Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 11:36 am Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
TODD MULLER to the
Prime Minister: Does her Government have a strategy for
ensuring appropriate standards are in place to detect,
track, and trace new cases of COVID-19 so that New
Zealand’s border can be progressively opened ahead of the
development of an effective vaccine; if so, what is
it?
Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Finance:
What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand
economy?
Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of
Finance: How much of the $62.1 billion of available support
in response to COVID-19 has been allocated so far, and, of
the amount allocated, how much money has been spent to
date?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister of Revenue: Why
is the Government planning to increase petrol excise duty,
road-user charges, and alcohol excise duty tomorrow, at the
same time as New Zealand enters a recession?
TAMATI
COFFEY to the Minister of Housing: What recent announcements
has she made about managed isolation and quarantine
facilities?
Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of
Health: Is he responsible for COVID-19 testing; if so, how
many of the 2,159 people who left managed isolation between
9 and 16 June were tested prior to leaving and returning to
the community?
Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for
Social Development: Is she satisfied that she has good
financial oversight of her portfolio; if so, how much has
been spent on each of the payments listed on Work and
Income’s A to Z webpage in each of the last three
years?
JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister for Regional
Economic Development: What recent Provincial Growth Fund
announcements have been made?
Hon Dr NICK SMITH to
the Minister of Justice: Is his Electoral (Registration of
Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Act 2020, as assented on
Monday, good law?
JO LUXTON to the Minister of
Education: What steps is the Government taking to bridge the
pay gap between teachers working in ECE centres and those
working in our kindergartens and schools?
CHRIS
BISHOP to the Minister of Transport: Will he cancel the
increase in fuel excise duty and road-user charges that come
into effect tomorrow, until after the election, in light of
his Auckland light rail process ending; if not, why
not?
Hon JACQUI DEAN to the Minister of
Conservation: What is her response, if any, to the comments
made by the chairman of the New Zealand Game Animal Council
that the Department of Conservation’s tahr control plan
was “not founded on adequate science and is a departure
from plans previously supported by the hunting
sector”?
