Question Time for 10 March 2021

Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s policies and actions?

Dr DUNCAN WEBB to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy?

ANDREW BAYLY to the Minister for Infrastructure: What are the 15 shovel-ready projects being re-scoped, and why has construction only started on less than a quarter of shovel-ready projects?

Dr LIZ CRAIG to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: What is the Government doing to ensure continual improvement in COVID-19 response?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by her statement regarding the Government’s response to COVID-19, “What I’ll set out over the course of this month is how we anticipate transitioning from the restrictions that we have”; if so, when will a full and comprehensive plan be announced?

CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister of Conservation: Will she commit to the target adopted by the Hauraki Gulf Forum of protecting at least 30 percent of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park?

TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Whānau Ora: What recent announcement has he made about Whānau Ora supporting whānau affected by the recent changes in COVID-19 alert levels?

CHRIS BISHOP to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: Will the Australian travel bubble that was agreed by Cabinet in principle and announced on 14 December 2020 be up and running by the end of the first quarter; if not, why not?

BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister for Pacific Peoples: What actions did the Government take to communicate with Pacific communities during the recent alert level changes?

KAREN CHHOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her statement, “We always hear about New Zealand being a great place to raise a family – and that’s certainly true. But we can always do more”?

NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Housing: Does she have confidence that taxpayers are getting good value for the money being spent by Government housing agencies; if so, what was the total cost incurred to make videos promoting the Progressive Home Ownership scheme?

IBRAHIM OMER to the Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities: What supports were in place for ethnic communities during recent alert level changes?