Oral Questions for Thursday 10 November 2022

Questions to Ministers BROOKE VAN VELDEN to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his statement regarding workforce shortages in the health sector that "there is stuff we need to do in the short term around recruitment … and then there is long term stuff, attracting people into the health services, doing the additional training"; if so, does he have targets for how many medical professionals need to be brought into the health sector through recruitment or training, to fix the workforce shortage? SORAYA PEKE-MASON to the Minister for Sport and Recreation: What support has the Government provided for the Women's Rugby World Cup? CHRIS BISHOP to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government's statements and actions? ARENA WILLIAMS to the Minister of Justice: What changes will be made to improve the anti-money laundering and countering financial terrorism regime? ERICA STANFORD to the Associate Minister of Education (School Operations): Why are less than 40 percent of students attending school regularly, and what impact, if any, has declining attendance had on student achievement in literacy and numeracy? NAISI CHEN to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What announcement has he made about increasing competition in the banking sector? MELISSA LEE to the Minister for Broadcasting and Media: Does he stand by all the Government's views and actions regarding Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media? TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Trade and Export Growth: What recent reports has he seen on New Zealand's sustainable trade? Hon JACQUI DEAN to the Minister of Conservation: Does she stand by all of her statements and actions? RICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH to the Minister of Immigration: Is he confident that current visa settings reflect New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific? IBRAHIM OMER to the Minister of Customs: What announcements has she made about a modernised border experience for travellers? RAWIRI WAITITI to the Minister of Police: Does he stand by his statement that he "wouldn't take off the table the potential for Parliament to take further action to support the police" in response to a report released by the Independent Police Conduct Authority and the Privacy Commissioner in September, which found photos and fingerprints of five youth in Wairarapa were taken by police illegally?