If not, does the government intend to implement a systemic child poverty strategy
underpinned by legislation as recommended by the EAG?
Since 2012, how much additional spending has the government allocated for new policies
specifically designed to reduce material deprivation caused by household income poverty,
poor quality housing, poor educational outcomes and poor child health outcomes or to
mitigate its causes or effects?
What measures does the government take to ensure that the welfare and best interests of
the child are taken into account in decision-making processes regarding benefit sanctions
under the Social Security Act 1964?
B. Housing
What information does the government have on the gaps in realisation (disaggregated by
ethnicity, disability and family status) of the right to adequate housing under each of the
indicia of the right to adequate housing as set out in General Comment 4?
What measures has the government taken to address each indicia of the right to adequate
housing as set out in General Comment 4?
What measures has the government taken, or intends to take, to ensure that public and
private providers of rental housing uphold and protect human rights?
What steps is the government taking to address the lack of suitable housing for disabled
people in New Zealand?
Can the government update the Committee on the housing situation in Canterbury and
advise on the steps it is taking to address the right to adequate housing for all Cantabrians?
C. Education
What concrete actions is the government taking to accelerate the narrowing of the gap in
educational outcomes between Māori and Pacific, and other ethnicities?
What future measures does the Government intend to take to achieve a fully inclusive
education system, now that the Success for All programme has concluded?
What steps has the government taken to ensure that the Special Education Update Action
Plan is based on the principle of inclusive education?
What steps is the government taking to ensure all aspects of the right to education are
adequately protected in any new Education Act and corresponding regulations?
Does the government plan to make any statutory amendments to codify an enforceable
right to an inclusive education?
Can the government update the committee on the educational outcomes of those children
who are materially deprived, disaggregated by gender, ethnicity and family status?
D. Health
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