Parliament - Live Stream and Question Time

ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister of Finance: How is the construction sector contributing to New Zealand’s economic growth?

RON MARK to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Police; if so, why?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement that the Wellington housing shortage is a “problem of success”?

CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister for the Environment: Does he agree with the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor that some of the country’s waterways have gone beyond a tipping point?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Police: What updates can she give about what regions the new 880 police will go to?

Dr MEGAN WOODS to the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration: Will he be initiating further examinations of the alleged potential conflicts of interest suggested in paragraph 3.40 of the Heron Report; if not, why not?

FLETCHER TABUTEAU to the Minister of Energy and Resources: If she will not initiate an inquiry into retail electricity prices, does she at least agree with the PWC report which recommends completely changing The Lines Company pricing model in the Taranaki/King Country?

IAN McKELVIE to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that the number of registered nurses working in mental health and addiction services has increased from 3,583 to 4,206 over the last five years – an increase of 17 percent?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she stand by her statement regarding the school funding review that “we will not be interested in how we stigmatise children, rather what we are trying to do is get the right resource to the right kid at the right time in the right places”?

GARETH HUGHES to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does she agree with Dr Russel Norman, who said that section 101B(1)(c) of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, known as the Anadarko Amendment, was “put in place by the Government to protect the interest of big oil and to stifle dissent”?

Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for the Environment: Does he believe his Government’s failure to properly control increases in farm intensity close to waterways has caused much of the river degradation identified in Professor Sir Peter Gluckman’s report on New Zealand’s fresh water?

MATT DOOCEY to the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector: What recent announcements has he made about community and voluntary group funding in New Zealand?

Questions to Members

RIA BOND to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: What indications of support has he received for the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill?

RIA BOND to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Will the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill enable about 2.7 million taxpayers who do not have Sky, the ability to watch major domestic sporting events free and on live to air television?

RIA BOND to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Is the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill fair on ratepayers and taxpayers?

DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: What benefits are likely to come from the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill if enacted?

DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Does he believe that the bill is “communist”, as a member of Parliament has charged?

DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: Will the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill empty stadiums of paying patrons and deny sporting codes revenue?

DARROCH BALL to the Member in charge of the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill: What are the implications of the Commerce Commission’s recent refusal of the Sky-Vodafone merger on the Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill?

CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Member in charge of the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill: Who will potentially benefit from the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill?

CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Member in charge of the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill: How will the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill be funded?

CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Member in charge of the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill: What are the potential outcomes for young people who participate in the work scheme introduced by the Youth Employment Training and Education Bill?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement on the housing crisis that “I wouldn’t call it a crisis. We have strong demand, we have an uplift in prices – these are good problems to have actually”?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on job growth in the New Zealand economy?

RON MARK to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Police; if so, why?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister of Police: What updates has she received about the effectiveness of the Government’s scheme to allow people to find out whether their partner has a history of domestic violence?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement in regards to survivors of abuse while in State care that “they’ve been able to come forward, have their story heard, get some compensation. Some of them aren’t necessarily satisfied with that”?

FLETCHER TABUTEAU to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Why hasn’t the Government called for a full-scale inquiry into retail electricity prices, given the percentage increase in power pricing?

Dr JIAN YANG to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made regarding Communities of Learning?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by the statement he made on behalf of the then Minister of Finance, “we have a very ambitious target for export growth”; if so, what progress has been made towards that target?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister for Building and Construction: Does he agree with Liam Dann in the New Zealand Herald that “Young house hunters should just give up”; if not, why not?

MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister of Veterans' Affairs: What announcements has he made regarding repatriation of military personnel remains?

JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Social Development: Is she satisfied that, according to her answer to written question 1048, she could not say how many children were reported to have been seriously abused in State care in 2015/16?

CARMEL SEPULONI to the Associate Minister for Social Housing: Does he stand by the former Prime Minister who said “If they’re sleeping in a car, my very strong advice is to go and see Work and Income and we’ll see what we can do”?

TRACEY MARTIN to the Minister of Education: Does she agree with the Ministry of Education’s National Director for Learning Support that schools in Northland should contact the Police when primary school children threaten teachers and other students with violence?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Is she confident that schools are getting all the support they need to help every child succeed?

SCOTT SIMPSON to the Minister of Finance: How are the Government’s financial accounts tracking compared to Budget 2016?

CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by her statement about the Privacy Commissioner that “we will listen to any recommendations that he has to make” about feedback on her Government’s approach to private client data collection from social services?

JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Social Development: Does she believe she delivered on her statement that “robust procedures would gather and protect the information” when referring to her ministry’s Individual Client Level Data Collection policy?

SIMON O'CONNOR to the Minister of Transport: What employment opportunities are being created by the construction of the City Rail Link in Auckland?

Dr DAVID CLARK to the Minister of Health: Can he tell the House the source of the typhoid outbreak that killed a 52-year-old Auckland woman; if so, can he guarantee that the outbreak has been contained?

MARAMA FOX to the Minister for Building and Construction: What efforts is he taking to ensure the rights and interests of Ngāti Paoa are being provided for through the Point England Development Enabling Bill?

BARBARA KURIGER to the Minister for Primary Industries: What announcements has the Government made to help support our primary sector exporters succeed in overseas markets?

POTO WILLIAMS to the Minister for Disability Issues: Does she stand by her answers to supplementary questions on 23 March 2017?

MAUREEN PUGH to the Associate Minister of Health: What recent announcements has she made regarding nicotine e-cigarettes?

JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Associate Minister of Health: Will he recommend his Government change the law so that New Zealanders with terminal illnesses using medical cannabis are not at risk of being raided by the Police and prosecuted?

MELISSA LEE to the Minister of Finance: What is the Government doing to ensure the longer-term strength of the New Zealand economy?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements regarding New Zealand’s free-trade agreement with China; if so, why?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Prime Minister: Given the number of commitments his Government has made to achieve outcomes in 2040 or later, does he think that his Government is addressing important issues with sufficient urgency?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he agree with the reported view of the Ministry for Primary Industries that there is nothing wrong with the fishing industry being allowed to monitor itself?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister for Economic Development: What reports has he received on regional economic growth across New Zealand?

Dr DAVID CLARK to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statements in response to yesterday’s urgent question on the typhoid outbreak in Auckland where a 52-year-old woman has died?

RON MARK to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Police; if so, why?

Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with former Prime Minister John Key that a meaningful tax cut would cost “$3 billion I reckon”, and is this a higher priority for him in the upcoming Budget than restarting contributions to the New Zealand Super Fund?

SARAH DOWIE to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent agreement has the Government made to support export growth in the red meat sector?

CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Social Development: What advice did she receive from the Privacy Commissioner during the development of the private client data-sharing requirements for contracted social services?

ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister for Social Development: What updates can she provide on the progress of Project 1000?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Based on the advice he has received from the Defence Force and the Minister of Defence, does he know if any civilians were killed in Operation Burnham; if so, how many?

TODD BARCLAY to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he received about New Zealand’s economic outlook?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister of Tourism: Does she stand by her statement regarding a tourist levy that “I’m personally not a big fan … because we’re really expensive to visit”?

STUART SMITH to the Minister for Children: What updates can she provide on the new Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Is it still a “fundamental purpose” of his Government to close the wage gap with Australia; if so, has the gap got smaller or larger since his Government came to office in 2008?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister for Primary Industries: Is it a fact that he has received serious warnings to New Zealand’s biosecurity over the importation of excrement from horses, cattle, and chickens, and ignored these serious warnings?

EUGENIE SAGE to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he stand by his statement that FishServe has “no conflict of interest” in its role monitoring the fishing industry, despite being a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seafood New Zealand?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Building and Construction: Does he stand by his statement, “Whenever people make that first decision to get into a first home, it is always going to be a stretch and difficult. I think there is an element that people need to be realistic and that is that your first home is not going to be one in the leafy suburbs of Remuera close to the central city”?

JAMI-LEE ROSS to the Minister of Trade: What reports has he received on trade issues?

Dr MEGAN WOODS to the Minister responsible for the Earthquake Commission: Is he confident that the Earthquake Commission will meet their commitment of settling all remedial claims by 30 June 2017?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: What update can he give on workplace health and safety?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Associate Minister of Education: Does she stand by the Minister of Education’s statement regarding teacher shortages that “this isn’t a crisis, it’s a shortage, but for the schools experiencing the shortage they can feel like it’s a crisis”?

GARETH HUGHES to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does she agree with former Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges that “while the world must progressively transition towards a low carbon future it can’t and won’t happen overnight”; if so, when will an end to exploring for oil in New Zealand happen?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement regarding the SAS actions in Afghanistan in 2010 and the alleged loss of civilian life that “so far there doesn’t appear to be new material to justify an inquiry”?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he received on the economy?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Why has her Government cut more than $523 million from early childhood education by, among other things, removing the top funding band for services that employ 100 percent qualified teachers?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by all her statements regarding Police numbers and allocation of Police resources?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister for Social Housing: What recent announcements has she made to reduce homelessness in Auckland?

Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for the Environment: Does he stand by his answers to Oral Questions No 6 and No 11 on Tuesday this week?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister for Communications: What reports has he received on the implementation of New Zealand’s Cyber Security Strategy and Action Plan?

EUGENIE SAGE to the Minister for the Environment: Should New Zealanders get a say over whether a private company can extract glacial water flowing out of a national park in the heart of the South West New Zealand Te Wāhipounamu World Heritage area?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister for the Environment: When will the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill be ready for committee stage?

POTO WILLIAMS to the Minister for Disability Issues: Is the withdrawal of services for 1,200 disability support users across the country the “significant culture change” for the disability support system that she announced earlier this month?

BRETT HUDSON to the Minister for Small Business: What recent announcements has she made on how the Government is supporting small businesses to save time and effort using online platforms?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Finance: What impact is trade diversification having on the resilience of the economy?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Tu ai a ia i runga i te mana o ngā whakataunga katoa o tāna Kāwantanga?

Translation: Does he stand by all of his Government’s decisions?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Will he commission an independent inquiry into the allegations made in the book “Hit and Run”?

KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI to the Minister of Police: What update can she give about the number of people who want to join the Police?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister for the Environment: Does he agree with the OECD that there are “significant management issues in relation to the availability, demand, and distribution of freshwater resources” in parts of New Zealand?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Building and Construction: Does he accept the finding of the periodical The Economist, that New Zealand has the most unaffordable housing in the developed world?

TODD MULLER to the Minister of Trade: What recent announcements has he made on New Zealand’s trade interests?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Associate Minister of Education: What is the total number of schools that have been identified as requiring significant property assistance that could not be met from their direct 5-year agreement funding allocation, and how many of those schools have received assistance, to date?

IAN McKELVIE to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent announcements has he made on how the Government is supporting growth in the primary sector?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by all her statements?

MATT DOOCEY to the Associate Minister of Education: What recent reports has she received regarding school property?

Dr DAVID CLARK to the Minister of Health: Is he confident that new mothers are being supported in public hospitals?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Has he required all his Ministers to be properly briefed on issues within their portfolios; if not, why not?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement “we’re not here to shy away from the hard issues”, which was tweeted from his account and then deleted?

SCOTT SIMPSON to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he received on growth and confidence in the New Zealand economy?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements?

JOANNE HAYES to the Minister of Justice: What recent announcements has the Government made about family violence?

METIRIA TUREI to the Minister for the Environment: Tū ai a ai i runga i te mana o āna kōrero i whakapūrongotia rā, he “whakaparahako”, he mahi “heahea rawa atu” te whakamahi, te kawe wai rānei a ngā kamupene pire wai?

Translation: Does he stand by his reported statements that charging companies who use or take water would be “ridiculous” and “farcical”?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Has he required all his Ministers to read the Cabinet Manual; if not, why not?

MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister of Education: What progress has been made on the development of a code of conduct for the teaching profession?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Building and Construction: Does he believe the rental market is affordable and secure enough for New Zealand families; if so, why?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Transport: What steps has the Government taken on strengthening New Zealand’s air services with trading partners?

Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for the Environment: Does he stand by his many statements last week that it’s not worth looking at a royalty on water used for bottling?

GARETH HUGHES to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Can she confirm that the Crown is liable for 42 to 48 percent of the cost of decommissioning offshore oil and gas rigs through tax and royalty rebates and, if so, what is the estimated cost to the Crown arising from rigs that will potentially be decommissioned?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Minister for Social Development: Does she have confidence in the current drafting of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill?

TODD MULLER to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on growth in the New Zealand economy?

BARBARA STEWART to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement regarding the health target update that “the improved access to elective surgery target has again been achieved … Delivering more elective surgery remains a key Government priority"?

JONO NAYLOR to the Minister for Social Development: What recent reports has she received regarding the proportion of people on working-age benefits?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements?

SIMON O'CONNOR to the Minister for Communications: What update can he give on the Government’s 4G cellular mobile target?

CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by her statement, “the Ministry of Social Development has robust procedures for gathering and protecting personal information”?

JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Social Development: What changes, if any, will she make to the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Bill to ensure a whānau-first approach, after she announced yesterday that she had “nuanced” the current Bill too much?

TODD BARCLAY to the Minister for Tertiary Education: What reports has he received that detail the economic growth in the regions as a result of international education?

SUE MORONEY to the Minister of Transport: Will he ensure that police checks are conducted as part of a standard employment process before people are appointed to general manager roles in the Ministry of Transport?

JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Transport: Does he stand by his statement that “the Government is sceptical about light rail” now that both Auckland Transport and the NZ Transport Agency have confirmed rail will go to the North Shore?

KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI to the Minister of Corrections: What recent agreement has been signed with the Kingitanga to improve outcomes for Māori offenders?

ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on New Zealand’s external financial position?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister for the Environment: Does he stand by his statement in regard to water that “we need to be sure that any steps we take are fair to all users”?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement that it’s “not true” that teachers can’t afford to buy a home in Auckland, given many reports of teachers leaving Auckland due to housing costs and of principals struggling to fill vacancies?

RICHARD PROSSER to the Minister for the Environment: Does he stand by all his statements?

SARAH DOWIE to the Minister of Justice: What recent announcements has she made to improve New Zealand’s family violence legislation?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with yesterday’s Dominion Post editorial, “it would be absurd for National to hand out tax cuts while refusing to restore contributions to the Cullen Fund”?

NUK KORAKO to the Minister of Tourism: What announcements has she made about the Government providing more support for regional tourism infrastructure?

RON MARK to the Minister of Immigration: Does he stand by his statement, “we’ve got immigration policy settings that make sure the right people come in and the wrong people don’t … I think we’ve got the policy settings just about bang on”?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Infrastructure: Why does his Housing Infrastructure Fund offer more debt to councils when the biggest high-growth local authority, Auckland Council, is already close to its debt ceiling?

JAN LOGIE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?

SCOTT SIMPSON to the Minister of Transport: What is the Government doing to improve safety and travel times on State Highway 2 between Tauranga and Waihi?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Associate Minister of Education: Does she believe the Government has succeeded in her 2014 aim to “get ahead of demand” for new classrooms before serious capacity issues arise; if so, why did the Government fail to spend $54 million allocated for new schools and roll growth last year?