to indicate the timing of the security meeting but it is not in the public interest for him to do the same today? Hon BILL ENGLISH: Yesterday the Prime Minister gave a general indication of the type of meeting and no further details. It is not his plan -- any more than it has been the custom of any other Prime Minister -- to release details on those matters. Hon Trevor Mallard: Would the Prime Minister have arrived on time to the security meeting he outlined yesterday if he had taken a car? Hon BILL ENGLISH: have already answered that question three times. Hon Trevor Mallard: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. You have advised us to use tight and direct questions, and you have indicated previously that you thought the Minister had not answered the question. Mr SPEAKER: What I think on the matter is not relevant. If the Minister is going to claim that it is not in the public interest to answer the question, which was a very tight question, then the Minister should not just say he has already answered the question but should tell the House that he believes that it is not in the public interest to answer the question. Hon BILL ENGLISH: I believe that it is not in the public interest to provide those details. 15 Responses to "Chopper Key -- it wasn't the flight it was the cover-up" Actually, I now think it is in the public interest to