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What part of the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill, if any, does Cabinet not agree on?

Answered Question 6661 (2026)
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Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

Question

  • What part of the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill, if any, does Cabinet not agree on?

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Hon Scott Simpson

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

Answer

Cabinet agreed to the introduction of the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill, and all parties across the House of Representatives (aside from the Green Party) voted in favour of the Bill's first reading.