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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, investigations into meals provided to schools were opened during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised the Ministry of Education opened four meal investigations during the week of 8 June 2026. None were serious enough to warrant further investigation by New Zealand Food Safety.

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How much, if anything, was paid to an external supplier to collect uneaten meals during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

Costs for collecting surplus meals are generally included in each supplier’s per-meal rate. The exception is one supplier, where an additional Friday pickup has been included at the request of schools and is invoiced monthly. I am advised…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, uneaten meals were collected at the end of the school day by an external supplier during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that surplus numbers reported from external model suppliers for the week 8 June 2026 was 85,088 (14.1 percent of total meals).

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, meals were thrown out by schools during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that schools in the school lunches programme are required to return surplus meals to their supplier. I refer the Member to my response to written parliamentary question 29117 (2026).

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, new Early Childhood Education centres opened during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that one new licence was granted during the week of 8 June 8 2026.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres permanently closed during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses cancelled by the Ministry of Education during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses suspended by the Ministry of Education during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that five licenses were suspended during the week of 8 June 8 2026.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, Early Childhood Education centres got their licenses reclassified as a provisional license by the Ministry of Education during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that one provisional licence was issued during the week of 8 June 8 2026.

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Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, written directions have been issued by the Ministry of Education towards an Early Childhood Education centre during the week of 8th June 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Asked by

Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, children were attending early childhood centres during the week of 8th June 2026; broken down by region?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the attached table showing the number of children attending early childhood centres during the week of 8 June 2026, broken down by region.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    How many, if any, early childhood centres were in operation during the week of 8th June 2026; broken down by region?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education that there were 4371 early learning services operating in the week of 8 June 2026.

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Jan Tinetti

List MP · Labour Party

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    What advice, if any, has he received about Early Childhood Education during the week of June 8th 2026?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I received the following advice from the Ministry of Education about Early Childhood Education during the week of 8 June 2026: • 12 June 2026: Report - Drawing down the balance of the tagged contingency established for the transfer of ECE…

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Georgie Dansey

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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

The titles of papers I received in my capacity as Minister for Regulation are considered for proactive release each month and are published on the Ministry for Regulation’s website. Some titles may be withheld where the material remains…

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Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · 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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

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Camilla Belich

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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Justice

Answer

None.

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Ayesha Verrall

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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

Titles of all advice that I have received that support delivering access to timely, quality healthcare for all New Zealanders have been, or will be, proactively released on the Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand and Pharmac websites:…

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · 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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance

Answer

My office receives a significant volume of information. To answer this question will require significant staff resources and I do not believe it is in the public interest to do so. If the member wishes to be more specific about the…

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Ginny Andersen

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 15 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the list below of briefings I received from Education agencies for the week beginning 15 June 2026: Quarter 1: Attendance Service Provider Performance Material for Child and Youth Ministers Group meeting Bullets ahead…

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Georgie Dansey

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…

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Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

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None

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Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Justice

Answer

None.

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Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

None.

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Asked by

Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance

Answer

With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 15 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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    What advice, if any, has the Deputy Prime Minister or his predecessor in this parliamentary term received on potential changes to New Zealand's nuclear-free policy?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None that I am aware of.

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office requested, if any, during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026, including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

I refer the member to written question 10834 (2025).

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Georgie Dansey

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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

The titles of papers I received in my capacity as Minister for Regulation are considered for proactive release each month and are published on the Ministry for Regulation’s website. Some titles may be withheld where the material remains…

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Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · 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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

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Asked by

Camilla Belich

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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Justice

Answer

None.

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Ayesha Verrall

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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

Titles of all advice that I have received have been, or will be, proactively released on the Ministry of Health and Pharmac websites: https://www.health.govt.nz/information-releases/lists-of-advice-provided-to-ministers-2019-2025…

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Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · 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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance

Answer

My office receives a significant volume of information. To answer this question will require significant staff resources and I do not believe it is in the public interest to do so. If the member wishes to be more specific about the…

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Ginny Andersen

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 8 June 2026, listed by agency, title and date received?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

I refer the Member to the list below of briefings I received from Education agencies for the week beginning 8 June 2026: Speech notes for Early Childhood Council member event Charter Schools End of Year Report Summary Setting Performance…

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Asked by

Chris Hipkins

Member for Remutaka · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

None.

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Asked by

Camilla Belich

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Justice

Answer

None.

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Asked by

Ayesha Verrall

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

None.

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Asked by

Barbara Edmonds

Member for Mana · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Finance

Answer

With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…

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Ginny Andersen

List MP · Labour Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Education

Answer

None.

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What papers, if any, did the Minister take to Cabinet during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

With the exception of Cabinet Appointments and Honours (APH) papers and minutes, all Cabinet and Cabinet committee papers and minutes must be proactively released and published online within 30 business days of final decisions being taken…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What events or meetings, if any, did the Minister decline to attend during the week beginning 8 June 2026 , including location, event description, and attendees?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

My office receives many invitations to events and meetings. As per Speaker’s Ruling 199/6, I do not consider it to be in the public interest to undertake an exercise to identify and collate the material requested, as it will require a…

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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

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    What advice, reports, briefings, aide memoires, or any other documents has the Minister or any member of their Office received, if any, during the week beginning 8 June 2026, by title and date?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Minister for Regulation

Answer

The titles of papers I received in my capacity as Minister for Regulation are considered for proactive release each month and are published on the Ministry for Regulation’s website. Some titles may be withheld where the material remains…

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20208, will the Minister pause implementation of the proposed changes until Pharmac completes Māori-specific equity impact modelling, and if not, on what basis does he consider it appropriate to proceed?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Pharmac will consider all consultation feedback and undertake further assessments if necessary before a final decision is made. Decisions on which medicines are funded are operational matters for Pharmac, who makes those…

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20208, what actions, if any, will be taken if post-implementation monitoring shows Māori access has declined or complication rates have increased?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Pharmac will monitor post-change medicine uptake. I note that no one currently receiving empagliflozin, dulaglutide, or liraglutide for type 2 diabetes would lose access, and the proposed changes would apply to new…

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20208, will the Minister commit to monitoring Māori health outcomes including complication rates, hospitalisations, and mortality not just medicine uptake, following any changes to the eligibility criteria?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

Pharmac's role is to monitor medicine uptake. I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 20208 (2026).

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20214, how does the Minister consider that consultation process undertaken by Pharmac to meet the Crown's obligations of partnership and active protection under Te Tiriti o Waitangi?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I understand that Pharmac considered how it could meet the Cabinet Circular for needs-based services within the legal framework of section 6 and 7 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022, as well as the Government Policy Statement on…

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20214, when were Māori stakeholders first engaged in relation to the proposal, and what written records or reports, if any, document that engagement?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Pharmac contacted Māori stakeholders, including senior representatives from Māori clinical associations such as Te Ora – the Māori Medical Practitioners Association, ahead of the consultation’s official release.

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20214, did any Māori organisation consulted on the proposal support the removal of ethnicity-based eligibility criteria for Type 2 diabetes, and if so, who?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Pharmac received a large number of responses to this consultation. Analysis of consultation responses has begun. However, due to the volume of responses received and the short time since closing, this analysis is not yet…

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20214, was any iwi, hapū, Māori health authority, or Māori community health provider consulted on the proposal before it was drafted, if not, why not?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

I am advised that Pharmac followed their standard process in drafting the proposal, including seeking advice from their expert clinical advisory groups. Pharmac has sought to engage further with other key stakeholder groups through their…

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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Member for Te Tai Hauāuru · Te Pāti Māori

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    Further to WPQ 20211, did any advice provided to the Minister prior to those public statements include Māori-specific or equity-specific analysis, and if not, why not?

Answered by

Hon David Seymour

Member for Epsom · ACT Party · Associate Minister of Health

Answer

Decisions on which medicines are funded are operational matters for Pharmac, who makes those decisions independently within its statutory role and available funding. Titles of all advice that I have received have been, or will be,…