QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. CRAIG FOSS to the Minister of Finance: How will Budget 2009 address commitments that were made but not funded in Budget 2008?

2. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: Does he believe all members of his Government are handling conflicts of interest appropriately?

3. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Minister of Transport: Does he agree with Paul Mees, a senior lecturer in transport planning, who is reported as saying that Auckland has spent 50 years putting all its eggs in the motorway basket and that “in Auckland you’d think it was the 1950s, from the way the road lobby and the Government carry on”?

4. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What consultation was carried out before the appointment of Christine Rankin to the Families Commission?

5. PAUL QUINN to the Minister of Health: What decisions have been made by the Government in relation to hospital building developments?

6. Hon DARREN HUGHES to the Minister of Transport: What are his concerns about the impact on the community affected by the decision not to proceed with the previously announced tunnel option for the Waterview Connection?

7. CHRIS AUCHINVOLE to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Will Budget 2009 contain any measures to encourage oil and gas exploration in New Zealand waters; if so, what are those measures?

8. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Minister of Finance: What reports, if any, has he received on international economic developments?

9. COLIN KING to the Minister of Agriculture: What recent reports has he received on the New Zealand dairy industry?

10. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she believe it is her department’s responsibility to carry out Government policy?

11. AARON GILMORE to the Minister of Energy and Resources: What is the Government doing to strengthen the national electricity grid?

12. PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister of Local Government: What reports has he received on the financial effect on ratepayers of the Government’s decisions on Auckland governance?

Questions to Members

1. Hon GEORGE HAWKINS to the Chairperson of the Local Government and Environment Committee: Can he confirm that the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill is currently being considered by the committee?

2. Hon GEORGE HAWKINS to the Chairperson of the Local Government and Environment Committee: What is the report-back date for the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill?

3. CAROL BEAUMONT to the Member in charge of the Minimum Wage and Remuneration Amendment Bill: What is the current status of the Minimum Wage and Remuneration Amendment Bill?

4. CAROL BEAUMONT to the Member in charge of the Minimum Wage and Remuneration Amendment Bill: Why did she introduce Supplementary Order Paper No 13 on this bill?

5. Hon SHANE JONES to the Member in charge of the Regulatory Responsibility Bill: Does his bill increase the rigour of the Regulatory Impact Assessment process that is conducted before Government legislation is introduced to the House?

ENDS

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