Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 12:01 pm Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
Hon JUDITH COLLINS to
the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement that
“if we were going to do something so significant as asking
hundreds of thousands of people to be tested … we would
not leave a message as significant as that to a website, to
a Twitter account or Instagram”, and that only Ministers
should be relied upon to deliver “significant” COVID-19
updates?
Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health:
How many adults eligible for day-three testing in managed
isolation have not been tested at day three from 8
June?
GREG O'CONNOR 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?
Dr SHANE
RETI to the Minister of Health: What was the testing
capacity for coronavirus tests in Auckland immediately prior
to the current spike from 8 August to 11 August inclusive,
and how many tests were done in Auckland on each of those
four days?
Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of
Finance: Does he stand by the quality of all of the
Government’s spending allocated from the COVID-19 Response
and Recovery Fund?
CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Minister
of Defence: What support is the New Zealand Defence Force
providing to the all-of-Government COVID-19 response through
Operation Protect?NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of
Education: Was he or the Ministry of Education consulted
about any aspect of the application by Green School New
Zealand for funding prior to its announcement; if so, did he
raise any concerns about providing Government funding for
this project?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of
Education: Was he or the Ministry of Education consulted
about any aspect of the application by Green School New
Zealand for funding prior to its announcement; if so, did he
raise any concerns about providing Government funding for
this project?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Associate
Minister of Finance: Does he stand by the entirety of his
press statement on 26 August confirming $11.7 million in
funding for Green School New Zealand, and on what evidence
did he base each of the claims in that
statement?
GINNY ANDERSEN to the Minister of
Research, Science and Innovation: What recent announcements
has she made about progress on the COVID-19 vaccine
strategy?
Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for
Social Development: Is she confident that the Government’s
emergency housing policies are fit for purpose; if so,
why?
MICHAEL WOOD to the Minister of Health: What
reports has he seen on New Zealand’s COVID-19 contact
tracing
systems?
