Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 12:04 pm Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
Hon SIMON BRIDGES to
the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s
statements and actions?
Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the
Minister of Finance: Is he confident that Government is
taking the necessary steps to preserve jobs and strengthen
the economy?
Hon JAMES SHAW to the Minister of
Conservation: How will the goal of predator-free status by
2050 be achieved in Aotearoa New Zealand?
Hon
MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Health: Does he stand
by his statement in relation to the coronavirus outbreak
that New Zealand has “amongst the toughest restrictions in
the world”; if so, how is he defining
“toughest”?
JAMIE STRANGE to the Minister of
Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand
economy?
CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Transport:
Has the Ministry of Transport recommended to him that the NZ
Infra proposal for Auckland light rail should be selected as
the preferred delivery partner for the project, and what
advice, if any, has the ministry provided about a start date
for construction of the project?
SIMON O'CONNOR to
the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): Can he
confirm that almost 15,000 New Zealanders are currently
waiting for a State house, and that the waiting list is more
than double what it was when the National-led Government
left office?
ANGIE WARREN-CLARK to the Minister of
Health: How will the decision to make COVID-19 a
quarantinable disease help keep the public
safe?
MELISSA LEE to the Minister for Ethnic
Communities: Does she stand by her statement that “The
Government is committed to the wellbeing of New Zealand’s
ethnic communities”?
Hon PAULA BENNETT to the
Minister for Social Development: Has she received any advice
from the Ministry of Social Development on how the
coronavirus outbreak will affect forecasts of the number of
people on Jobseeker Support; if so, what did the advice
state?
KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister for Small
Business: What action has the Government taken to help small
businesses be paid promptly?
NICOLA WILLIS to the
Minister for Social Development: How many families had
received support from Work and Income under the childcare
assistance programme in the year ended June 2019, and how
does this compare with the number of families who received
that support under a National-led Government in the year
ended June
2017?