Questions For Oral Answer - Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Questions to Ministers
1. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Prime Minister: What would do more to achieve her aspiration of a carbon neutral New Zealand:
spending $1.9 billion on the Waterview motorway project, or, putting that same money towards completing and upgrading
the Auckland passenger rail network?
2. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Minister of Foreign Affairs; if so, why?
3. SUE MORONEY to the Minister of Transport: What reports has she received on developments in Waikato roading?
4. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Justice: Is it Government policy that Government departments may not publish
election advertisements; if so, why?
5. TE URUROA FLAVELL to the Minister for Tertiary Education: How many Māori students and Pacific students currently
enrolled at a private training establishment would be eligible for Equity Funding if they attended a university, ITP or
wānanga; and what would be the annual cost of extending Equity Funding to include Māori students and Pacific students in
private training establishments?
6. Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: What are the changes to the Emissions
Trading Scheme that the Government has agreed to secure its passage, and what is the cost of these measures?
7. Dr ASHRAF CHOUDHARY to the Minister of Education: What reports has he received on public private partnerships in
education?
8. ANNE TOLLEY to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by his statement on 13 March 2008 that “in 2002 the Special
Education Service was merged with the Ministry of Education. Statistically this increased the Ministry of Education’s
staff but actually created no new positions”, if so, why?
9. MOANA MACKEY to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology: What steps is the Government taking to
accelerate the rollout of high speed broadband?
10. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Associate Minister of Transport: Does she stand by her statement that the vehicle fuel
economy standard is an important initiative to assist the Government in achieving its transport strategy goals, its
energy strategy goals, and its climate change goals?
11. PETER BROWN to the Minister of Transport: Is the report Managing Transport Challenges When Oil Prices Rise going to
be adopted as Government policy; if so, why?
12. Hon TAU HENARE to the Minister of Māori Affairs: Does the Māori Trustee support the expropriation of $35 million out
of the Māori Trustee’s general purposes fund?
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