Questions For Oral Answer - 31 March 2009

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: What assurances, if any, has he received from all his Ministers that they have declared all of their pecuniary interests on becoming Ministers; if so, when?

2. SUE KEDGLEY to the Minister of Agriculture: How does he expect New Zealand would benefit from any resumption of the trade in live sheep exports for slaughter in Saudi Arabia?

3. AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: What recent measures has the Government taken to put more money in New Zealanders’ pockets?

4. Hon PETE HODGSON to the Minister of Internal Affairs: Can he confirm that he, as reported in the Dominion Post on 30 March 2009, spoke at a formal ceremony as Minister of Internal Affairs about the benefits of aviation training in New Zealand?

5. HONE HARAWIRA to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Will New Zealand be following Australia’s lead in reconsidering its position, and giving New Zealand’s unqualified support for the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, thereby reversing the New Zealand Labour Government’s vote against it in 2007; if not, why not?

6. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister of Police: How many instances, if any, of police staff being caught drink-driving, on or off duty, has she been briefed on and on what dates were those briefings?

7. ALLAN PEACHEY to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology: What steps has the Government taken today to advance ultra-fast broadband in New Zealand?

8. CHARLES CHAUVEL to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does the Minister still agree with the recently reported joint statements with the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues that “We take energy efficiency very, very seriously” and “I am very keen that more New Zealanders become aware of how they can save energy,”; if so, what polices is he promoting to support New Zealanders to do just that?

9. MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister for ACC: What action is he taking to fix ACC’s financial problems?

10. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by the Cabinet Manual guidelines on advertising and if so, is he satisfied that all government advertising since the change of government complies with those guidelines?

11. JOHN HAYES to the Minister of Defence: What updates, if any, can he give on the status of Whenuapai Airbase?

12. CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Will he follow the example of Australia and change the Government’s position to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

Questions to Members

1. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee: Was John Judge invited by him or a staff member to attend the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee on the 2007/08 ACC financial review?

2. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee: Did he “agree” with the Minister in charge of ACC that he would attend the examination of the ACC financial review by the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee as a witness?

3. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee: When and how did he become aware that John Judge, chair of the ACC Board, would not attend the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee’s examination of the 2007/08 ACC financial review?

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