure Control Committee (ECC)To control and review government expenditure to improve value for money in the State sector. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Tony Ryall Hon David Carter Hon Steven Joyce Hon Rodney Hide |
Relevant Portfolios |
| All portfolios |
Frequency |
| Meets weekly as required |
Cabinet External Relations and Defence Committee (ERD)To consider policy and other matters relating to foreign affairs, international trade, development assistance, and defence. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Judith Collins Hon David Carter Hon Murray McCully Hon Tim Groser Hon Dr Wayne Mapp Hon Georgina te Heuheu |
Relevant Portfolios |
| Defence Disarmament and Arms Control Foreign Affairs Police Trade |
Frequency |
| Meets fortnightly (alternates with meeting of TOW) |
Cabinet Committee on Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations (TOW)To consider policy issues relating to the Treaty of Waitangi, including Treaty settlement negotiations, and foreshore and seabed issues. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
Hon John Key |
Relevant Portfolios |
Attorney-General |
Frequency |
| Meets fortnightly (alternates with meetings of ERD) |
Cabinet Social Policy Committee (SOC)To consider social policy issues including health, education, and welfare. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Simon Power Hon Tony Ryall Hon Dr Nick Smith Hon Judith Collins Hon Anne Tolley Hon Dr Wayne Mapp Hon Georgina te Heuheu Hon Paula Bennett Hon Phil Heatley Hon Pansy Wong Hon John Carter Hon Dr Pita Sharples Hon Tariana Turia |
Relevant Portfolios |
| ACC Community and Voluntary Sector Disability Issues Ethnic Affairs Education Health Housing Māori Affairs Pacific Island Affairs Senior Citizens Social Development and Employment Tertiary Education Veterans’ Affairs Women’s Affairs Youth Affairs |
Frequency |
| Meets weekly |
Cabinet Domestic Policy Committee (DOM)To consider justice and law and order issues, and issues relating to the state sector and other domestic affairs. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Tony Ryall Hon Judith Collins Hon Christopher Finlayson Hon Murray McCully Hon Tim Groser Hon Steven Joyce Hon Georgina te Heuheu Hon Paula Bennett Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman Hon Maurice Williamson Hon John Carter Hon Nathan Guy Hon Dr Pita Sharples |
Relevant Portfolios |
| Arts, Culture and Heritage Archives Attorney-General Broadcasting Civil Defence Conservation Corrections Courts Immigration Internal Affairs Justice Land Information National Library Police Racing Sport and Recreation State Services Statistics |
Frequency |
| Meets weekly |
Cabinet Economic Growth and Infrastructure Committee (EGI)To consider policy issues relating to economic growth, infrastructure, environment, energy and resources. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Dr Nick Smith Hon Anne Tolley Hon David Carter Hon Murray McCully Hon Tim Groser Hon Dr Wayne Mapp Hon Steven Joyce Hon Phil Heatley Hon Kate Wilkinson Hon Maurice Williamson Hon Nathan Guy Hon Dr Pita Sharples Hon Peter Dunne |
Relevant Portfolios |
| Agriculture / Forestry Biosecurity Building and Construction Commerce Communications and IT Consumer Affairs Climate Change Climate Change (International) Consumer Affairs Customs Economic Development Energy and Resources Environment Finance Fisheries Food Safety Infrastructure Labour Local Government Maori Affairs Regulatory Reform Revenue Rugby World Cup Research, Science and Technology Small Business State Owned Enterprises Tourism Trade Transport |
Frequency |
| Meets weekly |
Cabinet Legislation Committee (LEG)To consider the legislation programme, draft Bills and regulations, and government responses to petitions, select committee reports and Law Commission reports. Government responses to significant select committee reports and Law Commission reports should be dealt with at a policy committee if they involve new policy or amendments to existing policy. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Christopher Finlayson Hon Kate Wilkinson Hon Nathan Guy Chris Tremain(Senior Government Whip) |
Relevant Portfolios |
| All portfolios |
Frequency |
| Meets weekly |
Cabinet Committee on Implementation of Auckland Governance Reforms (AGR)To consider all matters relating to the development and implementation of the government's response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance, and the transition to the new Auckland Council. This is a special purpose Cabinet committee, which will be established for a limited period of time to oversee the implementation of the Auckland governance reforms. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Nick Smith Hon Judith Collins Hon Steven Joyce Hon Paula Bennett Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman Hon Maurice Williamson Hon John Carter Hon Rodney Hide (Chair) Hon Dr Pita Sharples |
Frequency |
| Weekly, if required |
Cabinet Committee on Domestic and External Security Co-ordination (DES)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. This Committee will have power to act where the need for urgent action and/or operational or security considerations required. Decisions of the committee under power to act will be reported to the next Cabinet meeting as appropriate. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Judith Collins Hon Christopher Finlayson Hon Murray McCully Hon Dr Wayne Mapp With the addition of the Minister of Civil Defence for civil defence matters |
Relevant Portfolios |
| Biosecurity Civil Defence Defence Foreign Affairs GCSB Health NZSIS Police Prime Minister |
Frequency |
| Meets when required |
Cabinet Business Committee (CBC)To consider policy issues, appointments, bills and regulations and other matters that require decisions before the next scheduled applicable committee meeting, when other committees are not meeting. |
Membership (Chair in bold) |
| Hon John Key Hon Bill English Hon Gerry Brownlee Hon Simon Power Hon Tony Ryall Hon Dr Nick Smith Hon Judith Collins Hon Anne Tolley Hon Christopher Finlayson |
Relevant Portfolios |
| All portfolios |
Frequency |
| Meets during non-sitting weeks as required |