Thursday, 6 August 2020, 11:43 am Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE to
the Minister of Housing: Is she satisfied with all aspects
of quarantine and managed isolation management, and what, if
anything, has she learnt from the Australian experience of a
second wave of COVID-19 infections?
KIRITAPU ALLAN
to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen
on the New Zealand economy in the context of the global
COVID-19 pandemic?
JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister
for Veterans: What recent announcements has he made
regarding support for veterans?
Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH
to the Minister of Finance: What was the extent of fiscal
and monetary stimulus into the economy during April, May,
and June, and what is Treasury’s best estimate of fiscal
and monetary stimulus since then?
MARJA LUBECK to
the Minister of Education: What is the Government doing to
make it easier and more attractive for employers to train
people?
CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Transport:
Does he think that there have been failures in the transport
portfolio in this term of Parliament; if so, what are
they?
Hon TODD McCLAY to the Minister of Tourism:
Does he stand by his decision not to provide support to
outbound tourism operators as a part of his $311 million
tourism relief package?
RINO TIRIKATENE to the
Minister for Māori Development: What has the Government
achieved for Māori?
Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the
Minister of Justice: Does he stand by the neutrality of the
referendum information brochure on the Cannabis Legalisation
and Control Bill, when the New Zealand Medical Journal of 31
July states of the bill’s purpose of reducing harm,
eliminating illegal supply, restricting young people’s
access, and limiting the public visibility of cannabis that
“These are inflated and unrealistic political promises for
policy impacts, that are unlikely to be achieved as
stated”?
SIMON O'CONNOR to the Associate Minister
of Housing (Public Housing): Can he confirm that the social
housing wait-list is nearly at 18,000 people in the last
reported quarter; if so, has the wait-list been rising every
quarter since his Government took office?
GINNY
ANDERSEN to the Minister of Police: What reports has he seen
about the impact on police diversity of the growth in
recruitment over the past three years?
BARBARA
KURIGER to the Minister for Women: What has she done to
support women in
employment?