Questions for Oral Answer - Tuesday 13 September 2016
Questions for Oral Answer
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Questions to Ministers
1. METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: E māia ana ia ki ōna Minita katoa?
Translation: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?
2. ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on how rising wages and low inflation mean more money for New Zealand families?
3. ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Has he had any meetings with his housing Ministers regarding how the housing crisis is affecting children?
4. JACQUI DEAN to the Minister of Justice: What recent announcements has the Government made regarding reform of New Zealand’s family violence laws?
5. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: Is he satisfied his response to the childhood obesity epidemic is fit for purpose; if so, why?
6. SIMON O'CONNOR to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that New Zealanders received 44 million subsidised prescriptions in 2015/16, and that this is over 10 million more compared to eight years ago – an increase of 30 percent?
7. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Is GDP per capita growth what matters most for achieving higher material living standards as stated in Budget 2016; if so, why?
8. DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Justice: Does she stand by all her statements?
9. TODD BARCLAY to the Minister of Transport: How is the Government supporting the uptake of electric vehicles in New Zealand?
10. PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Social Housing: How many of the 1,000 new social housing places she says are in the pipeline will be delivered by the end of the year, if any?
11. EUGENIE SAGE to the Minister for the Environment: Does he support a target of protecting 30 percent of New Zealand’s marine environment, including the Exclusive Economic Zone; if not, what target does he support?
12. TODD MULLER to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent reports has he received on growth in kiwifruit exports?