Question Time for 29 March 2022

Questions to Ministers: BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? TEANAU TUIONO to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: Is he concerned about the safety of at-risk communities following the announcement that protections under the COVID-19 traffic light system have changed and will change further? TAMATI COFFEY to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What changes to income support come into effect on 1 April? CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government's statements and actions? MARJA LUBECK to the Associate Minister of Education: What work is the Government progressing to lift student achievement in maths and literacy? NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Does he agree with ASB's assessments that "higher consumer prices and debt servicing costs could raise household weekly outgoings by an average of around $150 per week over 2022" with income growth unlikely to keep pace? GREG O'CONNOR to the Minister of Transport: What recent steps has the Government taken to support New Zealanders through the current global energy shock and associated transport costs? Hon MARK MITCHELL to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by her statement, "The reality is that this Government has never been more active in targeting the gangs and criminal leaders and getting them off the streets"; if so, how does she reconcile that statement with the over 40 percent increase in gang membership since October 2017? DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and policies? ANNA LORCK to the Minister for Emergency Management: How has the Government responded to the Tairawhiti and Hawke's Bay floods? RAWIRI WAITITI to the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs: Does he stand by his statement that "competition in the retail grocery market is not working"; if so, what steps will he take, if any, to break up the supermarket duopoly? Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Develo