Questions to Ministers

1. ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister of Finance: How is the construction sector contributing to New Zealand’s economic growth?

2. RON MARK to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Police; if so, why?

3. ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement that the Wellington housing shortage is a “problem of success”?

4. CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister for the Environment: Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor that some of the country’s waterways have gone beyond a tipping point?

5. Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Police: What updates can she give about what regions the new 880 police will go to?

6. Dr MEGAN WOODS to the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration: Will he be initiating further examinations of the alleged potential conflicts of interest suggested in paragraph 3.40 of the Heron Report; if not, why not?

7. FLETCHER TABUTEAU to the Minister of Energy and Resources: If she will not initiate an inquiry into retail electricity prices, does she at least agree with the PWC report which recommends completely changing The Lines Company pricing model in the Taranaki/King Country?

8. IAN McKELVIE to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that the number of registered nurses working in mental health and addiction services has increased from 3,583 to 4,206 over the last five years – an increase of 17 percent?

9. CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she stand by her statement regarding the school funding review that “we will not be interested in how we stigmatise children, rather what we are trying to do is get the right resource to the right kid at the right time in the right places”?

10. GARETH HUGHES to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does she agree with Dr Russel Norman, who said that section 101B(1)(c) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, known as the Anadarko Amendment, was “put in place by the Government to protect the interest of big oil and to stifle dissent”?

11. Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for the Environment: Does he believe his Government’s failure to properly control increases in farm intensity close to waterways has caused much of the river degradation identified in Professor Sir Peter Gluckman’s report on New Zealand’s fresh water?

12. MATT DOOCEY to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector: What recent announcements has he made about community and voluntary group funding in New Zealand?

Questions to Members

1. RIA BOND to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: What indications of support has he received for the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill?

2. RIA BOND to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Will the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill enable about 2.7 million taxpayers who do not have Sky, the ability to watch major domestic sporting events free and on live to air television?

3. RIA BOND to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Is the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill fair on ratepayers and taxpayers?

4. DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: What benefits are likely to come from the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill if enacted?

5. DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Does he believe that the bill is “communist”, as a member of Parliament has charged?

6. DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Will the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill empty stadiums of paying patrons and deny sporting codes revenue?

7. DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: What are the implications of the Commerce Commission’s recent refusal of the Sky-Vodafone merger on the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill?

8. CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Member in charge of the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill: Who will potentially benefit from the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill?

9. CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Member in charge of the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill: How will the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill be funded?

10. CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Member in charge of the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill: What are the potential outcomes for young people who participate in the work scheme introduced by the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill?

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