Parliament - Live Stream and Question Time

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What steps, if any, has he taken to ensure the integrity of ministerial decisions in the major spending programmes announced in the previous two Budgets?

CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister of Finance: Will he issue a direction to ACC to divest the $920 million currently invested in fossil fuels?

WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister for Social Development: Is the Government’s Families Package supporting Māori; if so, how?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing: Are there any plans to sell unsold KiwiBuild homes to Kāinga Ora for State housing?

Dr LIZ CRAIG to the Minister of Health: What progress has been made rolling out the National Bowel Screening Programme?

Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister for Children: Does she stand by her statements and actions regarding the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: On what date was N.Z. Future Forest Products Ltd’s application to the Provincial Growth Fund lodged, and when did he first become aware that N.Z. Future Forest Products Ltd had applied to the Provincial Growth Fund?

PAUL EAGLE to the Minister for Building and Construction: Is the Government supporting regional building owners; if so, how?

Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister of Justice: Does he agree with the statement by electoral law expert Professor Andrew Geddis regarding the disclosure of donations at the 2017 election, “You can’t have a country’s political system run in this way and be considered the second least corrupt nation on the planet”?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does she think Kiwi households and businesses will be paying lower electricity prices in a year’s time?

KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Agriculture: What recent reports has he seen about the performance of the agricultural sector?

BRETT HUDSON to the Minister of Police: What is the number of net new sworn police added to the force, when taking into account attrition, since 26 October 2017, and where have they been deployed?

WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?

Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in all of her Ministers?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions?

JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What is the Government doing to promote vocational training and career options that help address New Zealand’s skill needs?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: When did he become aware of N.Z. Future Forest Products Ltd’s application to the Provincial Growth Fund, and what prompted him to get Cabinet Office advice relating to a potential conflict of interest?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s policies?

ANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI to the Minister for Social Development: What reports has she seen on the Government’s Families Package?

Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister of Justice: How many donations over $15,000 were disclosed to the Electoral Commission in the 2017 electoral returns, and, of these, how many were disclosed by each political party?

Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by the numbers contained in her ministry’s publications?

MARK PATTERSON to the Minister of Agriculture: What actions is the Government taking to help farmers in financial distress?

Hon ALFRED NGARO to the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction: Does she have confidence in her ability to deliver on her child poverty reduction targets?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Revenue: What measures, if any, has he taken to ensure Inland Revenue is able to respond promptly to all incoming inquiries, specifically those received through Inland Revenue call centres?

Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in all of her Ministers?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Is he currently involved in negotiations with Auckland Council to end the land occupation at Ihumātao?

KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Associate Minister of Finance: How much money did NZ Future Forest Products Ltd apply for from the Provincial Growth Fund and what was the application for?

Hon Dr NICK SMITH to the Minister of Justice: Does he stand by all his Government’s statements and actions on electoral law?

JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What response has he seen to the Government’s policy to provide funding to replace parental donations to schools?

Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by his statements and actions in response to the Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce Report?

NICOLA WILLIS to the Associate Minister of Education: Does she agree with the Prime Minister, who said in May 2018 that the average wait time for a child seeking an early intervention appointment was 74 days “and in the life of a little 3- or 4-year-old child who’s hungry to learn, that’s 74 days too long”; if so, what is the average waiting time for a child seeking early intervention support today?

Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Associate Minister of Finance: What actions is the Government taking to reform the Overseas Investment Act 2005?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation: Has she met with any National Science Challenges panel members to discuss alternatives to 1080?

PAUL EAGLE to the Associate Minister of Housing: What recent announcements has he made about reforming residential tenancies?

MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Associate Minister of Housing: Will the recently announced changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 help ensure that every New Zealander has a warm, dry, secure home; if so, how?

1. Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's policies and statements? 2. MARJA LUBECK to the Minister of Education: What legislative change will be undertaken as part of the reform of the Tomorrow's Schools system? 3. Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What responsibility, if any, does he take for the fall in annual GDP growth from 3.2 percent in the June 2018 quarter to 2.1 percent in the June 2019 quarter? 4. Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by the numbers contained in her ministry's publications? 5. Dr LIZ CRAIG to the Minister of Health: What recent announcements has he made about mental health facilities? 6. Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions? 7. Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Associate Minister of Health: Does she have confidence in the Southern DHB's plans for an integrated Primary Maternity System of Care across the district? 8. RINO TIRIKATENE to the Associate Minister of Housing (Maori Housing): Has the papakainga housing programme improved outcomes for whanau; if so, how? 9. Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all his statements and actions in relation to the Fees Free policy? 10. JAMI-LEE ROSS to the Minister of Police: How many new sworn constabulary police staff have been deployed to the Counties Manukau Police District since 1 November 2017, and how many additional sworn constabulary police staff are estimated to be deployed to this district by 31 December 2020? 11. DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Forestry: What recent reports has he seen about whole farm conversions to forestry? 12. TODD MULLER to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by all his statements in his opinion piece titled "No threat to farming from forestry" in the Rural News on 13 November 2019?

JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What reports has he seen in response to the Government’s reform of Tomorrow’s Schools?

Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and statements?

Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions?

WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: What responsibility, if any, does he take for the slowdown in the New Zealand economy since his Government took office?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing: Does she agree with Hon Phil Twyford, who said KiwiBuild homes are “good quality, modest starter homes”?

GARETH HUGHES to the Minister for the Environment: What action, if any, has he taken following Local Government New Zealand’s call for legislative change to ban retail sales of fireworks?

Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by all her statements relating to employment initiatives for young people?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all his statements and actions in relation to the Fees Free policy?

PAUL EAGLE to the Minister for Building and Construction: What recent evidence has she seen of a growing workforce in building and construction?

STUART SMITH to the Minister of Immigration: Is he concerned that visa processing delays are having a negative impact on the tourism industry in New Zealand?

TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Employment: He aha ngā rīpoata hou kua kitea e ia mō te kaupapa Mana in Mahi?

1.            Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and statements?

2.            Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his policies and actions?

3.            TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Finance: He aha ngā rīpoata hou kua kitea e ia mō te ōhanga o Aotearoa?

Translation What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?

4.            Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions?

5.            Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Health: Does he believe the financial performance of DHBs has improved since he wrote to all DHB chairs at the end of last year expressing “disappointment with their collective financial performance”?

6.            JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister for Children: What are the findings of the Oranga Tamariki Practice Review into the Hastings Case?

7.            Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by all her policies and statements?

8.            CHRIS BISHOP to the Associate Minister of Transport: Does she stand by all her statements and actions?

9.            JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What changes, if any, is the Government making to strengthen the system of governance, management, and administration of schools?

10.          SIMON O'CONNOR to the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): Does he stand by all his policies and statements?

11.          BRETT HUDSON to the Minister of Police: Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s statement regarding the 1,800 police target that the Commissioner of Police “got it wrong”?

12.          GREG O'CONNOR to the Minister of Police: What recent announcements has he made about improving public safety by restricting unlawful access to firearms?

1. Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's policies and statements? 2. Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation: What recent announcements has she made regarding Government support for research into climate change? 3. Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by all her statements and actions? 4. JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister of Forestry: What recent announcements has he made? 5. CHRIS BISHOP to the Associate Minister of Transport: Does page 44 of the Government's discussion document titled "Moving the light vehicle fleet to low-emissions: discussion paper on a Clean Car Standard and Clean Car Discount" indicate that a 2013 Suzuki Swift would receive an $800 subsidy under the Clean Car Discount proposal, and what does the Rightcar website say is the driver-protection star rating for a 2013 Suzuki Swift? 6. NICOLA WILLIS to the Associate Minister of Transport: Does she stand by her statement that "My opinion is based on advice from officials"; if so, which of the briefings she received from her officials prior to 26 March 2019 on Let's Get Wellington Moving recommended prioritising rapid transit ahead of a second Mount Victoria tunnel? 7. JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What actions is the Government taking to improve energy efficiency in schools? 8. Dr SHANE RETI to the Associate Minister of Health: Does she stand by her Government's management of the nine measles outbreaks this year? 9. CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister for Climate Change: What is the history of the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill in New Zealand? 10. SIMON O'CONNOR to the Associate Minister of Housing: Does he agree with the Prime Minister's statement yesterday in the House that "we are a Government who pledged to get people out of cars, to stop children having to read by torchlight because they didn't have housing"? 11. PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN to the Minister for Trade and Export Growth: What progress has the Government made on improving trade access for exporters? 12. STUART SMITH to the Minister of Immigration: Prior to 1 October 2019, did Cabinet discuss changes to Immigration New Zealand's management of temporary visa applications for applicants in a relationship; if so, on what date?

Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and actions?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements and policies?

KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?

Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by all her policies and actions?

CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister for Climate Change: How has the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill been amended since its introduction?

TODD MULLER to the Minister of Forestry: Does he share the concerns of his officials outlined in paragraph 17 of the 1 April 2019 paper titled “One Billion Trees Fund and the risk of ‘whole farm’ conversion”, and how does he intend to manage these issues going forward?

Dr LIZ CRAIG to the Minister of Health: What steps, if any, have been taken to recognise and maintain the high professional standards of key front-line health workers?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Associate Minister of Health: What communications, if any, were there from the World Health Organization to the Government this year regarding the emergence of measles in New Zealand?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Associate Minister of Transport: How many used cars mentioned on page 44 of the Government’s discussion document titled “Moving the light vehicle fleet to low-emissions: discussion paper on a Clean Car Standard and Clean Car Discount” have one and two star used-car safety ratings?

MARJA LUBECK to the Minister of Employment: What initiatives, if any, is the Government undertaking to improve employment outcomes for New Zealanders?

NICOLA WILLIS to the Associate Minister of Transport: When she wrote to the Minister of Transport stating her view that work on rapid transit should be prioritised ahead of a second Mount Victoria tunnel, had she sought any advice from transport officials about the impact that would have on congestion, travel times, and bus services for Wellingtonians; if so, on what date did she receive that advice?

STUART SMITH to the Minister of Immigration: Can he confirm that the majority of the applications for 13 out of 14 of the visa categories listed on the Immigration New Zealand website are currently being processed slower than they were as at 1 November 2017, and does he expect delays to get worse in the near future?

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Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s policies and statements?

Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister for Economic Development: What new rules and guidelines has he announced to help protect construction companies and their workers?

Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Is she satisfied with the high- level trends published in the September 2019 Ministry of Social Development fact sheets?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Transport: What criteria, if any, will Cabinet use to decide between the two competing approaches for Auckland light rail, and will it still make the decision in February 2020?

ANGIE WARREN-CLARK to the Minister of Health: What progress is being made rolling out the National Bowel Screening Programme?

Hon DAVID BENNETT to the Minister for Land Information: Does she stand by all her statements and actions?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does she think New Zealand households and companies will be paying lower electricity prices in a year’s time?

TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Youth: What actions, if any, has he recently taken to support rangatahi Māori wellbeing?

STUART SMITH to the Minister of Immigration: Does he stand by all his Government’s policies and statements on immigration?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Associate Minister of Health: Why did she tell Newshub that she was about to introduce vaping legislation that will “ban most flavours”, and when will she introduce that legislation?

CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister for Climate Change: What is the Government doing on climate action?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister for Climate Change: Does he support allowing the use of all scientific technologies to tackle climate change?