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What cost pressures within their relevant portfolio Votes, if any, was the Minister informed of prior to Budget 2026 - listing any advice received on this by date and title?

Answered Question 26936 (2026)
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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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  • What cost pressures within their relevant portfolio Votes, if any, was the Minister informed of prior to Budget 2026 - listing any advice received on this by date and title?

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Hon Paul Goldsmith

List MP · National Party · Minister for Pacific Peoples

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Information about the Budget process has not been disclosed, to maintain the current constitutional conventions protecting the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers and officials. As with previous Budget cycles, the Treasury will proactively release material from the Budget process in due course.