Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 11:47 am Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
TODD MULLER to the
Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement, “we had
an expectation that testing was happening in day 3 and day
12 at the moment we went into alert level 1”; if so, on
what factual basis was that expectation
formed?
TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Finance: He
aha ngā rīpoata hou kua kitea e ia mō te ōhanga o
Aotearoa? Translation: What recent reports has he seen on
the New Zealand economy?
Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the
Minister of Finance: What is he doing to monitor the success
of major Government spending initiatives, including the
Business Finance Guarantee Scheme?
Hon MICHAEL
WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Housing: How many people left
quarantine or managed isolation between 23 May and 16 June,
and how many of those people, if any, left without a
COVID-19 test being taken?
GINNY ANDERSEN to the
Minister of Housing: What action has the Government taken to
strengthen managed isolation and quarantine
facilities?
Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister for
Economic Development: Does he stand by his statement of 1
April 2020, “The Government has tasked a group of industry
leaders to seek out infrastructure projects that are ready
to start as soon as the construction industry returns to
normal to reduce the economic impact of the COVID-19
pandemic”; if so, when does he expect to announce those
projects?
MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister for
Climate Change: What recent announcements has he made about
New Zealand Green Investment Finance decisions on climate
change?
CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Transport:
Has the chair of the New Zealand Transport Agency written to
him advising of a shortfall of at least $1 billion in the
National Land Transport Fund; if so, what impacts, if any,
would this shortfall have on transport projects due for
funding through the National Land Transport
Fund?
MARJA LUBECK to the Minister of Education:
What action is the Government taking to support New
Zealanders to retrain for new employment opportunities
post-COVID-19?
Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of
Health: What involvement, if any, does he have in setting
the criteria and the assessment of the COVID-19 alert
levels, and what information will the Ministry of Health use
to make an assessment of whether to amend the
levels?
Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Employment:
What are the criteria for entry into his six employment
programmes, and how is success measured?
RAYMOND HUO
to the Minister of Immigration: What initiatives to support
refugees and their families were announced in Budget
2020?