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Labour’s questions at a Health Select Committee described as “patsy” prompted House Speaker Trevor Mallard to give National extra questions in Parliament to scrutinise the COVID-19 response.
National MP Chris Bishop complained to Mallard after Labour MP Liz Craig – chair of the Health Select Committee – let officials speak for more than 20 minutes about widely accessible information, during a briefing on Wednesday on the Government’s COVID-19 response.
It prompted National to call for the return of the Epidemic Response Committee to hold the Government to account, after what leader Judith Collins described as “farcical nonsense” at the Health Select Committee.
What we have identified through the case investigation process. is that there are some inconsistencies in the recording of when testing occurs, Tremain told the Health Select Committee. We don t have evidence that testing has been conducted from our systems on the frequency that we would prefer it to be.
Tremain said the employee is a relief worker , but confirmed he should have been tested fortnightly. She said MBIE is in the process of verifying the testing information, from both the employee and employer.
Tremain also revealed that only about 300 out of 589 employers across the border have been using the Government s central testing register.
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