Pollies: National's Mark Mitchell and Labour's Ginny Andersen on the gang patch Select Committee, the emergency management fund, and wasted money during Covid
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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National MP Mark Mitchell says there's absolutely no plan to cut a fund used for recovery after extreme weather events.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has received advice on disestablishing the National Resilience Plan; a $6 billion scheme set up after Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland floods.
When asked if it's being cut, National MP Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking absolutely not.
He says there's no money being cut in terms of resilience, but they will be doing things a lot more efficiently.
Labour’s Ginny Andersen said that when you ask for a report titled ‘How to cut a $6 billion Emergency Management Fund’, it’s not just going to have a picture of the Queen on it.
Whether or not the Government scraps it, will probably be known by Budget Day, May 30.
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