Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 12:05 pm Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
GREG O'CONNOR to the
Minister of Finance: How is the Government supporting New
Zealand businesses and workers through the global COVID-19
pandemic?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister of Health:
Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s statement that
“The ability to contact trace quickly is one of the key
tools we have to find new cases and get them in isolation to
avoid future lockdowns, so always using the app is a big
investment in keeping our businesses and economy open”; if
so, how many of the identified 2,300 close contacts of cases
have been identified by two people checking in at the same
location using the NZ COVID Tracer App?
Hon JUDITH
COLLINS to the Prime Minister: What led to her announcing
the appointment of Heather Simpson and Sir Brian Roche as
part of “a small team to support Health to stand up the
comprehensive testing strategy that we set out in
June”?
GINNY ANDERSEN to the Minister of Housing:
What recent announcements has she made about adding
additional layers of assurance to the managed isolation and
quarantine system?
Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of
Health: Does he stand by his statements and actions around
coronavirus testing in isolation facilities?
Hon
JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she have
confidence in the testing and managed isolation protocols
for people coming into New Zealand, and is she confident
that all MIQ and border-facing workers are now being
regularly tested?
KIERAN McANULTY to the Minister of
Education: What action is the Government taking to support
distance learning while Auckland is at alert level
3?
Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Research,
Science and Innovation: What are the latest waste-water
testing results for coronavirus in Auckland?
Hon
PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What advice, if
any, has he received from the Treasury on potential job
losses and other economic consequences for families and
businesses from the return to stricter lockdown levels in
response to the latest community outbreak, and for the
lockdown extension announced yesterday?
PAUL EAGLE
to the Minister for Māori Development: What reports has she
seen regarding a targeted response to support Māori
communities and iwi to implement a resurgence plan in light
of the most recent community transmission cluster impacting
South
Auckland?
