Questions to Ministers

1. SUE KEDGLEY to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in her Minister of Consumer Affairs, given Sunday’s press statement from that Minister rejecting the Green Party’s call for mandatory Country of Origin Labelling of single component foods; if so, why?

2. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: What steps did she take when the Acting State Services Commissioner, Iain Rennie, advised her office that former Minister David Benson-Pope had told Hugh Logan that he would “likely be less free and frank in meetings” with Madeleine Setchell, and when did David Benson-Pope advise her that was indeed what he had said?

3. RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What reports has he received on the reduction in unemployment-related expenditure?

4. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister for the Environment: Does he have confidence in the chief executive of the Ministry for the Environment; if not, why not?

5. H V ROSS ROBERTSON to the Minister of Defence: What further reports has he received on New Zealand committing troops to Iraq?

6. GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister of State Services: What actions, if any, are being taken by the State Services Commission in light of the statement by the Prime Minister she was “unhappy” that Ministry for the Environment chief executive Hugh Logan had not disclosed the full extent of his conversation with the Minister for the Environment about the appointment of a Ministry communications manager?

7. DARIEN FENTON to the Minister of Housing: What reports has he received about support for Housing New Zealand’s flagship affordable housing development at Hobsonville?

8. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Justice: What is the definition of “publication”, in relation to an advertisement, under clause 4 of the Electoral Finance Bill?

9. TE URUROA FLAVELL to the Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: He aha ta te Minita ka mahi, whai muri i te kupu whakatuturu a te Taraipiunara o Waitangi i te tahi o Here-turi-koka 2007, e kore e taea e ia te tautoko te whakataunga a Te Arawa e ai ki tona ahua o naianei, otira, ki ta ratau tutohutanga hoki e ki nei, hikia mo tetahi wa te whakataunga kei te whakatakotoria e ratau, kia puta rano tera ka hua mai i tetahi wananga whakatau aratohu, mo te tohatoha i nga whenua ngaherehere a te Karauna?

- Translation: What action is the Minister taking following the Waitangi Tribunal’s definitive statement of 1 August 2007, that it could not endorse the Te Arawa settlement in its current form, leading to their recommendation that the proposed settlement be delayed, pending the outcome of a forum to decide on high level guidelines for the allocation of Crown forest lands?

10. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Health: Which hospitals in New Zealand are meeting all three of the Government’s triage benchmarks for safe and timely treatment of emergency department patients?

11. GORDON COPELAND to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does the Government have any plans to address the issues of fatherhood, marriage preparation and marriage enrichment to ensure that more children are raised in a safe, loving and caring home?

12. Dr the Hon LOCKWOOD SMITH to the Minister of Immigration: Will he give an assurance that foreign workers in New Zealand under the Recognised Seasonal Employer policy will enjoy the same conditions as New Zealand workers?

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