Questions for Oral Answer- Wednesday 17 August 2016
Questions to Ministers
1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements; if so, how?
2. MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he received on the New Zealand economy?
3. ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement regarding housing that “we take responsibility, we need to do a better job of it”?
4. METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o āna kaupapa here Kāwanatanga katoa, nē?
Translation: Does he stand by all his Government’s policies?
5. SCOTT SIMPSON to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: What announcements has she made about the Government’s commitment to the Paris Climate Change Agreement?
6. JACINDA ARDERN to the Minister for Social Development: What recent publicity does she think led to The Guardian writing an article titled “New Zealand’s most shameful secret: we have normalised child poverty”?
7. IAN McKELVIE to the Minister for Economic Development: What recent announcements has the Government made about economic development in the Manawatu-Whanganui region?
8. CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she stand by all of her answers to Oral Question No 12 yesterday?
9. PAUL FOSTER-BELL to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: What announcements has she made about the Government’s gift on the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday?
10. IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement in relation to the labour market that “if wages aren’t rising then there isn’t a shortage”?
11. DENIS O'ROURKE to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement yesterday that “the Government is very proud of the fact that it has sold hundreds of houses to State house tenants. We have seen people in their 50s and 60s enjoy, for the first time in their lives, the benefit of homeownership”?
12. JAMES SHAW to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: Will she cancel carbon credits held by the Government to compensate for using what she calls “dubious” carbon credits in order to meet New Zealand’s climate commitments; if so, when?