QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. CRAIG FOSS to the Minister of Finance: How does Budget 2009 help New Zealanders improve their household energy efficiency?

2. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his recent statements?

3. DAVID GARRETT to the Minister of Corrections: Does she have any confidence in the Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections Mr Barry Matthews, following recent revelations of a senior manager’s involvement in a drug ring at Rimutaka Prison; if so, why?

4. Hon MARYAN STREET to the Minister for Tertiary Education: How does she expect cuts in Adult and Community Education to “…ensure that New Zealand is positioned to take advantage of the economic recovery as it happens” as she has stated previously about the Government’s aim in Vote Education?

5. CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister for the Environment: Has he requested advice as to how many playgrounds, sports grounds and parks around New Zealand are situated on landfills where toxic or hazardous materials have been dumped; if so, what was that advice?

6. SUE MORONEY to the Minister of Women's Affairs: What work has she directed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to undertake to eliminate the gender pay gap now that the Government has closed the Pay and Employment Equity Unit?

7. Dr PAUL HUTCHISON to the Minister of Health: What has been the response to the Government’s voluntary bonding scheme for graduate doctors, nurses and midwives?

8. CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she stand by her statement “Having been on the receiving end of the DPB and knowing what it was to live from day to day and struggle, there is no way that was the future I wanted for me…That’s the sort of ambition and goals I want to bring to other DPB women” when making decisions regarding policy that may affect beneficiaries, especially solo parents; if so, why?

9. LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: What is the Government doing now to fulfil its election promise to update the New Zealand Film Commission Act 1978?

10. PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister of Local Government: Does he stand by the Government’s report on Auckland Governance that the proposed 20 to 30 local boards for Auckland will “provide for strong community representation and the ability for residents and ratepayers to influence decision-making”?

11. HEKIA PARATA to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: What amendments to the Emissions Trading Scheme is the Government proposing in the short-term, prior to the completion of the select committee review of the Emissions Trading Scheme?

12. Hon PETE HODGSON to the Prime Minister: Why did he lose confidence in Dr Richard Worth as a Minister?

Questions to Members

1. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Chairperson of the Finance and Expenditure Committee: Is the Finance and Expenditure Committee considering initiating an inquiry into banking practices, including the relationship between the official cash rate (OCR) and short-term interest rates?

ENDS

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