Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 8 May 2007

Questions to Ministers

1. JEANETTE FITZSIMONS to the Prime Minister: What kind of encouragement, if any, does she believe businesses will need to help achieve her goal for New Zealand to be carbon neutral and sustainable?

2. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she still stand by her statement last year, with respect to the economy, that “Our job in government has been to stop New Zealand running the race to the bottom, and to aim for the top.”?

3. Hon PETER DUNNE to the Minister of Justice: Does he propose to introduce legislation repealing the law on sedition?

4. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Finance: Has he seen figures showing that public sector wage growth has been ahead of private sector wage growth for the past five years; if so, what does he consider to be the fiscal and other implications for upcoming public sector pay negotiations?

5. STEVE CHADWICK to the Minister for Disability Issues: What recent announcements has she made regarding New Zealand sign language?

6. SIMON POWER to the Minister of Justice: Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s statement regarding the Government’s response to gangs that “No one has been idle here. People have been very proactive.”?

7. Dr PITA SHARPLES to the Minister of Health: Has he been informed of comments made yesterday by Diabetes NZ president, Murray Dear, that the prevalence of type two diabetes has rocketed ahead of official predictions, and there will be a severe impact not only “on the suffering of thousands of people with severe diabetes complications, but … across the whole health system as funds are dragged from other areas of need to stem the demands of diabetes”; if so, what is his response?

8. KATHERINE RICH to the Minister of Education: Does he agree with the statement of the Southland Kindergarten Association president, Paddy Lewis, regarding the 20 free hours policy, that “If we don’t raise the fees … then we are not going to be viable.”?

9. MARYAN STREET to the Minister of Commerce: Has she received any responses to the second milestone report of the Quality Regulation Review; if so, what did they say?

10. ANNE TOLLEY to the Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment (CYF): Does she have confidence in Child, Youth and Family’s ability to supervise juvenile sex offenders; if so, why?

11. DAVE HEREORA to the Minister for Economic Development: Has he received any reports on support for the Government’s Beachheads and Incubator programmes?

12. Dr JACKIE BLUE to the Minister of Health: What recent reports, if any, has he received regarding problems with consultation undertaken by district health boards and Crown entities under his jurisdiction?

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