Oral Questions - 18 September 2018
Questions to Ministers
1. KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?
2. Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Have she and her Ministers lived up to the commitment to “be the most
open, most transparent Government that New Zealand has ever had” in respect of the process for appointing the
Government’s Chief Technology Officer?
3. Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies, statements, and
actions?
4. Hon JAMES SHAW to the Minister of Defence: Is it his intention to continue the deployments to Afghanistan and
Iraq beyond 2019?
5. Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that he would like “less of a focus on
celebrating economic growth that is driven by population increase”; if so, will he be disappointed if GDP per capita
growth figures released by Statistics New Zealand on Thursday are lower than 1.6 percent, its average since 2012?
6. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: How many KiwiBuild homes has the Labour-led
Government completed to date, and how many will be completed by 1 July 2019?
7. VIRGINIA ANDERSEN to the Minister of State Services: Is the Government working to improve and modernise the way
that the Public Service operates; if so, how?
8. Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Defence: Has he seen the quote “Does he not realise that he sent our brave
New Zealand soldiers to Iraq on a fool’s errand, and the training the Iraqi Army to stand and fight is literally
Mission: Impossible?”, and does he agree with it?
9. Hon SCOTT SIMPSON to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Is he confident the Employment Relations
Amendment Bill, as reported back by the select committee, has the support of a parliamentary majority?
10. ANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI to the Associate Minister for Pacific Peoples: What recent announcements have been
made that highlight the progress of Pacific women in leadership positions?
11. Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister of State Services: What was the date of all communications between Ministers
and Derek Handley regarding the appointment of the Government’s Chief Technology Officer in addition to those publically
released by the previous Minister for Government Digital Services and up to the time Mr Handley accepted the role?
12. PAUL EAGLE to the Minister of Civil Defence: What recent announcements has the Government made to improve New
Zealand’s emergency management system?