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Oral Questions – 18 October 2022
Originally published: 18 October 2022
Questions to Ministers
CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions?
BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?
NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Has he seen a report by ASB that “soaring living costs are expected to add roughly $110 per week to household budgets over the next 12 months”; if so, does he expect wages will keep up with that increase in the cost of living?
ANGIE WARREN-CLARK to the Minister of Housing: What actions has the Government taken recently to address the housing infrastructure shortage?
DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government’s statements and actions?
TĀMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Small Business: What announcements has he made about supporting mental health and wellbeing for small businesses?
JAN LOGIE to the Associate Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: Has she seen the Human Rights Commission’s Pacific Pay Gap Inquiry findings that in 2021 the pay gap for median hourly earnings of Pacific men compared to Pākeha men was 18.8 percent and for Pacific women compared to Pākeha men was 25.1 percent; if so, what, if anything, is she doing to reduce the Pacific pay gap?
MARJA LUBECK to the Associate Minister of Education (School Operations): What reports has she seen on the delivery of the free healthy school lunches programme?
Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Has he seen the independent report into the death of a woman who left the Middlemore emergency department, which stated that Middlemore had “the worst-ever compliance with the Shorter Stays in ED health target for CMH during the month of June”, and which other emergency departments, if any, also had their worst ever shorter stays in emergency department in June 2022?
BROOKE VAN VELDEN to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statements on women’s rights?
TODD MULLER to the Minister of Agriculture: Does he support the Government’s proposed agriculture emissions plan, which reportedly could reduce production from sheep and beef farms by 20 percent, and does he agree with Federated Farmers that the policy will “rip the guts out of small town New Zealand”?
JO LUXTON to the Minister of Immigration: What recent announcements has he made about the next steps in the Government’s plan to reconnect New Zealanders to the world?
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