QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Thursday, 19 February 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Prime Minister: What is the agenda for the job summit next week?

2. DAVID GARRETT to the Minister of Justice: Does he accept that had ACT’s three strikes legislation been in force before their deaths, 78 lives would have been saved because their killers would have been behind bars and unable to kill; and if not, why not?

3. CHRIS TREMAIN to the Minister of Finance: Has he seen any reports about public confidence in the Government’s economic programme?

4. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister of Corrections: Has she participated at the invitation of the State Services Commissioner in any performance reviews of the chief executive of the Department of Corrections?

5. NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: What reports has she received on whether an Attendance, Absence and Truancy in New Zealand Schools survey was held in 2008?

6. Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister of Finance: What is Treasury’s most recent forecast for unemployment and when did he receive this forecast?

7. JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Energy and Resources: What measures has he taken to promote oil and gas exploration in New Zealand?

8. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Minister of Finance: What was the advice he received over the kinds of businesses and circumstances in which the Government would consider a bail out?

9. CHESTER BORROWS to the Minister of Housing: What reports has he received regarding the Shared Equity home purchase pilot?

10. SUE BRADFORD to the Minister of Housing: What changes is the Government planning to the Housing Innovation Fund and the Rural Housing Programme?

11. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of State Services: Is it government policy not to cut job numbers in the core public service?

12. RAHUI KATENE to the Minister of Housing: What steps is he taking to address the reported decline of home ownership rates amongst Māori, with the proportion of Māori who own their home having fallen from 61.4 percent in 1991 to 45.2 percent in 2006?

Questions to Members

1. CHARLES CHAUVEL to the Chairperson of the Emissions Trading Scheme Review Committee: Is consideration of a carbon tax still part of the terms of reference of the Emissions Trading Scheme Review Committee?

ENDS

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