Question Time for 11 April 2017

ANDREW LITTLE to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement on the housing crisis that “I wouldn’t call it a crisis. We have strong demand, we have an uplift in prices – these are good problems to have actually”?

JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received on job growth in the New Zealand economy?

RON MARK to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Police; if so, why?

Dr PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister of Police: What updates has she received about the effectiveness of the Government’s scheme to allow people to find out whether their partner has a history of domestic violence?

JACINDA ARDERN to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement in regards to survivors of abuse while in State care that “they’ve been able to come forward, have their story heard, get some compensation. Some of them aren’t necessarily satisfied with that”?

FLETCHER TABUTEAU to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Why hasn’t the Government called for a full-scale inquiry into retail electricity prices, given the percentage increase in power pricing?

Dr JIAN YANG to the Minister of Education: What recent announcements has she made regarding Communities of Learning?

GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by the statement he made on behalf of the then Minister of Finance, “we have a very ambitious target for export growth”; if so, what progress has been made towards that target?

DAVID SEYMOUR to the Minister for Building and Construction: Does he agree with Liam Dann in the New Zealand Herald that “Young house hunters should just give up”; if not, why not?

MAUREEN PUGH to the Minister of Veterans' Affairs: What announcements has he made regarding repatriation of military personnel remains?

JAN LOGIE to the Minister for Social Development: Is she satisfied that, according to her answer to written question 1048, she could not say how many children were reported to have been seriously abused in State care in 2015/16?

CARMEL SEPULONI to the Associate Minister for Social Housing: Does he stand by the former Prime Minister who said “If they’re sleeping in a car, my very strong advice is to go and see Work and Income and we’ll see what we can do”?