QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Wednesday, 3 June 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. CHRIS TREMAIN to the Minister of Finance: What factors were considered in preparing Budget 2009?

2. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?

3. PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA to the Minister of Energy and Resources: What assistance does Budget 2009 provide for people wanting to insulate their homes and use clean heating devices?

4. Hon MARYAN STREET to the Minister of Education: Is it the purpose of the funding for education in the Budget to help New Zealanders improve their skills and enable the country to emerge quickly from the recession; if so, does she think it meets that purpose?

5. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: Is he concerned that New Zealand’s failure to commit to a greenhouse gas reduction target at the current Bonn Climate Change Talks will damage our clean, green brand?

6. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Minister of Education: What is the most important factor the Government can influence to improve the quality of learning in schools?

7. HEKIA PARATA to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: What is the Government doing to advance its target of settling historical Treaty of Waitangi claims by 2014?

8. CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by earlier claims that the engagement of ministerial purchase advisors complied with all public service requirements for the contracting of staff and that the purchase advisors are covered by the Public Service Code of Conduct?

9. Hon Sir ROGER DOUGLAS to the Minister of Finance: Is he comfortable that Government expenditure as a percentage of GDP is set to rise from 31.8 percent in the 2007/08 financial year to 37.3 percent in the 2009/10 financial year; if so, why?

10. MOANA MACKEY to the Minister of Research, Science and Technology: Does he stand by his statement that the research, science and technology sector has received “substantial extra funding” of $128 million in the Budget; if so, why?

11. JACQUI DEAN to the Minister of Fisheries: What did Budget 2009 deliver for fisheries management in New Zealand?

12. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister for ACC: Does he stand by all the comments he made during the debate on the financial review of ACC last Tuesday, 26 May 2009?

ENDS

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