Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 12:29 pm Press Release: Office of the Clerk
Questions to Ministers
Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the
Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the
New Zealand economy?
Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime
Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s
statements and actions?
GLEN BENNETT to the Minister
of Energy and Resources: What action is the Government
taking to reduce emissions across New Zealand’s transport
fleet through Budget 2021?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the
Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s
policies and actions?
Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister
of Health: Does he stand by all his statements and
actions?
TERISA NGOBI to the Minister for Social
Development and Employment: What recent reports has she seen
on Ministry of Social Development employment
initiatives?
Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister
of Transport: Did the Government re-scope transport projects
it announced in January 2020 as part of the New Zealand
Upgrade Programme in order to fund the $785 million Northern
Pathway, which includes the cycling and walking
bridge?
JO LUXTON to the Minister for Biosecurity:
How has Budget 2021 invested in New Zealand’s
biosecurity?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of
Housing: Did she receive an aide-memoire dated22 December
2020 from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
about potential impacts of changes to the treatment of
rental properties; if so, did that include advice that
“churn increases the risk that households may need to rely
on transitional housing or emergency housing special needs
grants, or increase the numbers of the public housing
register”?
SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister of
Transport: How is the Government keeping New Zealand
connected internationally and positioned for
recovery?
Dr ELIZABETH KEREKERE to the Minister of
Health: Have any district health boards requested to have
more staff on duty tomorrow to provide life-preserving
services than there would usually be on a non-strike day; if
so, does this illustrate routine understaffing issues for
nurses?
BARBARA KURIGER to the Minister of Energy
and Resources: What is her response to Gas Industry Company
consultation outlining that the most critical and urgent
issues to resolve to enable gas to support the transition to
100 percent renewable electricity include “a perceived
lack of predictability across a range of dimensions for
participants at every level of the industry to be able to
plan and invest
appropriately”?
