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Francisco Hernandez

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  How much, if any, is the total budget in the Minister's departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, for the 2026/27 financial year on artificial intelligence- including costs on…

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Camilla Belich

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  Has any staff member in the Minister’s office used a private email account to send or receive official information since the Government took office; if so, on how many occasions since 27 November 2023?

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Camilla Belich

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  What official information, if any, is held on a private email account of a current or former staff member in the Minister’s office and has not been placed on the official record since 27 November 2023; and what steps are being taken to…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Will the Minister undertake a review of current and former staff members’ private email accounts to identify any official information that should be on the public record; if not, why not?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has any staff member in the Minister’s office used a private email account to send or receive official information since the Government took office; if so, on how many occasions since 27 November 2023?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister or any staff member in their office received a briefing, document, or correspondence from a company, lobbyist, or other third party at a private email account that hasn't then been forwarded to an official email account or…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Will the Minister undertake a review of current and former staff members’ private email accounts to identify any official information that should be on the public record; if not, why not?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What official information, if any, is held on a private email account of a current or former staff member in the Minister’s office and has not been placed on the official record since 27 November 2023; and what steps are being taken to…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister or any staff member in their office received a briefing, document, or correspondence from a company, lobbyist, or other third party at a private email account that hasn't then been forwarded to an official email account or…

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Damien O'Connor

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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 25 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Jo Luxton

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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 25 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 25 May 2026, by title and date?

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Jo Luxton

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 25 May 2026, by title and date?

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Damien O'Connor

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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 11 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Jo Luxton

List MP · 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 11 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 11 May 2026, by title and date?

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 11 May 2026, by title and date?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  For each agency, department, Crown entity, company, or other organisation for which the Minister is responsible, what is the forecast payback period, in months, i.e. the time before the disestablishment of roles (if any) made as part of…

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · 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 18 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Jo Luxton

List MP · 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 18 May 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 18 May 2026, by title and date?

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Jo Luxton

List MP · Labour Party

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  What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 18 May 2026, by title and date?

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date, if at all, did the Minister first receive advice from the Government Chief Digital Officer, the Public Service Commissioner, the Privacy Commissioner, Treasury, or any other agency regarding the feasibility, cost, delivery…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Which AI vendors, products, or platforms are expected to be procured, expanded, or relied upon as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; what is the forecast contract value of each, in which…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What evidence base, including any business cases, pilot results, productivity studies, benchmark data, or independent advice, was relied upon in determining that AI could absorb the workload of the roles being disestablished as part of…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the total forecast spend on (a) AI software licences and subscriptions, (b) AI-related cloud and compute infrastructure, (c) AI implementation consultants and systems integrators, (d) AI-related staff training and change…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has any (a) algorithmic impact assessment, (b) Privacy Impact Assessment, (c) Treaty of Waitangi impact assessment, or (d) Health and Safety at Work Act psychosocial risk assessment been completed in respect of the AI tools being deployed…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many, if any, of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will have any of their functions or tasks performed, in whole or in part, by artificial…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, has the Minister received advice that the functions could be performed more cost-effectively if the entity…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, which functions will (a) cease entirely, (b) transfer to another entity, or (c) be performed by a…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what is the forecast one-off cost of abolition or merger, including disestablishment, transition, legal and IT…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  For entities being abolished or merged as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, what was the total appropriation in 2024/25, if anything, and what is the forecast total cost of the functions…

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Camilla Belich

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  Has any psychosocial risk assessment been conducted in respect of the restructure being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, under Health and Safety at Work Act obligations, if any,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister received any advice that role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will worsen results in staff engagement, workplace wellbeing, sick leave, or…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for compare, as a proportion of workforce, across the portfolio, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Has the Minister sought or received advice on whether roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will need to be re-hired within the next 24 months, and what is the…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What proportion of the current workforce does the role reduction being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for represent, if any, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What support, including outplacement, retraining, and mental health support, if any, is being made available to staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, and at what cost, broken down by…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many staff affected by savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for are being offered redeployment to other roles within the same entity or elsewhere in the public service, if any, and what is the forecast…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  How many of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, will be achieved by (a) voluntary redundancy, (b) involuntary redundancy, (c) non-replacement of…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What is the total forecast cost of restructures being undertaken as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, including (a) redundancy payments, (b) outplacement support, (c) change-management…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Have any functions been transferred to another entity as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; if so, has the receiving entity been given any additional baseline funding, and how much,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What, if anything, is the forecast contractor and consultant spend in each of the next four financial years as a consequence of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, by category of spend, broken…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What, if anything, is the average daily rate paid for external consultants and contractors, and how does this compare to the equivalent daily cost of the roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Will any work previously undertaken by roles being disestablished as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, be performed by (a) external consultants, (b) contractors, (c) labour-hire staff,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Did Treasury, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, or the Public Service Commission advise against any element of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for,…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  What savings target, if any, expressed in dollars or FTE, was set as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, by whom, and on what date, broken down by agency, department, Crown entity, company, or…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Were any relevant unions consulted prior to the announcement of the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any; if so, on what date, and were the unions provided with…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  Was the Public Service Commissioner consulted on the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and what advice did the Commissioner provide, if anything, broken…

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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  On what date, if at all, did the Minister first receive advice regarding the role reductions being made as part of savings made in Budget 2026 for votes the Minister is responsible for, if any, and from whom, broken down by agency,…