Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): As I've said in this House on a number of occasions, the Government is extremely conscious of the impact that the global energy crisis and supply chain constraints is having on households, and in particular those households that are the most vulnerable to increases in food and petrol prices. That is why, building on the support that we have provided through COVID, we have cut fuel excise duty by 25c a litre and halved the cost of public transport. We've introduced a raft of measures to increase income support, including family tax credit changes, childcare assistance, student allowances, and main benefits, and we've also lifted the minimum wage. We're very aware that this remains a difficult period for many New Zealanders, and the Government will continue to work on ways that we can improve the economic security of New Zealand against these sorts of global shocks. In answer to the second part of the question, times like this require all political parties to think about what their priorities are and to make difficult decisions about where resources should be directed. We do not agree that tax cuts that favour those who earn the most are the priority right now, and we are not alone in this view, with the IMF saying during their recent assessment of the New Zealand economy that now was not the time for major tax changes.