Questions for Oral Answer
As At Tuesday, 3 May 2005
Questions to Ministers
1. Hon PETER DUNNE to the Minister of Health: Does she believe that Pharmac's operating policies and procedures deliver
consistently satisfactory outcomes sufficient to ensure the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders; if so, why?
2. Dr DON BRASH to the Prime Minister: On what specific dates in 1999 and 2000 did she speak with the Sunday Star-Times
regarding the actions of then Police Commissioner Peter Doone during a traffic incident in November 1999, and for what
purpose did she have those discussions?
3. STEVE CHADWICK to the Minister of Health: What announcements has she made about improvements to the number of
cataract operations performed annually?
4. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does she still have confidence in her Minister of Immigration, given
that a former Iraqi official of Saddam Hussein's regime was allowed to enter New Zealand, yet he will not name him in
spite of there being a revocation of his visitor's permit?
5. HELEN DUNCAN to the Minister of State Services: What reports, if any, has he received on changes to the number of
staff employed in the public service?
6. RODNEY HIDE to the Prime Minister: In light of the statement by Fairfax Chief Operating Officer and Editor-in-Chief
that "the full story is not being told at this time and is not being represented accurately in some public statements
and reports.", does she stand by her claim that she "would have drawn their attention to the fact that the evidence was
contested."?
7. TARIANA TURIA to the Minister for Land Information: What processes are taken into account to recognise the status,
use or significance of land acquired under the Public Works Act 1981?
8. Dr DON BRASH to the Prime Minister: Was she advised by the Attorney-General that a letter had been sent from the
Attorney-General to then Police Commissioner Peter Doone's lawyer on 12 January 2000; if so, what was the purpose of
that letter?
9. MARTIN GALLAGHER to the Minister of Defence: What recent decisions has the Government made on defence spending?
10. JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: How much money was paid to Claire Austin on
her departure from the position of chief executive at the Families Commission?
11. SUE KEDGLEY to the Minister of Health: How long after the detection of the new, particularly aggressive,
Gentamicin-resistant strain of the staphylococcus aureus "superbug" in the neo-natal ward of Wellington Hospital was she
advised of the outbreak?
12. RODNEY HIDE to the Prime Minister: Did she advise the Sunday Star-Times to hang tough and continue their
investigations into Police Commissioner Peter Doone after the publication of their 16 January 2000 story, as claimed in
the Herald on Sunday this week; if so, why?
ENDS