Oral Questions for 5 March 2024

Questions to Ministers RT HON CHRIS HIPKINS to the Acting Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? DR VANESSA WEENINK to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on the Crown accounts? TANGI UTIKERE to the Minister of Transport: How does the Government intend to fully fund the more than $20 billion of proposed National Land Transport Fund spending across the next three years as outlined in the draft Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024-34? HON MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Acting Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements about educational achievement in schools? DR PARMJEET PARMAR to the Minister for Children: What recent announcements has she made, if any, regarding the Government's commitment to crack down on serious youth offending? HON JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Transport: Will his draft Government Policy Statement on land transport contribute to emissions reduction targets and reduce transport costs for people? JAMIE ARBUCKLE to the Associate Minister of Agriculture: What update, if any, can he provide on the coalition Government's commitment to wool? HON WILLIE JACKSON to the Minister for Media and Communications: Does she stand by all her statements? DR CARLOS CHEUNG to the Minister of Transport: What recent announcements has he made about transport investment in New Zealand? HON JAMES SHAW to the Minister responsible for RMA Reform: Does he agree with the statement made by the President of the Resource Management Law Association, who said about the Government's proposed approach to fast-track consenting that "There are likely to be high risks of judicial review if a decision-making process lacks transparency and results in poor environmental outcomes"; if not, why not? MIKE BUTTERICK to the Minister of Corrections: What recent announcements has he made about access to rehabilitation programmes? HON JAN TINETTI to the Associate Minister of Education (Partnership Schools): Does he stand by his statement that the previous Government had committed to the school lunches spending programme "without commissioning any robust empirical study to evaluate its effectiveness"; if so, how does he reconcile this with the New Zealand Healthy School Lunches pilot/Ka Ora, Ka Ako interim evaluation on the Ministry of Education website?