seeking leave, I will take that as being the motion. Those
in favour say Aye. Against, No. The Ayes have
it.
My
My question is to the Hon Simon Bridges
My question is to the Hon Simon
Does she stand by all of her Government's
Does she stand by all of her
The
The Rt Hon PM.
The Rt Hon PM. Mr Speaker, in particular the statements on Sunday
in support offing out across the
country 600 learning supports to
ensure that those with
special needs in our education have their needs
met, that teachers are freed up
to teach and all
children get the very best education possible.
best education possible. Supplementary. Why was residency
granted to should be should be
should be by her
granted to should be should be
I've already thrown the clarification
clarification about the residency and it being a suppression or
deportation order. Mr Speaker, as
the minister has said in
the House, since the decision was made, there's
been contradictory information
in the public domain. It is
fitting that therefore we go back
to residency and it being a suppression
or deportation order. Mr Speaker,
as the minister has said
in the House, since the
since the decision was made, there's been
been contradictory information in the public
the public domain. It is fitting that therefore we go back to
immigration and once that is
complete there will be more
to say. Hasn't the only
right answer in this case
Hasn't the only right answer in this
Mr Speaker, as I said t minister can only deal with the information
in front of him. There's now brought to
light potentially contradictory
information in the public domain. We
have gone back to
immigration, sought as fast as
possible clarification and
clarification and then when we are in a position, we will give greater
clarity around those points
of contradiction.
contradiction. Is she aware that one
of the criminal charges Karel Sroubek has
faced resulted in the police placing
an entire family into New Zealand's
Mr Speaker, as I've said many times, there's a range of reasons why
we have gone back to immigration
to seek further clarification
and work to be done. I want to ensure we
can do that properly when
we are in a position to share
more information around the case, then we will do so.
around the case, then we will do so. Is this the sort of person her
ministershould grant
ministershould grant residency to
spoken before around the basis of the original decision, keeping in
mind, of course, that
residency already existed.
already existed. The decision before the minister was
around a deportation order. He made
that decision based
on information put in front of him. There's been
contradictory information that's
been put into the
public domain and we are now doing additional work.
we are now doing additional work. Is a criminal someone with charges
so serious that an entire family
went into a witness
protection scheme, someone who
should have residency in New
scheme, someone who should have
Speaker, while I won't get into the specifics of this case while we are
going back on it because I
specifics of this case while we are going back on it because I do
want to preserve the
ability of officials to deal with it
appropriately, I will say that that
member well knows,
knows, having been in government, that there are some cases which
I'm sure they wouldn't want to go to and
pick out information from
selectively because there's
been over 100 of these cases
while they were in government, too, and this
happens to be one of the rolls
that Immigration Ministers hold and
it is a very difficult part of the job.
a very difficult part of the job. Has anyone, prior to
Iain
Karel Sroubek, ever discussed or made any representations in
any form on the case
made any representations in any form
I've had discussions with the minister over this case. But,
again, I want to exercise some caution
here, because as I've said, we are
going back through this case
presently. I want to preserve
our ability to deal with this
case appropriately. When we are in a
position to share more
information, we will.
we will. Has anyone other than the minister
ever discussed or made
representations on
representations on the case to the
range of discussions within my office about this case. The most way
for it to
office about this case. The most way
it to be dealt with is to go back to the source of information before
the minister, primarily that has
held within immigration, that's
what we have done. We have
seen and responded to the information that's
been raised in
the public domain, and that's what we've taken
back to the department.
the department. That is what needs to occur this in
this case. Has anyone prior to Iain
Sroubek ever discussed or made representations in any form on
Mr Speaker, no. Does she know who has made representations
to Iain
Mr Speaker, the minister will have followed the same process
that his minister followed and that is to
deal with the facts of the
case as it's put before him. That's
exactly the process that his ministers
in the last government would
have done before they gave
it back to officials.
officials. Point of order.
officials. Point of order. Point
of order, the Leader of the Opposition. Mr
Speaker, I asked the PM does she
know who has made representations
she has not answered that. I
she has not answered that.
that there were written papers or documents before the minister.
So certainly she's
certainly she's addressed the question.
certainly she's addressed the question. Does she know who has made
representations to Iain
Mr Speaker, my understanding of the handling of this case is that
it was dealt with in the usual
appropriate way and the usual way that ministers
exercise their discretion
in these cases.
exercise their discretion in these cases. Why on The Nation did she
express confidence in
Iain
Mr Speaker, I don't accept that characterisation. I have
expressed confidence in the minister,
but what I have said is that the minister
can only make a decision based on
the information provided to
him. That does not naturally mean that
I'm therefore placing blame on
anyone else. The available information
therefore placing blame on anyone else.
therefore placing blame on anyone
there are unanswered questions. I'm reserving any position
on this until we get to the bottom
of this case. I'm allowing the space and time
for that to be done but as quickly as
possible. How long it will be
until we know the outcome of the
investigation into
investigation into this Karel Sroubek decision by
investigation into this Karel
give on the minister last week was three weeks. We both discussed that
long. We've said that it be completed earlier than that.
My
My question is to the Minister
Is he considering making any changes to New Zealand's electoral law
in the remainder of this
The
The Hon
The Hon Stuart Nash. Mr Speaker the Minister of Justice
is considering areas of electoral law reform and
will provide advice to me
on this shortly. Supplementary.