Parliament - Live Stream and Question Time

BRETT HUDSON to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the New Zealand economy and how does this compare to the international economy?

Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: What recent reports has he received, if any, on the failures of the health system?

JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Why has the Government not yet announced its response to the Joint Working Group on Pay Equity Principles’ recommendations, given he has been considering them since May 2016?

BARBARA KURIGER to the Minister of Health: Can he confirm that 551,000 patients received a First Specialist Assessment last year, and that this is more than one in 10 New Zealanders?

TRACEY MARTIN to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment: What reports has he seen on the financial sustainability of Lincoln University?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Are working people getting a fair share of economic growth when real median household incomes increased by 1 percent between 2008 and 2015?

MATT DOOCEY to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has the Government made about investment in education infrastructure in Christchurch?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Social Housing: Does she agree with the Prime Minister when he said, “We’ve actually got quite a strong plan for dealing with the homelessness issue, I don’t think we need a summit…”?

TODD BARCLAY to the Minister of Tourism: What announcements has the Government made on its commitment to supporting tourism in the regions?

CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Social Development: Does she stand by all her statements?

MELISSA LEE to the Minister of Customs: What updates has she received regarding the interception of child sexual abuse material at the border?

BARBARA STEWART to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement, “Budget 2016 will help New Zealanders continue to access the healthcare they need”?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in the Minister for Building and Housing given the falling rate of homeownership, especially among young people?

RON MARK to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?

MATT DOOCEY to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that “There are more jobs, and people are being better paid”; if so, why?

Dr MEGAN WOODS to the Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration: Does he agree with the Prime Minister, who said with regard to the Canterbury earthquakes, “on behalf of the Government, let me be clear that no one will be left to walk this journey alone”; if so, does he think all relevant information prepared by his Government has been made available to Cantabrians to assist them in navigating post-earthquake decisions?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o āna kaupapa here Kāwanatanga katoa, nē?

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

Dr JIAN YANG to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made about expanding 21st century learning options for parents and whanau?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: How will her Communities of Online Learning (CoOL) proposal differ from online charter schools in the United States, given a study partially funded by a private pro-charter foundation found students attending those schools lost an average of about 72 days of learning in reading, and 180 days of learning in maths during the course of a 180-day school year?

CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister for the Environment: Will he commit to a regulatory regime that includes swimmable rivers in light of the comment from a Havelock North café owner who said that, “we’d trade all the compensation in the world if it would spur the Government into tidying up or cleaning up the waterways”?

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Minister of Immigration: How many of the 209,000 work visas issued last year were for occupations on one of the Essential Skills in Demand lists?

JONO NAYLOR to the Minister of Police: What is the Police doing to assist potential victims of family violence?

STUART NASH to the Minister of Police: Does she believe that the Police have enough resources to implement their part of the Prime Minister’s 2009 promise to use the full force of the Government’s arsenal to “confront the P problem” given that P is cheaper, and as easy as it was to get in 2008?

PAUL FOSTER-BELL to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent reports has he received on growth in wine exports?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o tana kōrero “you turn on the tap, you expect water to flow and for it to be potable, that you can drink it”?

Translation: Does he stand by his statement that “you turn on the tap, you expect water to flow and for it to be potable, that you can drink it”?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: What Productivity Commission reports has he received on New Zealand’s urban planning system?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement that “we are seeing a record number of houses being built”; if so, why, given 29,000 dwellings were consented nationwide in the past year compared to 33,000 in 2004 and 40,000 in 1974?

MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister for Social Housing: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o tā Te Pirimia kōrero e pā ana ki tētahi pakirehua i te take kore whare a te hunga Tōrangapū- whakawhitinga, “the Government has done a lot of work in the area of homelessness”?

Translation: Does she stand by the Prime Minister’s statement regarding the cross-party inquiry into homelessness that “the Government has done a lot of work in the area of homelessness”?

ALFRED NGARO to the Minister for Social Development: What recent announcements has she made regarding the care and protection of children and young people?

Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: Does he have confidence in his Associate Minister of Health, given that less than half of drinking water supplies serving populations of less than 5,000 people are meeting drinking water standards?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made regarding teacher supply?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that the average wage would rise to $62,000 by 2018; if so, by what percentage per annum would it need to increase in the next two years to reach that level?

JOANNE HAYES to the Minister of Health: What progress has been made towards achieving the Government’s national health targets?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she stand by her statement regarding the special education system that “I want it to be child-centred, simple to access, and available promptly, early and without interruption for as long as required”; if so, will any of her proposals announced last week reduce existing services or provision?

NUK KORAKO to the Associate Minister of Health: What recent announcement has he made affecting the status of electronic cigarettes?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements; and in what manner?

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

MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he received on the New Zealand economy?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement regarding housing that “we take responsibility, we need to do a better job of it”?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Ka tū a ia i runga i te mana o āna kaupapa here Kāwanatanga katoa, nē?

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

SCOTT SIMPSON to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: What announcements has she made about the Government’s commitment to the Paris Climate Change Agreement?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Minister for Social Development: What recent publicity does she think led to The Guardian writing an article titled “New Zealand’s most shameful secret: we have normalised child poverty”?

IAN McKELVIE to the Minister for Economic Development: What recent announcements has the Government made about economic development in the Manawatu-Whanganui region?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she stand by all of her answers to Oral Question No 12 yesterday?

PAUL FOSTER-BELL to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: What announcements has she made about the Government’s gift on the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday?

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement in relation to the labour market that “if wages aren’t rising then there isn’t a shortage”?

DENIS O'ROURKE to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement yesterday that “the Government is very proud of the fact that it has sold hundreds of houses to State house tenants. We have seen people in their 50s and 60s enjoy, for the first time in their lives, the benefit of homeownership”?

JAMES SHAW to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: Will she cancel carbon credits held by the Government to compensate for using what she calls “dubious” carbon credits in order to meet New Zealand’s climate commitments; if so, when?

TODD MULLER to the Minister of Finance: What recent announcements has the Government made regarding its Social Housing Reform Programme?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Immigration, given his statement that “there are jobs for every single New Zealander who wants them”?

KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI to the Minister for the Environment: How will the new Unitary Plan adopted yesterday support the Government’s work to address Auckland’s housing problems?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by the statement in Budget 2016 that GDP per capita “is what matters for achieving higher material living standards”, and was growth in per capita GDP last year “about half a percent” as stated by the Minister of Economic Development?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister of Transport: Do any current passenger endorsement holders have convictions for drink-driving or careless driving causing injury or death?

ALFRED NGARO to the Associate Minister of Education: What recent announcements has the Government made about investment in education infrastructure?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for Building and Housing: Does he agree with the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel that the number of houses Auckland needs in the next seven years is 131,000, or nearly 19,000 per year; if so, does he think it acceptable that only 9,651 homes were consented in Auckland in the last year?

ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What announcements has he made that will make it easier for New Zealanders to access financial advice?

CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister of Education: When the Prime Minister said that the Government “wouldn’t really be progressing the issue unless they could get the other stakeholders on board” following a briefing by her on school funding, does she think that the education sector is now on board?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement in November last year that refugees “go through a proper vetting process, and a lot of work is done to establish that they are genuine refugees”; and if so, why?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister of Customs: How is the Government investing in the modernisation of the New Zealand Customs workforce?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Why is she proposing to flatten out the current funding rates across different year levels to a standard per-child amount as part of the education funding review?

Questions to Members

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Member Responsible for the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill: Why did he introduce the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Member Responsible for the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill: What recent evidence has he received, if any, that supports the need for the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill?

KRIS FAAFOI to the Member Responsible for the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill: Why is it necessary for the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill to be advanced at this time?

Hon RUTH DYSON to the Member Responsible for the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill: What problem, if any, does the Airport Authorities (Publicising Lost Property Sales) Amendment Bill seek to address?

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

ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the outlook for the New Zealand economy?

KEVIN HAGUE to the Minister of Conservation: What advice has she received on the total funding that will be required to achieve a predator-free New Zealand by 2050?

SIMON O'CONNOR to the Minister for Building and Housing: What recent announcements has the Government made regarding its programme of large-scale housing developments in Auckland?

Dr DAVID CLARK to the Minister of Trade: How and by whom was he or his office informed “on or around 25 May” of “possible trade retaliation”; and what was the content of that communication?

MARAMA FOX to the Minister for Social Development: Does she agree with the study of Alicia Sudden that Work and Income is pushing too many beneficiaries into jobs that don’t last; if so, what is she doing about it?

SARAH DOWIE to the Associate Minister of Transport: What announcement has the Government recently made around the use of Bluetooth technology in the South Island to deliver information for visiting drivers?

RON MARK to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by all her statements; if so, how?

IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY to the Minister of Immigration: Has he seen any reports that 60 percent of New Zealanders think the Government should let in fewer immigrants; if so, why does he think New Zealanders are becoming concerned about immigration?

NUK KORAKO to the Minister of Tourism: What reports has he received about increased spending by tourists visiting this winter?

STUART NASH to the Minister of Police: How soon after signing off on the Police Four Year Strategic Plan in May of this year did she change her mind about there being no increase in police numbers out to 2020?

JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Transport: Will he commit to prioritising rail to Auckland’s North Shore as part of the additional Waitemata Harbour crossing; if not, why not?

MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Finance: What progress is the Government making in building a more competitive and productive economy?

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement that he doesn’t accept the average Auckland house, costing $992,000, is out of reach for most families?

KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI to the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment: What recent reports has he received on job growth in the construction industries?

RON MARK to the Prime Minister: Does he continue to stand by all his statements; if so, in what fashion?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made that will get more teachers into low-decile schools?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she still expect her Government will live up to the Prime Minister’s statement regarding the review of the education funding system that the Government “wouldn’t really be progressing the issue unless they could get the other stakeholders on board – the unions and others”; if so, will she now rule out implementing global budgets?

METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Tū ai a ia i runga i te mana o tana tauākī, e pā ana ki te mākete whiwhinga whare, “My advice is to believe in the system because it will work for young people”?

Translation: Does he stand by his statement about the housing market, “My advice is to believe in the system because it will work for young people”?

Dr DAVID CLARK to the Minister of Trade: On what date was he or his office first informed of the “possible trade retaliation” that triggered engagement at “various levels of Government” with China and when were the Prime Minister, his office, and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet first informed?

MELISSA LEE to the Minister of Immigration: What recent announcements has the Government made in relation to the Vision 2015 programme?

CATHERINE DELAHUNTY to the Minister of Education: Will she guarantee that her Education Funding Review will not lead to larger class sizes?

JACQUI DEAN to the Associate Minister of Transport: What steps is the Government taking to increase the take-up of alcohol interlocks?

STUART NASH to the Minister of Police: Is there any link between the increase in crime and the decline in police numbers in the past year?

Questions to Members

PHIL TWYFORD to the Member in charge of the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2): Why did he draft the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2)?

Question Time for 9 August 2016.

Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: Did each District Health Board get a funding increase in Budget 2016 sufficient for them to meet all health demographics, wages, and inflationary cost pressures; if not, which ones did not?

JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Transport: Mā te whakapau, e iwa tekau mā rua ōrau, o te katoa o te pūtea tahua waka i te mea, kua kitea ko te waka rori, tētahi kaipana matua, whakapiki tukunga waro, mai anō i te tau, kotahi mano, iwa rau, iwa tekau, ka taea e tērā te whakaheke i te whakakinotanga o te āhua rangi?

Translation: Will spending 92 percent of the total transport budget on roads reduce climate pollution, given road transport has been a key driver of the increase in carbon emissions since 1990?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received showing construction, tourism, and services are driving New Zealand’s economic growth?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that “there is no evidence that inequality in New Zealand is increasing”; if so, what is the statement from Statistics New Zealand last week “individual net worth is more concentrated” evidence of?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister for Building and Housing: What policies does the Government have to comprehensively deal with the demand side of New Zealand’s housing “challenge”?

TODD MULLER to the Minister for Building and Housing: Where is the Government directly contracting to build homes as part of its Comprehensive Housing Plan?

CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she have confidence that all schools are receiving the funding necessary to serve the diverse needs and abilities of students?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What recent reports has he received on the effectiveness of the changes made by the Responsible Lending Code?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: Does he believe the Crown entities and legislation he is accountable for are protecting the minority shareholders of Silver Fern Farms?

STUART NASH to the Minister of Police: Does she agree with Local Government New Zealand President Lawrence Yule when he said that many local councils are now having to fund “new safety measures to fill the gap left by a lack of resourcing for community policing”; if not, why not?

Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Conservation: What recent announcements has she made regarding efforts to save some of our rarest native birds?

MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister for Social Housing: He kaha te whakapono o Te Minita ki āna kaupapa here whiwhinga whare?