Questions For Oral Answer - Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Questions to Ministers

1. SHANE JONES to the Minister of Finance: What reports, if any, has he received on alternative approaches to fiscal policy?

2. JOHN KEY to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in the Minister of Corrections; if so, why?

3. HONE HARAWIRA to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: He aha tana whakautu ki ta te Ropu Kaitiaki o te Riu o Waiareka i ki “piki atu ki te kotahi miriona tone hauha, ka puta ia tau mai i te wheketere raima o Holcim.”, a, na tenei ka kitea “te tinihanga o nga korero whakau a nga ropu torangapu e rua, e whakaheke ana raua i nga tukunga o te hauha ki te rangi.”?

Translation: What response can he make to the Waiareka Valley Preservation Society’s claim that the “Holcim cement plant will release up to one million tonnes of CO2 per annum.”, which “makes a mockery of the commitment by both leading political parties to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.”?

4. SIMON POWER to the Minister of Corrections: Does he have confidence in his department; if so, why?

5. DIANNE YATES to the Minister of Defence: What will be the role of the Navy’s new multi-role vessel, the HMNZS Canterbury, which is being commissioned today?

6. Hon BILL ENGLISH to the Minister of Finance: How much does the Reserve Bank have for currency intervention and how is it financed?

7. HEATHER ROY to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: Does he stand by the reported statement in Saturday’s New Zealand Herald that the “Government [is] undertaking cost-benefit analyses on proposed energy and climate change policy.” and that he “envisaged a scheme covering all the greenhouse gases and all sectors of the economy.”; if so, on what date will the cost benefit analyses be publicly available?

8. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Health: When he appointed Ken Douglas as deputy chair of the Capital and Coast District Health Board, did he make any checks as to potential conflicts of interest; if so, what were those checks?

9. KEITH LOCKE to the Prime Minister: Will she be meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he visits Parliament next Tuesday; if not, why not?

10. Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister responsible for Climate Change Issues: What impact will the almost 13,000 hectares of deforestation in the year to March 2006 have on climate change, and how does this compare to previous years?

11. MARYAN STREET to the Minister of Health: Has he received any reports on changes to screening for hearing loss in newborn children?

12. KATHERINE RICH to the Minister of Education: Does he agree with the statement of Judy Hanna, President of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation, on the Government’s announced changes that will force schools to stop selling junk food, that “This is regulation for the sake of regulation… This latest change by the Government is a slap in the face for all our schools and their efforts so far.”; if not, why not?

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