Mr. Morgan Williams at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On February 26th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 26th, 2007 / 4:50 p.m.

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment for New Zealand

Morgan Williams

No, I have a completely independent staff currently of 19. We're a totally independent statutory entity. I have a current budget of $2.7 million.

But what I have said is that we work closely with the audit office, both in our work and in the select committees of Parliament and in terms of our respective work programs. We keep each other briefed.

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