Dalziel Lianne: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Dalziel Lianne: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Sitting date: 08 February 2012. Volume:677;Page:178. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
9. 
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL (Labour—Christchurch East) 
 to the  
Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery 
: How many written comments were received on the draft Recovery Plan for the Christchurch CBD and is it his intention to consider them all before making a decision on the draft Recovery Plan for the CBD in accordance with the process set out on the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority’s website? 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery) 
: 
 I am advised that there were 79 and the answer is yes. 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: Will his consideration include the written comments from engineer John Scarry who has raised serious concerns about the need for seismic-resistant design including seismic separation between buildings area-wide deep soil improvement and the impact that deep alluvial deposits have on surface seismic acceleration; if so how will these be addressed in a draft plan that has failed to even mention them? 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE 
: Consideration will be given to all submissions. 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: Does he agree that the draft central city plan seismic-resistant design for the rebuild and the founding soils of the central business district are within his remit as Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery; if so why did he refer the 30 January letter from John Scarry sent to him about these matters to the Minister for Building and Construction saying that the issue fell within his portfolio? 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE 
: If the member would for a moment recall the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act it makes it clear that Ministers still retain primary portfolio responsibility in their particular portfolio areas. It is within the remit of the Minister for Building and Construction to deal with the matters raised by this particular engineer and that work is being done. 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: What confidence can the people of Christchurch have in the recovery process when a design of a draft city plan can completely ignore this submission it can be referred to the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery and he can refer it to the Minister for Building and Construction when it is indeed his responsibility as the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery to sign off on the central city plan? 
Hon GERRY BROWNLEE 
: The draft plan was prepared by the Christchurch City Council. My job once again is to ask for submissions. I have done that. We have received them; this is one of those submissions. It is quite appropriate that that submission would be forwarded to the Department of Building and Housing for its advice before any further consideration is given to making the draft plan a plan. 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: I seek leave to table the letter from John Scarry Engineering addressed to the Hon Gerry Brownlee His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch and Mr Roger Sutton the Chief Executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority together with the submission that they made on the central city plan and finally the third item: the letter from the Minister’s office simply referring this to the Minister for Building and Construction. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: Leave is sought to table those documents. Is there any objection? There is no objection. 
Documents by leave laid on the Table of the House.