QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Prime Minister: Does he agree with the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, that: “By tackling climate change head-on we can solve many of our current troubles, including the threat of global recession”; if so, how will he respond to the Secretary-General’s call for a Green New Deal?

2. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: When will New Zealanders see any concrete results in terms of jobs saved or created as a result of last Friday’s job summit?

3. CRAIG FOSS to the Minister for ACC: Has he received the latest six-monthly valuation report of the ACC’s outstanding claims liability; if so, what does it say?

4. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister of Corrections: Does she have confidence in the Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections; if not, why not?

5. MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister for ACC: What reports has he received on what impact the shortfalls in ACC will have on levies?

6. Hon DARREN HUGHES to the Minister of Finance: What reports, if any, has he seen on the priority that business accords to investment in rail?

7. AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: What measures has the Government recently taken to lift the performance of KiwiRail?

8. Hon CHRIS CARTER to the Minister of Education: Is she committed to pay parity in the education sector?

9. Dr JACKIE BLUE to the Minister of Health: What reports has he received in relation to the delivery of Surgical First Specialist Assessments, and, what do the reports show?

10. DARIEN FENTON to the Minister of Labour: Does she agree with Prime Minister John Key’s statement on 9 February 2009 that “no raise at all in the minimum wage would have left the lowest-paid, most vulnerable workers with no increase to offset the costs”; if so, why?

11. TIM MACINDOE to the Minister of Housing: What reports has he received about addressing serious anti-social behaviour by tenants living in Housing New Zealand Corporation properties?

12. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: Did he discuss with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, New Zealand’s aid programmes in the Pacific?

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