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Further to Reply 38352 (2026), how did the Cabinet Office become aware of the Minister's public statement? and 8 other questions

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Questions

  • 40934

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), how did the Cabinet Office become aware of the Minister's public statement?

  • 40935

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), has the Prime Minister imposed any disciplinary consequences, ministerial reprimand, or other sanction on the Minister for the public statement?

  • 40936

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), what response did the Prime Minister or Prime Minister's Chief of Staff send to the Cabinet Office email?

  • 40937

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), which Cabinet Manual provisions were cited in the Cabinet Office email as potentially breached by the Minister's statement?

  • 40938

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), on what date did the Minister's public statement occur, and in what publication or forum did it appear?

  • 40939

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), what specific Cabinet decision or policy matter was the subject of the Minister's public comments?

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  • 40940

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), which Minister was the subject of the Cabinet Office email?

  • 40941

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), what is the full text of the email titled "comments in article" dated 24 April 2025?

  • 40942

    Further to Reply 38352 (2026), who within the Cabinet Office authored the email titled "comments in article" dated 24 April 2025?

Answered by

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon

Member for Botany · National Party · Prime Minister

Answer

The Cabinet Office’s email of 24 April 2025 refers to a media article. The email was sent by the Secretary of the Cabinet and referred to the convention set out in paragraph 5.23 of the Cabinet Manual. No written response to that email was received. It is in the public interest that the Cabinet Office can, in confidence, provide free and frank advice to the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister can decide whether or not to act on that advice. On that basis, it is not in the public interest to provide further details about the Cabinet Office’s email to my Chief of Staff dated 24 April 2025.