Parliament 2 June 2015

The order paper is here.

Oral Questions 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

  1. JOANNE HAYES to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he received about the economy's performance in the lead-up to the Budget last month?
  2. JAMES SHAW to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?
  3. to the Prime Minister: Did he approve of Minister McCully's dealings with the Saudi Arabian businessman Hamood Al Ali Al Khalaf?
  4. Dr to the Minister of Health: How will social bonds help deliver better health outcomes?
  5. JAN LOGIE to the Minister of Health: Can he guarantee no NGO that embarks on a social bond contract, in order to assist people with the most complex mental health needs into work, will go under as a result of not meeting agreed targets; if not, why not?
  6. Hon ANNETTE KING to the Minister of Health: What advice, if any, did he receive on the “Better Public Services Seed Funding: Social Bonds Pilots”?
  7. DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement last week that because New Zealand Superannuation costs are currently less than 5 percent of GDP, and are forecast to rise to 8 percent of GDP by 2060, this represents a responsible path for overall Government spending?
  8. ALFRED NGARO to the Minister for Building and : What response has he received from Auckland Council and housing companies to the Auckland Crown land programme launched on Friday?
  9. GRANT ROBERTSON to the Minister of Finance: Does he stand by his statement in Budget 2014 “the share sale proceeds saw $4.7 billion go to the Future Investment Fund and we said we would spend $1 billion of that on schools, and a further $1 billion on health”; if so, as at Budget 2015 how much has been allocated to health and education from the Future Investment Fund?
  10. JONATHAN YOUNG to the Minister of Transport: How is the Government supporting the delivery of its Transport priorities?
  11. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements with regard to Northland?
  12. CHRIS HIPKINS to the Minister of Education: Does she stand by her statement that “the Government is fully funding the delivery of the school curriculum”?

National: Four questions on the economy, social bonds, Auckland housing and transport.

Labour: Four questions on the Saudi Arabia farm, social bonds, asset sales and school funding

Greens: Two questions on does PM stand by all his statements and social bonds

NZ First: One question on Northland

ACT: One question on superannuation costs

Budget Debate 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm

The Budget debate has one hours and 54 minutes remaining of the 15 hours allocated. They should get through 5.5 hours today. Each remaining MP can speak for up to 10 minutes, and the Minister of Finance has a final 10 minute right of reply.

Technically it is the second reading of the Appropriation (2015/16 Estimates) Bill.

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