QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Thursday, 6 September 2007

Questions to Ministers

1. ANN HARTLEY to the Minister of Health: What initiatives does the Government have under way in the food industry to improve nutrition and reduce obesity?

2. Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: Is he proud of the Government’s record on greenhouse gas emissions since 1999?

3. METIRIA TUREI to the Minister of Fisheries: Has he seen any reports or plans that propose restrictions on commercial and recreational set net fishing; if so, what reasons are given for the restrictions?

4. GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister of Justice: Does he stand by all the statements he made in his recent letter to community groups regarding the Electoral Finance Bill?

5. Hon BRIAN DONNELLY to the Minister of Local Government: Is he satisfied with the quality of evidence gathering, analysis of the issues, and conclusions drawn by the inquiry led by David Shand into local government rates, and does he believe the report adequately meets the terms of reference for the inquiry?

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

7. DARIEN FENTON to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What is the Government doing to combat unsolicited emails?

8. PHIL HEATLEY to the Minister of Housing: Does he stand by his statements reported by IRN, NewsRoom and TV3 respectively in June 2007 that he “is promising corruption allegations involving Housing New Zealand will be looked into thoroughly”, has “asked the board to look into a claim that the former Mangere tenant might have been helped by someone inside the corporation to get a house” and “says he will look into allegations that insider help was given to a tenant who managed to sublet a state house”; if so, why did he say yesterday that “The investigation that we have had has been about the length of time it has been taking to investigate allegations.”?

9. MARYAN STREET to the Minister of Commerce: What have been the outcomes of the Quality Regulation Review in terms of improving the regulatory environment for business?

10. CHESTER BORROWS to the Minister of Police: What proportion of response staff had been issued with stab-resistant vests by the end of July 2007, not including temporary covert body armour?

11. TE URUROA FLAVELL to the Minister of Māori Affairs: Kei te whakaae ia ki te korero o te Tumuaki o Whakaata Maori a Jim Mather i ki, ka raru a Whakaata Maori a nga ra rei te heke iho, a, ka raru hoki te putea i te rautaki reo Maori hou kua whakaritea e TVNZ, a, meina kei te whakaae ia, me pehea a ia e mau tonu ki tona kupu i te rua tekau ma ono o Hongongoi, ara, “e kore e iti iho te nui o nga whakaari reo Maori”, i runga i a Whakaata Maori.

* Translation: Does he agree with Maori Television Chief Executive, Jim Mather, who has described the State broadcaster’s newly developed Maori strategy as a threat to Maori Television’s future and to its funding base; if so, how will he keep the commitment he gave on 26 July 2007, that “There will be no decrease in the amount of Maori language programming” on Maori Television.

12. CHRIS AUCHINVOLE to the Associate Minister of Energy: Does he have confidence in Crown Minerals?

ENDS

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