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Is it normal practice for a government ministry facing an active supply disruption to ask members of the public to generate the regulatory ideas it may act upon; and if so, can he point to previous examples of this approach being used in an emergency context?

Answered Question 18054 (2026)
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Georgie Dansey

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Is it normal practice for a government ministry facing an active supply disruption to ask members of the public to generate the regulatory ideas it may act upon; and if so, can he point to previous examples of this approach being used in an emergency context?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

Public engagement is the duty of any responsible government. Had public regulatory engagement been taken more seriously over the COVID-19 response, perhaps community butchers would not have been forced to dump stock and close while supermarkets stayed open, or perhaps the supply shortage of COVID-19 testing capacity could have been addressed more rapidly.