QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Thursday, 5 March 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for ACC: Will the Government support an urgent law change to extend the date for full funding of ACC accounts?

2. CHRIS TREMAIN to the Minister for ACC: What reports has he received on “shonky figures” in ACC?

3. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with leading economist Nicholas Stern, that “the development of a low carbon economy can provide new jobs and new opportunities for innovative businesses”?

4. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister of Police: Is the Police Code of Conduct adequate for the administration of the police and the maintenance of public confidence in the police?

5. Hon TAU HENARE to the Minister of Immigration: Has he received a report into Immigration New Zealand’s Pacific Division?

6. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Corrections: Has she received any reports from the Department of Corrections on the costs associated with the passage of the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill?

7. Dr PAUL HUTCHISON to the Minister of Health: How will the Government’s Voluntary Bonding Scheme help address shortages in the health workforce?

8. SUE BRADFORD to the Minister of Housing: Does he see any opportunity to simultaneously deal with the job losses in the housing construction sector and assist the nearly 10,000 people on the Housing New Zealand waiting list?

9. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Minister of Labour: What is the status of the New Zealand Skills Strategy?

10. JOHN BOSCAWEN to the Minister of Finance: Does he have concerns about the operation of the Government’s retail deposit guarantee scheme, and if so, what are those concerns?

11. Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN to the Minister of Māori Affairs: What advice, if any, has he received from Te Puni Kōkiri on the main aspects of the Court of Appeal decision Attorney-General v Ngāti Apa (2003)?

12. JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Has he received any reports about oil production commencing in the Maari field?

ENDS

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