QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Wednesday, 25 July 2007

Questions to Ministers

1. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement that one of the aims of her Government is “to restore public confidence in the political integrity of Parliament”; if so, does she believe that guarding the political neutrality of the public service is an important part of achieving of that aim?

2. RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER to the Minister for Economic Development: What is the Government doing to support the global competitiveness of the pipfruit industry?

3. GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister for the Environment: How many phone calls occurred between his political advisor Steve Hurring and the chief executive of the Ministry for the Environment regarding the employment of Madeleine Setchell as Communications Manager for the Ministry, and on what dates did those calls occur?

4. Hon BRIAN DONNELLY to the Minister for Tertiary Education: Is there a need within the tertiary institutional framework for a category of a dual purpose institution which would simultaneously have the characteristics of a polytechnic and a university and which focuses upon applied research?

5. SIMON POWER to the Minister of Corrections: Does he have confidence in his department; if so, why?

6. TARIANA TURIA to the Deputy Prime Minister: He aha tona whakautu ki tetahi tono o na noa nei mo te Ture Takutai Moana, ara, i takarepa te hatepe mo te whakaae a Te Kooti Matua kia tono te Maori meina kei a ratau te mana i aukatihia i raro i tetahi hanganga ture na te Pirimia i whakahau i te wa e rangirua ana ona whakaaro?

* Translation: What response does he have to the recent claim, regarding the Foreshore and Seabed Act, “that the process that saw a High Court decision to allow Maori to legally test their claims to ownership blocked by legislation promoted by a rattled Prime Minister, was flawed”?

7. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement of last week regarding the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, “Mr Hausmann’s potential conflict of interest was known at the time of his appointment and was recorded from the outset”; if so, what was that potential conflict of interest?

8. MARYAN STREET to the Minister of Health: Has he received any reports on the success of the Breastscreen Aotearoa programme?

9. Dr PAUL HUTCHISON to the Minister for Tertiary Education: Why has he introduced an Education (Tertiary Reforms) Amendment Bill, when in 2002 Hon Steve Maharey, on the passage of the previous reforms, said “These reforms represent the culmination of the government’s promise to overhaul our tertiary education and training systems.”, and what has changed?

10. RODNEY HIDE to the Minister of Finance: Is he satisfied with the performance of Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard; if so, why?

11. TIM GROSER to the Minister of Trade: What progress, if any, has he made in the decades-long dispute to allow the importation of New Zealand apples into Australia?

12. STEVE CHADWICK to the Minister of Conservation: What contribution is the conservation estate making to New Zealand’s efforts to offset carbon emissions?

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