68211 (2024). Hon Dr Duncan Webb to the Associate Minister of Justice

Written Question

Published date: 03 Nov 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	68211 (2024)
Question asked:	20 Oct 2024
Member asking:	Hon Dr Duncan Webb
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Justice
Minister replying:	Hon Nicole McKee
Answer received:	29 Oct 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_68211_2024
Document guid:	73e85dea-5ee7-4be7-9b96-99d5620bb67c

68211 (2024). Hon Dr Duncan Webb to the Associate Minister of Justice: How many items of correspondence were there between the Associate Minister and the Minister of Justice, or between their respective offices, during the week beginning 14 October 2024?

Hon Nicole McKee: In order to respond to the Member's question, each of my staff and I would need to manually search, review, and count electronic communications across all platforms to determine whether these fall within the scope of the Member’s query. This process will be excessively time-consuming, administratively burdensome, and likely to divert my staff from their essential duties in supporting the governance of New Zealand. Therefore, pursuant to Speaker's Ruling 199/6, I do not believe it is in the public interest to direct my staff to carry out this task.