QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all the statements he made on TVNZ’s Q+A programme on Sunday 22 March?

2. PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA to the Minister of Finance: How is the New Zealand economy placed to ride out the current economic downturn?

3. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she stand by her comment that National is a Government that is “willing to listen to ideas outside the Beehive, and that’s what we’re there to do.”?

4. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS to the Minister for State Owned Enterprises: Does he have confidence in the Board of Genesis Energy?

5. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister for State Owned Enterprises: Why is the Government seeking increased dividends from State Owned Enterprises in the current economic climate?

6. AARON GILMORE to the Minister for Tertiary Education: What steps has the Government taken to help individuals pay off their student loans quicker?

7. Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for ACC: Does he stand by his statements that “if ACC was an insurance company, it would be insolvent,”, and that “we need to get costs back under control.”?

8. PAUL QUINN to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has the Government made to fast track school building projects?

9. Hon DARREN HUGHES to the Minister of Transport: How are last week’s transport announcements totally consistent with the statement in the Speech from the Throne that “of particular focus will be the development of new roading and public transport projects.”?

10. HEKIA PARATA to the Minister of Transport: What is the expected increase in spending on new state highway construction over the next three years?

11. BRENDON BURNS to the Minister of Local Government: Can he explain what he meant in telling the NZ Community Board conference in Christchurch last Friday that the new drinking water standards being implemented are “ridiculous” and under review by the Government?

12. JOHN BOSCAWEN to the Minister of Finance: Does he believe it was “necessary or expedient in the public interest” to grant a guarantee to FAI Finance Limited as required by the Public Finance Act; if so, why?

ENDS

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