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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to address limitations in New Zealand data on leave entitlements and leave use, including limitations affecting the assessment of financial impacts from the Employment Leave Act 2026?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to collate and analyse New Zealand data on the amount of leave used by employees each year?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to collate and analyse New Zealand data on the number of employers who provide leave entitlements above the statutory minimum?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What steps, if any, has the Minister taken to collate and analyse New Zealand data on the number of employers who provide only the statutory minimum leave entitlements?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What was the percentage breakdown by stakeholder type of the 76 stakeholders who submitted responses after being selected by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to take part in the targeted consultation on Holidays Act…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What was the breakdown of the stakeholder type, in percentage, of the 100 stakeholders selected by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to take part in the targeted consultation of the Holiday Act reform?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Does he accept Queenstown Lakes District Council's claim that its Proposed District Plan and Spatial Plan will provide capacity for approximately 108,000 additional homes compared with projected demand of around 24,000 homes over the next…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Has he considered Otago Central Lakes advocacy for inclusionary zoning as a mandatory value capture mechanism to ensure a share of the value created through growth is retained for affordable housing?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 7 September 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 7 September 2026, by title and date?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  How many rocket payload applications have had extra checks requested by New Zealand security agencies since November 2023, if any?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister's office had any correspondence with the Minister for National Security and Intelligence's office in the last 18 months and if so when?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Does he stand by his statement that the consultation on the 28-day rule "will be about testing whether there genuinely is a food safety need for this rule or whether it's just an example of a silly rule that's just standing in the way of…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What aides-mémoire, briefings, memos, notes, reports, or any other advice, if any, has the Minister or their Office received during the week beginning 31 August 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 31 August 2026, by title and date?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Were any representations regarding the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging received by her from ministerial colleagues; if so, from whom, on what dates, and what representations were made?

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  Has the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging been cancelled or deferred; and if deferred, on what date will it next be considered?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Did she or her office meet with any government relations firm, or third-party representative acting on behalf of an organisation in opposition to the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging between 7…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Did she or her office receive any written correspondence, briefings, or other correspondence from an organisation in opposition to the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging between 7 April 2026 and…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Did she or her officials meet with any organisation regarding the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging between 7 April 2026 and 25 August 2026?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Does she believe that the removal of the enforcement deadline for the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging, followed by the decision not to proceed with it, has created regulatory uncertainty for…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Is the Government considering an extended producer responsibility scheme on hard-to-recycle plastic packaging as an alternative to the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging; if so, when will…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What consideration, if any, was given to businesses that had already invested in alternative packaging in anticipation of the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging, before the decision was made not…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What is the total cost of policy work on the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging since November 2023, broken down by financial year, and how many FTE staff were engaged on it?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Did she or her officials meet with any environmental non-governmental organisation regarding the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging between 7 April 2026 and 25 August 2026; if not, why not?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Which stakeholders, if any, supporting the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging were consulted before the decision was made not to proceed with it, and on what dates?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What is the annual tonnage of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC food and beverage packaging entering the New Zealand waste stream, and what proportion of that is currently recycled?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What advice, if any, has she received on human health risks arising from chemical leaching from PVC and polystyrene used in food and beverage packaging?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Was a regulatory impact statement or cost-benefit analysis completed on the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What written advice, if any, did she receive from officials between 7 April 2026 and 25 August 2026 on whether to proceed with the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging, and did that advice…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Why were stakeholders informed by email, rather than by public announcement, that the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging would not proceed?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Did she take any paper, aide-memoire, or other item to a Cabinet committee relating to the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging between 7 April 2026 and 25 August 2026; if so, on what date and…

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  On what date did was it decided that the proposed phase-out of PVC, polystyrene and PVdC in food and beverage packaging would not proceed?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  Has he received any feedback that the new levies approved by Cabinet in 2024 under the Food Act 2014 could make it harder for small businesses?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What assessment, if any, has he made of the two new levies approved by Cabinet in 2024 under the Food Act 2014 on small businesses?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What work, if any, is being undertaken through the Food Act Improvement Programme to improve transparency in the delivery of food verification services?

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Rachel Brooking

Member for Dunedin · Labour Party

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  What measures, if any, are New Zealand Food Safety looking to implement for the way it manages food imports?