Oral Questions for Wednesday 31 July 2024

Parliament - Live Stream and Question Time

Questions to Ministers KATIE NIMON to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen about tax relief for New Zealanders? TODD STEPHENSON to the Associate Minister of Health: What recent reports, if any, has he seen on Pharmac's obligations to consider the Treaty of Waitangi in its decisions? Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? RAWIRI WAITITI to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all of his Government's statements and actions? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS to the Minister of Climate Change: Does he agree with the Prime Minister's statement that "we are very confident we can grow the economy and deliver on our emissions targets and goals"; if so, is this consistent with the Climate Change Commission's independent finding released yesterday that "there are significant risks to meeting the second and third emissions budgets"? Dr HAMISH CAMPBELL to the Minister of Housing: What recent announcements has he made about making it easier to build houses in New Zealand? Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by his decision to appoint a commissioner to Health New Zealand, and does he agree that "challenges with the operating model and governance of Health New Zealand had been identified from the early days of its establishment, in large part deriving from a lack of transparency from the Board", as stated in a Cabinet paper from 22 July? TOM RUTHERFORD to the Minister of Justice: What actions is the Government taking to ensure real consequences for crime? KAHURANGI CARTER to the Minister for Children: Does she stand by her statement regarding cuts to Oranga Tamariki that "There will be no financial impact and there'[ll] be no impact on the frontline services. This is a guarantee"? Hon Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL to the Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills: Does she stand by all her answers to oral question No. 10 on 30 July 2024, and oral question No. 5 on 8 May 2024; if not, why not? DAN BIDOIS to the Minister for Mental Health: What recent announcement has he made regarding the Mental Health and Addiction Community Sector Innovation Fund?