QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

Thursday, 30 July 2009

Questions to Ministers

1. Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the New Zealand economy?

2. PAUL QUINN to the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations: What progress is the Government making towards its goal of settling historical Treaty of Waitangi claims?

3. Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE to the Minister of Corrections: What reports, if any, has she received about submissions to the Law and Order Committee on the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Bill?

4. CRAIG FOSS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he received on the economy?

5. CHARLES CHAUVEL to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Was the personal information she released relating to two solo mothers retrieved from a SWIFTT terminal located in her Ministerial office complex?

6. JOHN BOSCAWEN to the Minister of Finance: Will increasing Government expenditure by 17 percent from 31.8 percent to 37.3 percent as a percentage of GDP over the next two years improve productivity and enable us to achieve the Government’s goal of closing the income gap with Australia by 2025; if so, how?

7. Hon TREVOR MALLARD to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?

8. CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Why has he not recognised the collective rights of Māori as affirmed by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People?

9. Hon MITA RIRINUI to the Associate Minister of Health: He aha ngā whakapaitanga kei te rapua e ia mō te hauora me te oranga o ngā tamariki me ngā whānau Māori?

* Translation: What steps is she taking to improve the health and well-being of Māori tamariki and their whānau?

10. SANDRA GOUDIE to the Minister of Transport: What progress has been made on replacing the 82 year-old single lane Kopu Bridge?

11. CLARE CURRAN to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology: Does he stand by his statement “The Government wants to ensure New Zealand has a skilled and productive workforce”; if so, does he believe this should apply to the information and technology industry?

12. Dr JACKIE BLUE to the Minister of Health: What extra funding has the Government made available for medicines this year?

ENDS

© Scoop Media