Question Time for 29 March 2022
Questions to Ministers: BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? TEANAU TUIONO to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: Is he concerned about the safety of at-risk communities following the announcement that protections under the COVID-19 traffic light system have changed and will change further? TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What changes to income support come into effect on 1 April? CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government's statements and actions? MARJA LUBECK to the Associate Minister of Education: What work is the Government progressing to lift student achievement in maths and literacy? NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with ASB's assessments that "higher consumer prices and debt servicing costs could raise household weekly outgoings by an average of around $150 per week over 2022" with income growth unlikely to keep pace? GREG O'CONNOR to the Minister of Transport: What recent steps has the Government taken to support New Zealanders through the current global energy shock and associated transport costs? Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by her statement, "The reality is that this Government has never been more active in targeting the gangs and criminal leaders and getting them off the streets"; if so, how does she reconcile that statement with the over 40 percent increase in gang membership since October 2017? DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and policies? ANNA LORCK to the Minister for Emergency Management: How has the Government responded to the Tairawhiti and Hawke's Bay floods? RAWIRI WAITITI to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: Does he stand by his statement that "competition in the retail grocery market is not working"; if so, what steps will he take, if any, to break up the supermarket duopoly? Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: How many people, if any, had received jobseeker support for three consecutive years or longer as at the December 2021 quarter and how many people, if any, had received jobseeker support for three consecutive years or longer as at the December 2017 quarter? Questions to Members MELISSA LEE to the Chairperson of the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee: When will the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee report its findings on the Inquiry into the Review of the Radio New Zealand Charter to the House?
