Oral Questions for Wednesday 28 June 2023

Questions to Ministers CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Acting Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and actions? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Associate Minister of Housing: What real-world data, if any, is collected by the Government on healthy homes standards compliance? ANNA LORCK 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 agree with BNZ that "The New Zealand economy is currently in peak stagflation: two quarters of negative growth; a labour market that is unsustainably tight; and inflation miles above the Reserve Bank's target"; if not, why not? GLEN BENNETT to the Minister of Energy and Resources: How will Budget 2023 support businesses to decarbonise their vehicle fleets? Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Acting Minister of Police: Does she stand by the Minister of Police's statement, "It is my view that New Zealanders feel safer"; if so, why? SORAYA PEKE-MASON to the Minister for Women: What recent announcements has the Government made about representation on public sector boards? DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister of Health: What is the name of the supplier storing the 17.8 million expired and expiring Rapid Antigen Tests to which she referred in her statement yesterday, "I am happy to give the member the name of the supplier if they put it on notice", and what is the overall cost to date of warehousing with this supplier to which she referred in her statement yesterday that "I am happy to provide the cost of the warehousing overall for the member if the member puts that question on notice"? Hon MEKA WHAITIRI to the Minister for Emergency Management: Does he stand by all his decisions and policies regarding the Emergency Management Bill? Hon PHIL TWYFORD to the Minister for the Environment: What progress has been made on repealing and replacing the Resource Management Act 1991? Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE to the Minister for Regional Development: Does she believe taxpayers have a right to expect good value for the Government's investment in the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF), and do comments from the Office of the Auditor-General that it was "not yet certain that Parliament or the public can have confidence that the investments made through the PGF reset will ultimately represent good value for money" concern her? ANAHILA KANONGATA'A to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What recent announcement has she made about Aotearoa New Zealand's support for ocean diversity and conservation?