Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: Westpac's economists say that businesses show that continued demand in building activity is happening over 2022, but staff and materials constraints are limiting the extent of the industry to respond further to current elevated levels. The Government has been working together with the construction sector through the construction accord on critical supply chain resilience, working on construction sector product dependencies from off shore, and options to mitigate further disruptions. We've also continued to invest in trade training and apprenticeships, which in the last two years has seen over 190,000 people benefit. We also want to make sure that Kiwis get access to fair price building materials, and that's driven the Government's decision to review the residential building supply market. The Commerce Commission is investigating any factors that might affect competition for supply or acquisition of key building supplies, and that will report back at the end of the year. 