Questions for Oral Answer- Thursday 18 August 2016
Questions to Ministers
1. ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister of Finance: What international reports has he received on the state of the New Zealand economy?
2. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: What is the total amount of efficiencies that Capital and Coast District Health Board have made in 2015/16?
3. TRACEY MARTIN to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?
4. STUART SMITH to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment: What reports has he received on the growth in the number of tertiary students enrolling in engineering and ICT degrees?
5. PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Social Housing: Does she think there is sufficient accommodation for the homeless in Auckland given that there are now people advertising for “driveway and shower” rentals?
6. JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: How many default KiwiSaver fund providers currently invest in companies that manufacture cluster bombs?
7. RICHARD PROSSER to the Minister of Trade: What advice has he received on the current status of New Zealand’s trade relationship with China?
8. DAVID BENNETT to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent reports has he received on Government support encouraging veterinary graduates to work in rural practices?
9. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Minister of Corrections: Is she satisfied with her department’s system of contracting providers and approving residences for offenders with a pervasive pattern of serious sexual offending against children, who the High Court has found are a high risk of further sexual offending?
10. MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector: What recent announcements has she made regarding community leadership organisations?
11. MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister of Health: Ka kī taurangi a ia, ka noho te rautaki Māori whāia e kōkirihia ana e āna āpiha, tae atu ki te whakamahinga o te wahakura harakeke, hai mahi tuatahi i roto i te Hōtaka Safe Sleep o te motu?
Translation: Will he guarantee that a targeted Māori strategy, including the use of flax wahakura, is prioritised in the national Safe Sleep Programme that his officials are working on?
12. POTO WILLIAMS to the Minister for Disability Issues: Did she or her office contact the Minister of Broadcasting or her office to correct their joint press release of 9 August 2016, regarding captioning of televised coverage of the Olympics, as requested by the National Foundation for the Deaf; if not, why not?