4022 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister

4022 (2024). Rt Hon Chris Hipkins to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his statement “We do not expect ECE providers to increase their costs and to increase their prices, because we actually also will have, for the first time, a lot of data that we'll be collecting to be able to monitor ECE charges and prices”, and if so, on what advice, by title and date, was this statement made?

Rt Hon Christopher Luxon: Yes. I received this information in the form of an oral briefing from the Minister of Finance prior to the FamilyBoost policy announcement. Oral briefings from other Ministers are normal prior to significant policy announcements.