Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

OIA20210033 contains an In-confidence Aide Memoire where paragraph 29 reads:

'There will be various options available to mitigate risk in each agreement, ultimately including a decision not to rollout a vaccine for which we have limited confidence in its safety. There are also likely to be opportunities for waivers and consent forms, and for monitoring the impacts of a vaccine's administration with the ability to pull the vaccine quickly. MBIE will provide further detail on mitigation options available in submitted business cases.'

Please provide any documentation, including submitted business cases, that discussed:

i) a decision not to rollout a Covid vaccine for which their was limited confidence in its safety; and
ii) ability to pull the Covid vaccines, in what circumstances that would occur and what group or role would have that power.

Yours faithfully,

Catherine Jamieson