Oral Questions - 30 May 2017
1. NUK KORAKO to the Minister
of Finance: How will the Family Incomes Package in
Budget 2017 help families get ahead
financially?
2. ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Did the Minister of Finance tell him that last week’s Budget cut elective surgery funding by $10 million, means the average early childhood centre effectively loses $15,000, and provides new Crown land funding for only 1,200 houses?
3. JAMES SHAW to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government’s decisions?
4. SIMON O'CONNOR to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that Budget 2017 will invest an extra $3.9 billion over four years into Vote Health, taking the total health investment to $16.77 billion in 2017/18?
5. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements on the health of the New Zealand economy?
6. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that “I just don’t think of the Budget in terms of the election cycle”?
7. SARAH DOWIE to the Minister responsible for Social Investment: How does Budget 17 support a social investment approach to Justice?
8. PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Social Housing: Does she believe an increase in the accommodation supplement will help to reduce the rate of rent or house price increases?
9. JOANNE HAYES to the Minister for Children: What recent announcements has she made regarding funding to support vulnerable children and young people?
10. CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: What was the change in real terms in total annual Government funding per full-time equivalent child in early childhood education between 2009/10 and 2014/15 according to the data posted on the Education Counts website?
11. Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: Does she agree that countries need to work together to combat dangerous climate change; if so, will her Government convey that view to the President of the United States this week?
12. ANDREW BAYLY to the
Minister of Revenue: What improvements is
the Government making to New Zealand’s tax
system?