Question time for 31 May 2022
Questions to Ministers CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): Does she have confidence in the current approach taken to enforcing the Healthy Homes Standards? DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and actions? 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? SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister of Housing: How is the Government supporting more people into their first homes through Budget 2022? NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with Treasury that "inflation is being driven by strong domestic demand"; if so, does he believe his plans to spend an additional $38 billion over the next four years is adding upward or downward pressure on inflation? TANGI UTIKERE to the Minister of Health: How is Budget 2022 helping to secure the future of New Zealanders' health? Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by her statement, "I reject the premise that gang tensions have increased under this Government's watch", and how does she reconcile that with the twelve gang-related shootings last week? NICOLE McKEE to the Minister of Police: Does she agree with the Prime Minister, who told Stephen Colbert, "We had a buy-back scheme. People had legitimately and legally gone out and purchased these weapons, and we changed the laws. So, in fairness, we said that we will buy them back, and then we will destroy them. And so that is what we did"? RACHEL BROOKING to the Minister of Tourism: How is the Government supporting the tourism industry to innovate and recover? Hon GERRY BROWNLEE to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Does she have a plan for ongoing engagement with Pacific countries currently considering the China-Pacific Island Countries Common Development Vision; if so, when will we learn about it? JAMIE STRANGE to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What recent announcements has he made regarding competition in the retail grocery sector?
