Questions For Oral Answer - Thursday, 16 August 2007
Questions to Ministers
1. Hon PETER DUNNE to the Minister of Finance: Did the chair of the Board of Air New Zealand inform him as shareholding
Minister of Air New Zealand’s decision to enter into a commercial contract to fly Australian Defence Force personnel
from Australia to Kuwait and the UAE; if so, when?
2. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Prime Minister: What communications, if any, were received by her, or her office, or her
department regarding Air New Zealand’s charter flights carrying Australian Defence Force personnel to Middle East
locations?
3. Hon MARK GOSCHE to the Minister of Immigration: What progress has been made on the Government’s immigration reform
programme?
4. Hon MURRAY McCULLY to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What communications, if any, were made to him or his office by
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding Air New Zealand’s discussion with the Ministry about carrying
Australian Defence Force personnel to Middle East locations?
5. MARYAN STREET to the Minister of Energy: What reports, if any, has he received on the benefits to New Zealand of the
Tui Area oil development project?
6. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Justice: Does he stand by his statement, in relation to the Electoral Finance
Bill, that “if a document seeks to support the election or to oppose the election of a given candidate or party, it is
within the context of the bill; if it does not, it is not.”?
7. HONE HARAWIRA to the Minister of Police: Has she been advised of the statement from Marie Dyhrberg that “the taser is
increasingly being deployed against mentally disturbed individuals”; if so, what research has been undertaken about the
long term effects of taser guns on people with mental health problems?
8. GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister of State Services: Did Dr Mark Prebble keep file notes of his discussions or
interactions with Mr Hugh Logan regarding Madeleine Setchell; if so, were these given to Iain Rennie when he was
compiling the briefing on Ministry for the Environment Employment Issues that she released on 20 July?
9. KEITH LOCKE to the Minister of Immigration: Does he agree with Amnesty International that it is unsafe for proven
Christian converts to return to Iran; if not, why not?
10. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Health: Did the Ministry of Health receive a copy of any transcripts or recordings
of meetings involving the whistleblower or anybody else in response to the Ministry’s Official Information Act request
to the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board of 27 April 2006?
11. DARREN HUGHES to the Minister of Youth Affairs: What reports has she received on the success of Youth Parliament
2007?
12. ANNE TOLLEY to the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment (CYF): Does she have confidence in
Child, Youth and Family?
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