Oral Questions for Wednesday 2 March 2022

Questions to Ministers BARBARA EDMONDS 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? RICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH to the Minister of Immigration: What steps, if any, will he take to support people in Ukraine fleeing due to invasion and war in their homeland? Hon SIMON BRIDGES to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his statements and actions on public spending? VANUSHI WALTERS to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: What recent changes has the Government made in response to the Omicron outbreak in New Zealand? CHRIS BISHOP to the Associate Minister of Health: Does she stand by her statement on 25 January 2022 that the Government has "Increased our PCR testing capacity from a maximum of 39,000 tests a day to a baseline of 58,000 tests. Surge capacity is now 77,600 tests, which can be sustained for 7 days", and is she satisfied with the performance of COVID-19 testing during the current outbreak? TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Economic and Regional Development: What announcements has he recently made about the Regional Strategic Partnership Fund? Dr JAMES McDOWALL to the Minister of Immigration: Does he stand by all his policies and actions? ANGELA ROBERTS to the Associate Minister of Education: What steps is the Government taking to support new entrants' literacy and oral language success? DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and actions? CAMILLA BELICH to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: What recent reports has he seen about WorkSafe's enforcement of COVID-19 rules for workplaces? Hon GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Does she stand by the Prime Minister's statement, "we have subsequently sought advice on a specific Russian sanctions bill"; if so, when will the Government introduce a specific Russian sanctions bill?