60596 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions

60596 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response to the Royal Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions: What correspondence, including letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp, signal, or any other form of electronic communication, if any, has the Minister or any member of their Office sent or received during the week beginning 16 September 2024, to the National Party Leader’s Office by subject and date?

Hon Erica Stanford: My office has multiple members of staff working on the Crown Response to Abuse in Care. Requiring all of them to go through multiple channels of communication to identify any correspondence with staff in the National Leader’s Office would require significant time and prevent them from undertaking their day to day role. As such, I do not believe it is in the public interest for staff time to be diverted in this way. If the member would like to be more specific with her question I am happy to consider it. As a matter of standard process I consult with the ACT Party, New Zealand First Party, National Leader’s Office, and Prime Minister’s Office on draft Cabinet papers.