Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 11:33 am Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
ANNA LORCK to the
Minister of Finance: What reports has he seen on financial
support given to businesses in the wake of recent alert
level changes?
Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime
Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s
policies and actions?
ANGELA ROBERTS to the Minister
of Education: What is the Government doing in schools to
tackle material hardship for families while also improving
educational outcomes?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime
Minister: Does she stand by all her statements and actions
regarding the Government’s response to
COVID-19?
STEPH LEWIS to the Minister for Social
Development and Employment: What support has the Ministry of
Social Development provided to people and families affected
by the recent COVID-19 restrictions?
ANDREW BAYLY to
the Minister for Infrastructure: How many of the 170
projects announced by the Government, as part of its
shovel-ready scheme announced in April last year, if any,
has construction not started on?
Hon EUGENIE SAGE to
the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: How many habitats of
particular significance for fisheries management have been
defined and protected under section 9(c) of the Fisheries
Act 1996 in the last 10 years?
WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to
the Associate Minister of Education: What initiatives has
the Government recently announced to remove barriers to
participating in education for young people in
schools?
CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister for Workplace
Relations and Safety: Has the Government commenced a
“fundamental review of the design of the [COVID-19 Leave
Support Scheme]”, and what changes, if any, is the
Government contemplating to the COVID-19 Leave Support
Scheme?
TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Emergency
Management: What progress has been made in building the
capability and capacity of the emergency management
workforce?
CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister of
Health: Does he consider the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
supports the Government’s commitment to “minimising drug
harm and to treating drugs as a health
issue”?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Housing:
Does she stand by her statement that “Motels are not a
suitable environment for vulnerable individuals, families
and whanau and they are also not cost effective”; if so,
how many people is the Government funding to live in motels
now compared to the last quarter of
2017?
