31 Jul 2014
Question Time for 31 July 2014
- JAMI-LEE ROSS to the Minister of Finance: What has been the Government's main challenge in implementing its economic programme during this term of Parliament?
- Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?
- Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Minister for Social Development: Are the current policy arrangements for New Zealand Superannuation fair and equitable?
- JACQUI DEAN to the Associate Minister of Local Government: How will the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 3), passed on Tuesday, help local government reduce costs for ratepayers, families and communities?
- METIRIA TUREI to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's policies?
- Hon DAVID PARKER to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by all his answers to Oral Question No 6 on 30 July 2014?
- CHRIS AUCHINVOLE to the Minister of Conservation: How many expressions of interest have been received for the recovery of wind-blown timber on the West Coast when they closed on Friday 25 July, and how many of these are from West Coast companies?
- CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister responsible for Novopay: Does he stand by his statement from over 16 months ago with regard to Novopay "I want to see within three months a situation where, as much as possible, workloads from administrators are back to where they were before this thing started"?
- Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM to the Minister for Climate Change Issues: Can he point to anything to show New Zealand's net greenhouse gas emissions are reducing, in light of a call from Pacific Island leaders for a clear demonstration of this?
- ANDREW LITTLE to the Minister of Labour: What measures, if any, will he take to lift pay rates so that workers on the minimum wage get their fair share of the economy?
- MIKE SABIN to the Minister of Transport: What has the Government done to make roads safer for New Zealanders?
- CLARE CURRAN to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology: What percentage of the 1,592,000 target households for both the Government-subsidised rural and urban broadband programmes have actually connected and why are the figures so low?