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# Oral Questions – 15 October 2019
- URL: https://goodoil.news/oral-questions-15-october-2019/
- Published: 2019-10-14T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-10-15T00:11:48.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

### Questions to Ministers

**Hon SIMON BRIDGES** to the **Prime Minister:** Does she stand by all her Government’s actions and policies?

**Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL** to the **Minister of Finance:** What recent reports has he seen on the Government’s finances?

**Hon TODD McCLAY** to the **Minister of Finance:** Are New Zealanders paying more tax now than they were when the Government took office?

**Hon JUDITH COLLINS** to the **Minister of Housing:** Were any of the 859 houses that have received a KiwiBuild underwrite but have not yet been announced “in places where there was little first-home buyer demand”?

**PAUL EAGLE** to the **Minister of Transport:** What announcements has he made about ensuring New Zealanders’ safety on our roads?

**Hon MARK MITCHELL** to the **Minister of Immigration:** Does he stand by his decision to grant residency to a person with six convictions for driving with excess breath alcohol and two convictions for driving without a licence?

**JO LUXTON** to the **Minister of Education:** What action, if any, is the Government taking to improve the welfare and pastoral care of students living in halls of residence and other tertiary accommodation?

**MARK PATTERSON** to the **Minister for State Owned Enterprises:** What actions, if any, is KiwiRail taking to maintain and improve the North Auckland Line?

**Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE** to the **Minister of Health:** Is it his expectation that district health boards operate within the fiscal appropriation provided to them by the Government?

**CHRIS BISHOP** to the **Minister of Transport:** Does he stand by his statement of 16 May 2019 when announcing the Let’s Get Wellington Moving transport package, “What we have said in terms of the Mt Victoria tunnel, and we considered this very carefully, where we have landed on this is that the work on an additional Mt Victoria tunnel would happen towards the end of the first decade”, and is this still the case following the Wellington City Council election results?

**ANAHILA KANONGATA’A-SUISUIKI** to the **Minister for Building and Construction:** What recent announcements has she made about delivering more warm, dry, safe houses to New Zealanders?

**Hon JACQUI DEAN** to the **Minister of Local Government:** Does she stand by all her actions and policies?