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Oral Questions – 10 August 2022
Originally published: 10 August 2022
Questions to Ministers
CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions?
BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?
Dr JAMES McDOWALL to the Minister of Defence: Is he content with the state of morale in the New Zealand Defence Force, and how does he plan on resolving the increasing attrition rates across all three branches?
ARENA WILLIAMS to the Minister of Police: What steps has the Government taken to tackle violent offending and the illegal use of firearms?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that “obviously New Zealanders are currently facing significant increases in their cost of living”?
TEANAU TUIONO to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he stand by his statement that “Extra monitoring and a range of practical support is being rolled out to help farmers achieve immediate improvements in intensive winter grazing practices”; if so, what monitoring of intensive winter grazing practices is being done this season?
GLEN BENNETT to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What updates has she seen on creating jobs in the construction workforce?
Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Can she confirm that there are 13,383 people aged 18-24 who have spent one year or longer on the jobseeker benefit, and that, on average, just 178 participants in Mana in Mahi each year had been on a benefit for a year or longer when they started their placement?
ANGELA ROBERTS to the Associate Minister of Education (School Operations): What changes has the Government made to NCEA to support senior secondary students in 2022?
DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Does she stand by her statement, “Our focus is on engaging with the International Seabed Authority process as the best means to achieve an outcome that deep-sea mining does not take place unless we can ensure the protection of our ocean through setting high environmental standards”; if so, does she still have confidence in that process?
SIMON WATTS to the Minister of Local Government: Does she agree with the Prime Minister’s statement on Three Waters reform that “The ownership of these entities sits with local bodies and government so it is not changing the ownership structures”, and does she believe those reforms will actually maintain true local government ownership of water assets?
LEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE to the Associate Minister of Health (Pacific Peoples): What recent work has the Government done to build the Pacific health workforce?
Answers to these questions are delivered from 2pm (New Zealand time) on the day of tabling. The answers can be accessed in text form, once Hansard is finalised, by clicking here.
