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MBIE Key Messaging Details on Pfizer Indemnity Issue

M Bell made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The request was successful.

From: M Bell

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, CE Caroline Tremain
Dear Caroline Tremain
There is an MBIE document signed on your behalf by Peter Crabtree filenamed “201001 Pfizer indemnity business case final version”. This document is titled “Request that the Minister of Finance give an indemnity in favour of Pfizer and BioNTech under section 65ZD of the Public Finance Act 1989”. On page 11, section 32 of this document it says the following:

“In addition we will develop key messaging that provides context around the potential issue of indemnity in the event of public or media interest. We will also consider how to handle media and public questions about the indemnity”

My requests are:
1) please summarize what exactly is the “potential issue of indemnity”.
2) please provide the internal documents detailing the key messaging that was developed to respond to media / public questions about the indemnity, and also how MBIE considered to handle media / public questions arising.

Thanks and regards
M Bell

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Ref: 2324-1420

 

Kia ora M Bell,

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 7 January 2024 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

‘please summarize what exactly is the “potential issue of indemnity”. 2)
please provide the internal documents detailing the key messaging that was
developed to respond to media / public questions about the indemnity, and
also how MBIE considered to handle media / public questions arising.’

 

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Nâku noa, nâ

Ministerial Services

 

Corporate Services, Finance & Enablement

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140

 

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Good evening M Bell,

 

Please see attached for MBIE’s letter to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Kind regards,

Lisa

 

Lisa Seng (she/her)

Project Co-ordinator

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MINISTRY OF BUSINESS INNOVATION & EMPLOYMENT / HIKINA WHAKATUTUKI

PO Box 1473 Wellington

 

 

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