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Dear K Anthony,

Thank you for your email in which you submitted an Official Information Act request as follows:

“Please supply all communications which you (as a minister of the current government) or your office has entered into that includes any of the words "hummus", "rice", "couscous", "sushi", or "quinoa".”

We received your request on Thursday 9 May 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than Friday 7 June 2024, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

Kind regards,

Liam Collett| Private Secretary Executive Support

Office of Hon David Seymour
Deputy Prime Minister (from 31 May 2025)
Minister for Regulation
Associate Minister of Education (Partnership Schools)
Associate Minister of Justice (Treaty Principles Bill)
Associate Minister of Finance
Associate Minister of Health (Pharmac)

DDI 04 817 6819 I 7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings

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Dear K Anthony

Only information held by David in his official capacity as a Minister of the Crown is official information, and this does not include information that would need to be created to respond to a request, such as generating an opinion or explanation.

In his role as Associate Minister of Education, I can advise the Minister does not hold the information you have requested.

I am therefore refusing your request under section 18(g) of the Act, as the information requested is not held.

Kind regards,

Liam Collett| Private Secretary Executive Support

Office of Hon David Seymour
Deputy Prime Minister (from 31 May 2025)
Minister for Regulation
Associate Minister of Education (Partnership Schools)
Associate Minister of Justice (Treaty Principles Bill)
Associate Minister of Finance
Associate Minister of Health (Pharmac)

DDI 04 817 6819 I 7.6 Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings

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