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Has the Minister ever taken a draft paper on mandatory safety standards for corded blinds in New Zealand to a Cabinet Committee, and if not, why not?

Answered Question 4112 (2026)
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Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

Question

  • Has the Minister ever taken a draft paper on mandatory safety standards for corded blinds in New Zealand to a Cabinet Committee, and if not, why not?

Answered by

Hon Scott Simpson

Member for Coromandel · National Party · Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Answer

I regularly take papers to Cabinet committees across a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, I proactively release papers considered by Cabinet on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website (https://www.mbie.govt.nz/document-library).