QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER
QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS
1. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Prime Minister: In relation to the Government’s asset sales policy, does he stand by his reported comments that he has yet to see any
official advice on a so-called “bonus scheme” for people who buy shares?
2. PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: How is the Government’s economic programme helping to build sustainable growth and higher incomes?
3. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements on asset sales?
4. Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA to the Minister for Social Development: What announcements has she recently made that will support the work of budgeting services around New Zealand?
5. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement to Parliament of 8 February 2011; in particular that “The Government is building the
foundations that will encourage growth in exports”?
6. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does he agree with Molly Melhuish’s calculation that the amount charged by SOEs for electricity for an average consumer
is $265 per annum less than is charged by non-SOE retailers, and if not, what was the weighted average of the annual
total retail price charged by SOEs and their subsidiaries to a residential consumer using 8,000 kilowatt hours of
electricity compared with the weighted average of the price charged by non-SOE suppliers, according to the most recent
data?
7. JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Social Development: Will she consider reviewing benefit levels in light of recent University of Otago research that shows that the 40
percent increase in real power prices since 2002 is now a health issue?
8. KATRINA SHANKS to the Minister of Veterans' Affairs: What is the Government doing to meet its commitment to allow fit and able New Zealand World War II veterans to attend
key 70th Anniversary commemorations overseas?
9. Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister of Finance: What are the Treasury projections for New Zealand’s net international liabilities in 2016 as a percentage of GDP and in
dollars, and what is the increase in dollars from the end of the year ended 30 June 2011?
10. HONE HARAWIRA to the Minister of Internal Affairs: What is the Government doing about pokie venues operating without a licence in poor communities like Otara, Porirua and
Flaxmere?
11. IAN McKELVIE to the Minister of Transport: What updates has he received on the state of repairs of the Manawatu Gorge?
12. JACINDA ARDERN to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by her statement with regard to the Community Response Fund that “We listened to concerns that the fund
was due to finish. The effects of the recession were still being felt, so we’re putting more funding in for 2011/12.”?
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