Jeanette Fitzsimons' Oral Questions

Does she still aspire for New Zealand to be carbon neutral and \"the first nation to be truly sustainable\", as she said in her statement to the House in February last year?

To the Minister for the Environment: Does he agree \"the broad outline of the Royal Commission's strategy of preserving opportunities while proceeding with caution\"?

Does he agree with chapter 13 that "significant intensification of land use, particularly pastoral land use" is "arguably the largest pressure today on New Zealand's land, freshwaters and coastal oceans, and atmosphere"

"If warming is not kept below two degrees centigrade … substantial global impacts will occur, such as species extinctions, and millions of people at risk from drought, hunger, flooding.";

Has he been advised of any central government forecasts that have more accurately predicted the trend of rising oil prices than Treasury or the Reserve Bank

Does he have confidence in the advice he has received from Treasury over the past 4 years on emerging risks to New Zealand's economy

Is he confident that the Government's investment in the "biggest road-building programme this country has ever seen" has reduced traffic congestion in Auckland?

Is he confident that the Government's investment in the "biggest road-building programme this country has ever seen" has reduced traffic congestion in Auckland?