Make welfare report on Kahui household public
Friday, 27 October 2006, 1:38 pm
Press Release: New Zealand National Party
Judith Collins MP
National Party Welfare
Spokeswoman
27 October 2006
Make welfare report on Kahui
household public
National Party Welfare spokeswoman
Judith Collins says David Benson-Pope must promise to make
public the report into welfare dependency at the Kahui
household.
"Mr Benson-Pope put off welfare intervention at
this household while the police were investigating. It's
been 20 weeks now, an arrest has been made and National
expects welfare authorities will already have a fair amount
of knowledge about the situation in this home."
Ms Collins
says Mr Benson-Pope should be open with the public about the
level of dependency, as well as the interface between this
family and welfare authorities.
"Government agencies will
have been dealing with this family in one way or another for
a number of years. Let's see if there's anything that could
have been done to break the cycle of dependency far
earlier."
ENDS
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