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How much staff time and resources, if any, has the Government spent in approximate terms on the policy and legislative work for the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill to date?

Answered Question 6677 (2026)
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Arena Williams

Member for Manurewa · Labour Party

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  • How much staff time and resources, if any, has the Government spent in approximate terms on the policy and legislative work for the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill to date?

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Hon Scott Simpson

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

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Officials’ time is not timesheeted against individual policy or legislative projects.