Parliament - Live Stream and Question Time

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

JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister of Forestry: What recent announcements has he made regarding the One Billion Trees Programme?

Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements, policies, and actions?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Finance: Is the Government focused on policies that will help grow the New Zealand economy and provide more opportunities for New Zealanders?

PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN to the Minister for Social Development: What recent announcements has the Government made to improve driver licensing for young people?

Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: Does he have confidence in the entire process of the review of Tomorrow’s Schools, and how many submissions have the taskforce received on their report?

JO LUXTON to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What progress has been made with the Government’s competition law reform programme?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement in relation to gun law changes that “It is in the national interest and it is about safety”?

ANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI to the Minister for Pacific Peoples: What is the Government doing, if anything, to support Pacific peoples in the regions?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions regarding the tertiary sector and reform of vocational education?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister for Building and Construction: Should there be two technical seismic guidelines covering pre-cast flooring systems, such as concrete hollowcore, operating at the same time; and, if so, why is this necessary?

Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?

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

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: Does he stand by his statements that KiwiBuild has a total Budget allocation of $6.2 million for full-time staff this year, of which $4.9 million is spent on officials’ salaries?

GARETH HUGHES to the Minister of Agriculture: What actions, if any, did he and the Ministry for Primary Industries take in response to welfare concerns raised in January this year about the live export of 2,000 New Zealand cows to Sri Lanka?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What recent data has he seen on the number of people entering the teaching profession?

Hon NIKKI KAYE to the Minister of Education: Is he confident that the Ministry of Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa will settle the primary teachers’ and principals’ collective agreements in the coming weeks to prevent further strikes and industrial action?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statements and actions around the meningococcal outbreak in Northland?

ANGIE WARREN-CLARK to the Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made implementing the policy of free primary care for 13-year-olds and cheaper doctors visits for community services card holders that came into force on 1 December?

Hon JACQUI DEAN to the Minister for Small Business: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

Dr JIAN YANG to the Minister of Statistics: Does he have confidence in the Chief Statistician in relation to her decisions about releasing information regarding Census 2018 to the Governance and Administration Committee?

KIRITAPU ALLAN to the Minister of Employment: What recent He Poutama Rangatahi announcements has he made?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: For which KiwiBuild developments were all dwellings already under construction at the time an underwrite was signed, and for which KiwiBuild developments were some of the dwellings already under construction at the time an underwrite was signed?

Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development: Why were unauthorised payments made to 25,000 people by the Ministry of Social Development?

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

Hon JACQUI DEAN to the Minister for Small Business: What is his response to the recent MYOB report showing 67 percent of the small businesses surveyed were against the Tax Working Group’s proposed capital gains tax?

Hon NATHAN GUY to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by all his statements?

JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What feedback has he seen on the proposals for the Reform of Vocational Education?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Revenue: Has he requested or undertaken any assessment of the business valuation and compliance costs that would result from the capital gains tax proposed by the Tax Working Group?

Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Police: What reports has he seen in relation to police’s response to the 15 March terror attack?

TODD MULLER to the Minister for Climate Change: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation: What advice, if any, has she sought or received on the impact of a capital gains tax on research and development in New Zealand?

JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: What recent announcements have been made regarding the Provincial Growth Fund?

JO LUXTON to the Minister for ACC: What changes were made to ACC levies on 1 April, and why were they made?

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

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

Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: What was the real GDP per capita growth rate in the final half of the 2018 calendar year, and does he still stand by his statement that “we are building an economy that is more productive”?

Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements, policies, and actions?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Transport: What progress, if any, has the Government made on reducing traffic congestion in Auckland?

Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement “I’m not intending to hold an inquiry into PHARMAC”?

Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Revenue: What measures, if any, are in place to ensure individual taxpayers pay the correct amount of tax if they work two or more jobs?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

Hon ALFRED NGARO to the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction: Why is it that seven of nine indicators for child poverty increased between 2017 and 2018?

RINO TIRIKATENE to the Minister of Civil Defence: What reports has he seen on the impacts from the storm that hit the West Coast of the South Island last week?

Hon DAVID BENNETT to the Minister of Corrections: What new measures, if any, has this Government introduced to ensure the safety of corrections officers while carrying out their duties?

JO LUXTON to the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation: Will the Government’s research and development tax incentive, which will apply from 1 April 2019, help boost R & D in New Zealand?

Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government’s statements, policies, and actions?

Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement in February 2018, “growth is expected to continue to travel along on average at about 3 percent over the next four years”, and has he revised his view in light of annual GDP growth to December 2018 of 2.3 percent?

PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN to the Minister for Social Development: What are the changes to superannuation and veteran’s pension rates as of 1 April 2019?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: How many unsold KiwiBuild houses have been bought by the Crown as part of the underwrite and in what developments have these purchases occurred?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Transport: What progress has been made on delivering the Auckland Transport Alignment Project?

CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Minister of Forestry: What recent announcements has he made regarding the One Billion Trees Programme?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all his statements and actions around the Reform of Vocational Education?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does she stand by her statement made to the BusinessNZ Energy Council breakfast in February, that the Government has set the ambitious goal for our country of 100 percent renewable electricity by 2035?

Dr LIZ CRAIG to the Minister of Health: How is the Government helping to protect New Zealanders against influenza this winter?

Hon JACQUI DEAN to the Minister for Small Business: What advice, if any, has he received on what it would cost a small business to value their business ahead of an official valuation date in the event the Government decided to implement a capital gains tax on the sale of businesses, and what is that cost?

MARJA LUBECK to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: What is the new hourly adult minimum wage at 1 April 2019 and why did the Government increase it?

Hon PAULA BENNETT to the Minister of Finance: Has he carried out appropriate oversight in all of his responsibilities as Minister of Finance?

Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: On what date was Sir Michael Cullen first appointed as chair of the Tax Working Group, and when will his contract end?

TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Finance: What effect, if any, would Brexit have on the New Zealand economy?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: Has the KiwiBuild underwrite of Mike Greer Homes passed the additionality test, and who undertakes and approves this test?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister of Transport: Does he agree with New Zealand Transport Agency chairman Michael Stiassny, who told the Transport and Infrastructure Committee that “There is no doubt that the way the GPS has been written is more about safety, and the time spent between A to B is no longer a priority for us. The outcome of that will be, I think we could all agree, that it will take longer to get from A to B in a lot of places, and there will be more congestion”?

Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister of Revenue: What recent steps, if any, has he taken to help combat international tax evasion?

Hon JACQUI DEAN to the Minister for Small Business: Has he undertaken any formal consultation with any small businesses on a capital gains tax since last Thursday; if not, why not?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does she expect the increases in long-term wholesale electricity prices to be reflected in household power bills; if so, when?

Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What recent legislative measures has the Government taken to ensure continued access to key global financial markets?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions?

MELISSA LEE to the Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media: Does he stand by all the actions of his advisers, advisory groups, and officials?

GARETH HUGHES to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: Is he committed to energy efficiency in KiwiBuild and State homes?

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

PAUL EAGLE to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: What reports has he seen on the Housing First programme?

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

Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s comment in relation to any changes to tax legislation, “we want to make sure that there’s simplicity in our system and, of course, we want to make sure that we don’t see some of those perverse incentives that might lead to an accountants’ boom”; and in his view, would a capital gains tax increase the compliance costs and complexity of our tax system?

RINO TIRIKATENE to the Minister responsible for Pike River Re-entry: What recent announcements has he made regarding Pike River re-entry?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: On what basis have KiwiBuild homes underwritten in Marshland in Christchurch met one of the four additionality thresholds applied to determine if a KiwiBuild underwrite should proceed?

JAMI-LEE ROSS to the Minister of Local Government: Is she satisfied that an overseas person that is not a New Zealand citizen or resident cannot lawfully make a donation of an unlimited amount to a candidate standing for local government election, and is she satisfied that the Local Electoral Act 2001 provides sufficient safeguards to ensure local government election candidates and local authorities are free from foreign influence by way of electoral donations?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Defence: What announcements has he made regarding Defence deployments to the South Pacific?

Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Minister for Veterans: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

LAWRENCE YULE to the Minister of Corrections: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

ANAHILA KANONGATA'A-SUISUIKI to the Minister for Whānau Ora: Is he doing anything to promote Whānau Ora and a whānau-centred approach across Government now that the Whānau Ora Review has been completed; if so, what?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by all his statements and actions around vaccination?

KIRITAPU ALLAN 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 stand by all her Government’s statements, policies, and actions?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she have confidence in Hon Shane Jones, given that Stuff reported that he was “named as the proposed chairman of Manea Kupe Ltd” in documents provided to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and an email dated 16 February 2018 states Mr Jones attended a meeting at which the Manea Footsteps of Kupe project was discussed and in which his comments had reportedly made the Finance Minister comfortable after the Finance Minister had raised his concern about the project?

JO LUXTON to the Minister of Health: What steps are being taken to manage the measles outbreak in Canterbury?

Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: Has he had any discussions with Government support parties about including the family home in the scope of any future capital gains tax?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: How many times, under the KiwiBuild programme, has he approved a Crown underwrite to build houses that were already being built, and what is the total price of these underwrites?

PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN to the Minister for Trade and Export Growth: What progress has been made, if any, on growing exports?

Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH to the Minister for Regional Economic Development: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Health: What steps has he taken to ensure sufficient doses of the measles vaccinations are available?

GARETH HUGHES to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements, policies, and actions?

Hon NATHAN GUY to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by all of his statements?

Hon JACQUI DEAN to the Minister for Small Business: Does he stand by all his statements and actions?

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MARK PATTERSON to the Minister of Forestry: What recent reports has he seen regarding the One Billion Trees programme?

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

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

Hon AMY ADAMS to the Minister of Finance: Does he believe New Zealand’s international competitiveness is an important consideration in setting tax policy?

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development: What is the total estimated market value of the 10,355 houses the Government has contracted and committed to build under the KiwiBuild programme, and how many parliamentary terms do these contracts fall due over?

JAN TINETTI to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has he made to create space and improve classrooms in secondary schools?

Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister of Health: Is he satisfied the extra costs incurred by DHBs are having a positive effect on the volume of health services provided; if so, what measures is he using to gauge the effect?

Hon NATHAN GUY to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by all his statements?

PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN to the Minister for Social Development: What evidence, if any, has she received that demonstrates a positive impact of the service delivery changes in Work and Income offices?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Education: Does he stand by all his policies and actions around the review of vocational education and his work in the portfolio?

Dr JIAN YANG to the Minister of Statistics: What recent reports has he seen on Census 2018?

Hon RUTH DYSON to the Minister of Health: What recent announcement, if any, has he made about mental health facilities in Canterbury?