QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon PHIL GOFF to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement that “we have actually delivered a Budget that saw a credit rating upgrade in New Zealand”?

2. PESETA SAM LOTU-IIGA to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on economic imbalances inherited by this Government?

3. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What steps is this Government taking to address the growing number of people who are now unemployed?

4. AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he seen on the affordability of current entitlements to New Zealand Superannuation?

5. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that “We made it clear right through with the banks that with taxpayers supporting them and their depositors and their overseas borrowing, we expect that they will give borrowers a fair go”?

6. MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Has he received any reports that the Government’s Warm Up New Zealand home insulation scheme is helping to create jobs?

7. Hon RUTH DYSON to the Minister for Food Safety: What scientific evidence is she using to support any decision to defer the mandatory addition of folic acid in bread as planned under the joint trans-Tasman food standards?

8. Dr RUSSEL NORMAN to the Minister of Finance: Has he received any advice that would lead him to question that all banks operating in New Zealand are acting responsibly?

9. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of State Services: Is it Government policy to privatise the delivery of public services?

10. NICKY WAGNER to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: What effort has the Government made to engage with the public on reducing New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and the setting of a target for 2020, to help conclude a global agreement at the Copenhagen Conference in December?

11. KELVIN DAVIS to the Minister of Māori Affairs: What are his priorities for Māori development?

12. DAVID BENNETT to the Minister of Transport: What progress has been made on advancing the Victoria Park road of national significance?

Questions to Members

1. Hon MARYAN STREET to the Chairperson of the Education and Science Committee: Is the question of considering whether to forward a supplementary question on the Estimates for 2009/10 relating to advice the Ministry of Education or Tertiary Education Commission provided relating to the Budget’s funding of universities on the Committee’s agenda for its next meeting?

2. MOANA MACKEY to the Chairperson of the Education and Science Committee: Is the question of considering whether to forward a supplementary question on the Estimates for 2009/10 relating to advice the Ministry of Education or Tertiary Education Commission provided relating to the Budget’s impact on regional and rural polytechnics on the Committee’s agenda for its next meeting?

3. CARMEL SEPULONI to the Chairperson of the Education and Science Committee: Is the question of considering whether to forward a supplementary question on the Estimates for 2009/10 relating to advice the Ministry of Education or Tertiary Education Commission provided relating to the supplying of Cabinet papers on the youth guarantee scheme on the Committee’s agenda for its next meting?

4. KELVIN DAVIS to the Chairperson of the Education and Science Committee: Is the question of considering whether to forward a supplementary question on the Estimates for 2009/10 relating to advice the Ministry of Education has provided on each of the expenditure reductions within Vote Education on the Committee’s agenda for its next meeting?

ENDS

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