Questions to Ministers

1. LYNNE PILLAY to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Has she received any reports on the number of New Zealanders reliant on a benefit?

2. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s statement “if your surplus is structural as has now been conceded then you can start to address the dividend from a tax cut as well.”; if so, does that mean tax cuts are only ever possible if there is a structural surplus?

3. NANDOR TANCZOS to the Minister for Land Information: Does he agree that the Government’s South Island high-country tenure review process has seen land rich in threatened plant species being privatised?

4. GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister of State Services: Has the State Services Commissioner completed the investigation into the Public Service recruitment and employment of Madeleine Setchell; if not, when is the investigation expected to be completed and the report made public?

5. LESLEY SOPER to the Minister for Transport Safety: What recent reports has he received about efforts to raise standards in the taxi industry?

6. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Health: When did the Ministry of Health first become aware of the findings of the audit of Capital and Coast District Health Board discussed in the House yesterday, and what external action, if any, was subsequently taken by the Minister “running this show” at the time?

7. PETER BROWN to the Associate Minister of Transport: When will she sign off the rule that will impose new emission standards on imported vehicles, and when will the rule come into force?

8. KATHERINE RICH to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by the Government’s promise that new entrant classes will be reduced “to ensure that by 2008 there are no more than 15 students in a class.”; if so, will this promise be achieved in all schools?

9. RODNEY HIDE to the Minister of Justice: Does she accept the Human Rights Commission’s conclusion that the Electoral Finance Bill will have a “chilling effect on the expression of political opinion during an election year.”; if not, which part of the Human Rights Commission’s analysis is wrong?

10. PHIL HEATLEY to the Minister of Housing: Does she have confidence in Housing New Zealand Corporation; if so, why?

11. DARIEN FENTON to the Minister of Statistics: What is the Government doing to reduce the cost of accessing Statistics New Zealand products?

12. PAULA BENNETT to the Minister of Education: How many complaints has the Ministry of Education received about crèches in gyms, swimming pools and Sunday schools?

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