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Oral Questions – 20 September 2022
Originally published: 20 September 2022
Questions to Ministers
Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?
CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions?
MARJA LUBECK to the Minister of Education: What progress has the Government made in supporting employers to maintain and increase the number of New Zealanders in apprenticeships?
TEANAU TUIONO to the Minister of Agriculture: Is the Dairy Industry Restructuring (Fonterra Capital Restructuring) Amendment Bill consistent with his Government’s commitment to addressing the global climate crisis; if so, how?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement that “we will enter a period of more targeted spending”, and does he consider that Government spending in the past six months should have been more targeted?
ANGIE WARREN-CLARK to the Minister for the Environment: What actions is the Government taking to enhance protection for New Zealand’s most productive land?
CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister of Housing: Does she stand by her statement from May last year that “We have heard, we’ve listened, and we’ve acted to make sure that we are putting in a different system for Rotorua”, and is she satisfied with emergency housing provision in Rotorua?
CHRIS BAILLIE to the Minister of Education: Does he agree with the New Zealand Initiative that “The Ministry conducted no research on the effects of these ‘Modern Learning Environments’ on students’ learning prior to compelling schools to adopt them. Neither did they conduct any evaluation of their effects after they were established”; if not, what evidence has the ministry provided the Minister to show that modern learning environments improve literacy and numeracy skills?
Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Police: Did he receive any recommendation from the Police regarding the asset value threshold in the proposed Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Amendment Bill; if so, what was that recommendation?
TĀMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Māori Development: What recent events has he attended to celebrate te reo Māori?
JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Women: Is she concerned that the gender pay gap increased recently to 9.2 percent and that Statistics New Zealand did not report on the ethnic minority gender pay gap altogether?
ANGELA ROBERTS to the Associate Minister of Education (School Operations): How is the Government supporting students who have experienced lost learning opportunities as a result of disruptions from COVID-19?
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