Oral Questions - 14 November 2019
Questions to Ministers
1. Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and statements?
2. MARJA LUBECK to the Minister of Education: What legislative change will be undertaken as part of the reform of
the Tomorrow’s Schools system?
3. Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What responsibility, if any, does he take for the fall in annual
GDP growth from 3.2 percent in the June 2018 quarter to 2.1 percent in the June 2019 quarter?
4. Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by the numbers contained in her
ministry’s publications?
5. Dr LIZ CRAIG to the Minister of Health: What recent announcements has he made about mental health facilities?
6. Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions?
7. Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Associate Minister of Health: Does she have confidence in the Southern DHB’s plans
for an integrated Primary Maternity System of Care across the district?
8. RINO TIRIKATENE to the Associate Minister of Housing (Māori Housing): Has the papakāinga housing programme
improved outcomes for whānau; if so, how?
9. Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all his statements and actions in relation to the
Fees Free policy?
10. JAMI-LEE ROSS to the Minister of Police: How many new sworn constabulary police staff have been deployed to the
Counties Manukau Police District since 1 November 2017, and how many additional sworn constabulary police staff are
estimated to be deployed to this district by 31 December 2020?
11. DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Forestry: What recent reports has he seen about whole farm conversions to
forestry?
12. TODD MULLER to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by all his statements in his opinion piece titled “No
threat to farming from forestry” in the Rural News on 13 November 2019?