56456 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Transport

56456 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister of Transport: What briefings, advice, aide memoires, emails, text messages, memorandums and any other form of communication, broken down by title and date, did the minister, or their departments, if any, send or receive to the Minister of Finance or Minister for Public Services as part of proposing 'savings' as part of the 'baseline savings exercise'?

Hon Simeon Brown: In line with the Cabinet Office circular on the consultation arrangements for this Government (https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/co-24-2-national-act-and-new-zealand-first-coalition-government-consultation-and-operating-arrangements), my office consults the offices of Ministers on papers, appointments, and other issues. Additionally, I correspond with my Ministerial colleagues on a daily basis; I do not consider it to be within the public interest for my office to justify the resource required to provide a list of all material that the Member asks for.