Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: What the Treasury went on to advise was that if a payment was temporary or targeted, it had less likelihood of exacerbating inflation. What we decided was, alongside the investments that are long term—such as lifting main income benefits, such as our ongoing commitment to the winter energy payment—that some temporary and targeted support for a wider group of New Zealanders was justified. That member and her leader spent several weeks telling the Government that they needed to look after the squeezed middle. We did it. 