Question Time for 1 June 2017

METIRIA TUREI to the Minister for Social Housing: Can she guarantee that all 3,422 people on the Priority A Housing Register who urgently need a place to live will be housed within a month; if not, why not?

DARROCH BALL to the Minister of Police: What does she believe is the cause of the recent increase of violent robberies of dairies?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in the Minister of Health in light of the Office of the Auditor-General report on mental health; if so, why?

BRETT HUDSON to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on the prospects of the New Zealand economy?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement in response to statements his Budget was not visionary, “Well, no, I don’t even know why people would ever, sort of like what’s innovative, what’s visionary”?

BARBARA KURIGER to the Minister for Primary Industries: What recent Budget announcements has the Government made regarding investment in irrigation?

PHIL TWYFORD to the Associate Minister for Social Housing: How many extra emergency housing places available to take referrals have been delivered over and above the 737 he reported for March 2017, if any?

DENIS O'ROURKE to the Minister for Social Housing: Does she stand by all her statements?

MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage: What support does Budget 2017 provide for New Zealand’s arts, culture and heritage?

JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Social Development: Will she apologise to a young woman, who had a child conceived through rape, whose benefit was reduced for years because she didn’t want to name the father?

ALASTAIR SCOTT to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: How does Budget 2017 invest in the financial capabilities of young New Zealanders?

Dr DAVID CLARK to the Minister of Health: How many more New Zealanders are accessing district health board mental health and addiction services nationally now than in 2007/08, expressed as a percentage increase; and what is the corresponding percentage growth in funding for mental health and addiction services over the same time period?