Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 12:01 pm Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
Hon JUDITH COLLINS to
the Prime Minister: Does she consider a $195,000 increase in
the price of the median house since October 2017 a sign of a
Government that is “absolutely committed to resolving the
housing crisis and taking a multitude of steps and levers to
make that happen”, as she stated in her speech in the 2017
Address in Reply debate?
GREG O'CONNOR to the
Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the
New Zealand economy?
ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of
Finance: Can he confirm that during this term of Government
there will be no other changes to tax beyond the new 39
percent personal income tax rate?
ANAHILA
KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI to the Minister of Energy and
Resources: What action is the Government taking to reduce
fossil fuel use by large industrial users?
CHRIS
BISHOP to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: Why has the
report of the COVID-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy
Group not been considered by Cabinet yet, and what is his
best estimate for when the report will be made
public?
JO LUXTON to the Minister of Education: What
steps is the Government taking to ensure that school
students are able to learn in warm, dry, and modern
classrooms?
STUART SMITH to the Minister of Climate
Change: Will New Zealand fulfil all of its obligations under
the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and achieve its 2030
target to reduce emissions by 30 percent below 2005
levels?
SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister of Transport:
What progress has been made on the Auckland Transport
Alignment Project?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of
Housing: How many motels, if any, has the Government
purchased or leased in the past three years for public
housing purposes, and how much does the Government currently
spend per day on motel accommodation for people in housing
need?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she
stand by all her Government’s policies?
NAISI CHEN
to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What is
the Government doing to protect New Zealanders from
unaffordable loans?
JAN LOGIE to the Minister for
Workplace Relations and Safety: Will the advice he is
seeking “to ensure that the Covid Leave Support Scheme is
meeting its objectives” include whether the leave support
scheme should be extended and expanded before the summer
holiday
period?
