Oral Questions for 5 April 2023
Questions to Ministers ANGIE WARREN-CLARK to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What reports has she seen on material wellbeing? CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all of his Government's statements and actions? RACHEL BROOKING to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement, "The year 2023 is a tough time for many New Zealand families", and what impact is the rising cost of living having on them? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Minister of Health: Is the Government's approach to drugs evidence-based, and does it ensure the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes for New Zealanders? CHRIS BAILLIE to the Minister of Education: Does she agree with the Ministry of Education's Literacy and Communication and Maths Strategy that "A critical maths pedagogical approach uses maths to develop critical awareness about wider social, environmental, political, ideological, and economic issues. Critical maths recognises the importance of understanding, interpreting, and addressing issues of power, social justice and equity in the community and the wider world. Akonga are encouraged to interrogate dominant discourses and assumptions, including that maths is benign, neutral, and culture-free"? IBRAHIM OMER to the Minister of Immigration: What recent announcements has he made regarding the migrant workforce? HON LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction: Does she agree with Child Poverty Action Group that the latest child poverty statistics are "a sad indictment on the country with no real improvement in policy that could turn things around", and why was the reduction in the number of children living in material hardship over the last five years less than half the reduction from 2013 to 2017? TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister of Tourism: What recent announcement has he made on the Tourism Infrastructure Fund? ERICA STANFORD to the Minister of Education: How many decile 1 students passed the writing assessment for the second 2022 literacy and numeracy pilot released last week, and what advice, if any, has she received on the number of students next year that will leave school with no qualification? GLEN BENNETT to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: What reports has he seen about how competing businesses can cooperate to respond to natural disasters? PENNY SIMMONDS to the Minister of Education: Does she believe the results of the Te Pukenga network employee survey, which notes one-third of Te Pukenga staff see no future for themselves in Te Pukenga, is a positive or a negative representation of Te Pukenga's performance over the last three years?
