QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Thursday, 2 April 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all the statements he has made as Prime Minister in the last month?

2. CRAIG FOSS to the Minister of Finance: How much has core Crown expenditure increased over the past five years?

3. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Minister of Finance: Will all New Zealanders gain from National’s tax cuts?

4. SANDRA GOUDIE to the Minister of Justice: What further steps has he taken to improve access to justice following his announcement last month that the shortfall in funding for community law centres would be addressed?

5. Hon PETE HODGSON to the Minister of Internal Affairs: Can he confirm that as Minister of Internal Affairs he has met all the requirements of a Minister of the Crown as set out under “Conduct, public duty, and personal interests” in Part 2 of the Cabinet Manual?

6. Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM to the Associate Minister for Climate Change Issues: What percentage of emission cuts for 2020 will the New Zealand Government commit to at the Bonn Conference, in light of the EU commitment to cut emissions by at least 20 percent, and broadly comparable statements of intent by Australia and the United States?

7. TODD McCLAY to the Minister of Transport: What progress has been made on the first Roads of National Significance announced a fortnight ago?

8. CHARLES CHAUVEL to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: What reports, if any, has he received on the impact that uncertainty relating to the Emissions Trading Scheme is creating for the forestry sector?

9. DAVID GARRETT to the Minister of Justice: Does he agree that bail laws need to be further tightened, in light of revelations that Haiden Davis was on bail for a violent offence when he killed Augustine Borrell; if not, why not?

10. H V ROSS ROBERTSON to the Minister for Senior Citizens: What representations, if any, has he made to the Minister for Social Development and Employment on behalf of senior citizens on the future of the SuperGold card?

11. HONE HARAWIRA to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What were the outcomes of the meeting held between him and his Australian counterpart on 29 March 2009, with regard to New Zealand’s position on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

12. Dr JACKIE BLUE to the Minister of Health: What reports has he received on North Shore Hospital’s emergency department?

Questions to Members

1. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee: Was John Judge invited by him or a staff member to attend the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee on the 2007/08 ACC financial review?

2. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee: Between whom was the agreement he referred to in his answer to the House on 31 March 2009, and when did it occur?

3. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee: Did he discuss who would be invited to the financial review of ACC for the 2007/08 year with the Minister for ACC before the meeting on 12 March 2009; if so, what was the date of that discussion?

4. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee: When he agreed with the Minister for ACC that the Minister appear before the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee for the financial review of ACC on 12 March, did he do so on the basis that he understood that John Judge was the Chair of the ACC Board and that the Minister was replacing him?

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