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ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Is the Government on course to meet all the targets it has set; if not, which is it missing?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o ngā kaupapa here katoa o tāna Kawantatanga?

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

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on household debt?

Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement that “it’s important people can access the appropriate mental health and addiction services that they need”?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Immigration: What recent announcements has he made regarding the New Zealand Residence Programme?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister of Immigration: Does he stand by all his statements; if so, how?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Is the Prime Minister correct with respect to tax cuts that “The options are: either include it in Budget 2017 or we campaign on that as part of Election 2017. Those are the two most likely options, taking into consideration we have a responsibility to take into account two things, which are the fiscal and economic conditions, and how well we are doing in terms of addressing the reduction in debt”?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that there has been 190,807 more children’s visits to the GP, an increase of 16.6 percent, in the last 12 months since the Government introduced free GP visits for under-13’s?

RON MARK to the Minister for ACC: Is he confident that ACC is making decisions in accordance with the purpose, principles and intention of the Accident Compensation Act 2001, and in the best interest of claimants?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister of Finance: What has convinced him to announce a Government-backed building programme to build medium-density housing using economies of scale to drive down costs, and why is it now a priority after eight years in Government?

STEFFAN BROWNING to the Minister for the Environment: Will he set a pesticide use reduction policy for Aotearoa New Zealand, such as exists in many Scandinavian and EU countries?

BARBARA KURIGER to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent reports has he received on the economic impact of the Mystery Creek National Fieldays?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements; if so, how?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on weekly earnings?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does the Government intend to meet all the targets it has set; if so, why does it think setting those targets was important?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister for Social Housing: Has she received any reports supporting the Government’s housing plan?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o āna kōrero katoa?

Translation: Does he stand by all his statements?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Is his reported statement from May this year correct that “Bill English says if he and John Key disagree on what to do with next year’s expected surplus – pay down debt or cut taxes – what the Prime Minister wants, the Prime Minister gets”?

SIMON O'CONNOR to the Minister for Building and Housing: How many New Zealanders have been helped into home ownership with the KiwiSaver HomeStart grant scheme since it was introduced, and what increases have there been in the grants and withdrawals under the scheme?

FLETCHER TABUTEAU to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Social Housing: Has she read the final report of the Cross-Party Inquiry on Homelessness “Ending Homelessness in New Zealand”; if so, will she implement its recommendations?

SARAH DOWIE to the Minister of Conservation: What announcements has she made on wild kiwi recovery?

KELVIN DAVIS to the Minister of Corrections: Does she still believe that Serco should be operating Auckland South Corrections Facility; if so, how, given she described them as failures in their management of Mt Eden?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister of Commerce: Has he received any advice regarding regulatory uncertainty around peer-to-peer platforms and the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Act 2014?

IAN McKELVIE to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the performance of mixed-ownership electricity companies since their partial sale?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Is it correct that real disposable income per capita grew by 0.5 percent on average in the last year according to the latest Statistics NZ data, and does he think this represents working New Zealanders getting a fair share of economic growth?

BARBARA KURIGER to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: How is the Government helping New Zealanders better understand what action New Zealand is taking to tackle climate change?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he stand by his statement that there is no “hard evidence” to support the Director of Fisheries Management’s claim that fish discarding is a systemic failure of the current system?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment: Does he agree with John Key, who said when announcing the Youth Guarantees policy that “the bottom line is this – the days of 16-and-17-year-olds being able to leave school and drift along aimlessly while being financially supported by the Government are at an end?

MATT DOOCEY to the Minister for Social Development: What recent announcements has she made regarding support for children and young people in care or at risk of going into care?

JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Transport: Does he stand by his statement that “there will come a point of time where you can’t just keep adding lanes to the motorway”; and does he think that time has come for Auckland?

KELVIN DAVIS to the Minister for Māori Development: Does he believe that the lives of Māori have improved during his time as Minister for Māori Development?

ALFRED NGARO to the Minister for Pacific Peoples: What recent announcement has he made about supporting young Pacific people into sustainable employment, education, and training?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Local Government: Does he stand by all his statements?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister for Small Business: How will small businesses benefit from this Government’s move to reduce the time it takes to complete business surveys?

Hon DAMIEN O'CONNOR to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he stand by all his statements?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Is it correct that the household debt-to-income ratio is now 165 percent, and does he agree with Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod’s comment in response to this record high level, “you can’t continue to grow an economy just using debt, there needs to be more to prop up activity”?

SCOTT SIMPSON to the Minister of Finance: What impact is New Zealand’s growing economy having on trends in GDP per capita?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers; if so, why?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Building and Housing: Does he stand by his statement that the evidence about overseas buyers impacting the New Zealand housing market is “diddly-squat”?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister for the Environment: Will he call in Nova Energy’s application to build a new gas-burning power plant, as a matter of national significance under the Resource Management Act 1991?

MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister for Economic Development: What recent announcements has the Government made about economic development on the West Coast?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Minister for Social Development: What is the official measure, and number, of children living in homelessness and poverty in New Zealand?

KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI to the Minister of Justice: How will the Evidence Amendment Bill passed last night help vulnerable victims through the court process?

CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister for the Environment: Does the Environmental Protection Authority have sufficient funding to reassess the use of hazardous substances that it has agreed should be reassessed as a potential risk to people and the environment?

JONO NAYLOR to the Minister for Land Information: How is overseas investment benefiting New Zealand and contributing to growing the economy?

KELVIN DAVIS to the Minister for Primary Industries: Why were bag limits for recreational fishers reduced when the Ministry for Primary Industries has ignored thousands of tonnes of fish being dumped by the commercial sector for years?

CLAYTON MITCHELL to the Minister of Conservation: What analysis has been carried out in relation to the costs involved in making New Zealand predator-free by 2050 and maintaining this status?

Questions to Members

METIRIA TUREI to the Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill: He aha ia i tuhi hukihuki ai i te Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?

Translation: Why has she drafted the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?

METIRIA TUREI to the Member in charge of the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill: He aha ngā whakamōhio tautoko kua whiwhi i a mō te Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?

Translation: What indications of support has she received for the Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill?

MARAMA FOX to the Prime Minister: When referring to concessions needed on the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill, what did he mean when he told Radio New Zealand yesterday, “I think if you did it again, you might do it a bit differently”?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Finance: Which sector can he report is mostly driving growth, in view of last week’s GDP figures, which showed the New Zealand economy is the third-fastest growing in the OECD?

EUGENIE SAGE to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he stand by his predecessor’s statement that “Protecting our aquatic environment by setting environmental standards and fostering good fishing practices results in sustainable fisheries”?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister for Social Housing: What announcements has she made about how the Government is supporting those in need of emergency housing?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Social Housing: Does she stand by her statement that buying a South Auckland motel is a “step forward” when the motel’s existing long-stay residents have received eviction notices and say they fear being made homeless?

MARK MITCHELL to the Minister for Building and Housing: How many new homes will be built from the $750 million Northcote housing redevelopment project being led by the Hobsonville Land Company, and when will the first homes be completed?

Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister for Primary Industries: Does he stand by his statement on 18 May 2016 regarding investigations into illegal fish dumping that “There’s been no cover-up here. These are internal, draft investigations, part of which has been unfortunately leaked”; if so, does he now also think it’s unfortunate that a report by Michael Heron QC released last week found MPI’s decision not to prosecute was flawed?

SARAH DOWIE to the Minister for Social Development: What announcements has she made regarding supporting people with mental health conditions into work?

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Minister of Immigration: Is the immigration system working in the best interests of New Zealand and of migrants?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Justice: Does she stand by all her statements?

JAMI-LEE ROSS to the Minister of Customs: What reports has she received on Customs’ collaboration with overseas partner agencies to intercept drugs destined for New Zealand?

DAVID BENNETT to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the economy?

METIRIA TUREI to the Minister for Social Development: Ka whakaae a ia ki tā Te Kaweneti o Te Kotahitanga o Ngā Whenua o Te Ao mō Ngā Tika tamaiti, e tono rā kia whakatūturu tana Kāwanatanga, me noho taungaroa rawa atu ngā pānga pai o te tamaiti, i roto i te hinengaro, ka whakamanahia ana ngā ture e pā ana ki ngā tamariki?

Translation: Does she accept that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child requires her Government to ensure the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration in the enactment of laws relating to children?

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

MATT DOOCEY to the Minister of Science and Innovation: What new investment has the Government announced in high-quality scientific research?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Will she now recommend to Cabinet that the global budget proposal not proceed, given the sector advisory group recommended it not proceed and the Prime Minister has said that the Government “wouldn’t really be progressing the issue unless they could get the other stakeholders on board - the unions and others”?

DENIS O'ROURKE to the Associate Minister of Transport: Is he satisfied with current requirements for overseas drivers in New Zealand?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister of Conservation: Does she stand by her statement that Vote Conservation has not been cut?

MELISSA LEE to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made regarding teaching Asian languages?

STUART NASH to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by all her statements?

RICHARD PROSSER to the Minister for Primary Industries: Why is the Ministry for Primary Industries developing an import health standard for mushroom compost which contains animal manure?

NUK KORAKO to the Minister for Small Business: How is the Government addressing the recommendation from the 2015 Small Business Development Group report to continue to make it easier for small businesses to access information and advice?

RINO TIRIKATENE to the Minister for the Environment: Does he accept that consultation with Māori was inadequate prior to the announcement of the Kermadec Sanctuary; if so, will he now apologise for that mistake?

Hon ANNETTE KING to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister of Transport: Does he stand by all his statements on the rail service for Northland; if so, how?

IAN McKELVIE to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the state of the economy?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with Tracy Watkins that the poorest New Zealanders are “shouldering the biggest burden” of the housing crisis, spending more than half their income on housing, and that beneath the Government spin on the Household Incomes Report “it’s not nearly so rosy”?

JOANNE HAYES to the Minister of Justice: How will the family violence law reforms support the work of the Ministerial Group on Family and Sexual Violence?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister of Conservation: How many full-time rangers does the Department of Conservation employ at present, and how does this compare with the number in June 2015?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that Pharmac plans to free up $25 million for DHB frontline services through improved procurement of medical devices?

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Is he concerned that 170,000 people working in New Zealand have no written employment agreement?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister for Whānau Ora: Does he stand by all his statements?

Dr JIAN YANG to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made regarding participation in early childhood education?

STUART NASH to the Minister of Police: Does she take any responsibility for the fact that almost 60 percent of Police do not believe that New Zealand Police delivers on the promises it makes to its customers, as reported in the 2016 Police Workplace Survey?

JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Transport: Can he confirm Treasury advised Ministers that his electric vehicles package will “not be effective at encouraging the uptake of EVs, representing low-value spending and a missed opportunity to prepare New Zealand for the wide-spread uptake of low emission vehicles”?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: E māia ana ia ki ōna Minita katoa?

Translation: Does he have confidence in all his Ministers?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on how rising wages and low inflation mean more money for New Zealand families?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Has he had any meetings with his housing Ministers regarding how the housing crisis is affecting children?

JACQUI DEAN to the Minister of Justice: What recent announcements has the Government made regarding reform of New Zealand’s family violence laws?

Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: Is he satisfied his response to the childhood obesity epidemic is fit for purpose; if so, why?

SIMON O'CONNOR to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that New Zealanders received 44 million subsidised prescriptions in 2015/16, and that this is over 10 million more compared to eight years ago – an increase of 30 percent?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Is GDP per capita growth what matters most for achieving higher material living standards as stated in Budget 2016; if so, why?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Justice: Does she stand by all her statements?

TODD BARCLAY to the Minister of Transport: How is the Government supporting the uptake of electric vehicles in New Zealand?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Social Housing: How many of the 1,000 new social housing places she says are in the pipeline will be delivered by the end of the year, if any?

EUGENIE SAGE to the Minister for the Environment: Does he support a target of protecting 30 percent of New Zealand’s marine environment, including the Exclusive Economic Zone; if not, what target does he support?

TODD MULLER to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent reports has he received on growth in kiwifruit exports?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Finance: How is the growing economy, which is delivering higher employment and rising wages, helping to reduce hardship and child poverty in New Zealand?

Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: What is the total amount in efficiencies that district health boards have made in 2015/16?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister of Education: At what stage is the Education Funding System Review at, and how is the education sector being engaged?

DENIS O'ROURKE to the Minister for Seniors: Does she stand by her statement, “we’re very in favour of the SuperGold Card and there are absolutely no plans to downgrade it in any way, shape or form”?

JONO NAYLOR to the Minister for Social Development: What recent announcements has she made regarding the material wellbeing of New Zealand households?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Associate Minister of Social Development: Can she confirm that the contract with the Growing Up in New Zealand study, the largest and most comprehensive longitudinal study undertaken in New Zealand, is currently being renegotiated, and will she guarantee that this process will not lead to their contract being cut?

CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister for the Environment: Is he considering a national requirement for all water bodies to be swimmable?

JOANNE HAYES to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made about funding to support students at risk of educational under-achievement?

Dr MEGAN WOODS to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in the Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission?

MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister for Social Housing: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o tōna whakaaetanga i tuhia, kua hē kē atu te kore-whare, i raro i ngā whakahaere o Te Kāwanatanga nei?

Translation: Does she stand by her reported admission that homelessness has got worse under this Government?

PAUL FOSTER-BELL to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What initiatives is the Government involved in that support the Government statement on building financial capability in New Zealand?

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Minister of Immigration: Why is Cabinet reviewing the number of Permanent Resident Visas it plans to issue given that he does not expect that review to result in any policy change?

Question Time for 6 September 2016.