QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Thursday, 4 June 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement at question time yesterday that he lost confidence in Dr Richard Worth as a Minister on Tuesday 26 May 2009?

2. SUE BRADFORD to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What is the forecast for benefit spending (excluding New Zealand superannuation) over the next 4 years and by how much does this exceed the Treasury forecast of December 2008?

3. AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: What reports has the Government received on the returns on major capital expenditure?

4. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she stand by her reported comment “…we need to encourage a level of self-responsibility…”; if so, why?

5. SHANE ARDERN to the Minister of Agriculture: What steps has the Government recently taken to help New Zealand’s agriculture sector meet its climate change obligations?

6. Hon MARYAN STREET to the Minister of Education: How will cuts in Vote Education “…ensure that New Zealand is positioned to take advantage of the economic recovery as it happens”, as she stated yesterday?

7. KATRINA SHANKS to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What recent reports has she seen on unemployment?

8. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Minister of Education: What were the major cuts to Vote Education and what was the reason each was made?

9. TODD McCLAY to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: What has the Government done to support the arts in Budget 2009?

10. IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Associate Minister of Health: What international evidence has she received to suggest that banning point-of-sale tobacco advertising can lead to a reduction in the prevalence of tobacco use amongst teenagers?

11. SUE KEDGLEY to the Minister of Agriculture: Is it his opinion that keeping sows in crates for weeks on end where they cannot even turn around is cruel; if not, why not?

12. RAHUI KATENE to the Minister of Education: What progress has been achieved in honouring the commitments that the Ministry of Education made to Aorangi School in 2006, to replace the rotting buildings so that children are no longer forced to learn in cramped, damp and cold buildings?

ENDS

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