Peters Winston: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePeters Winston: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 21 October 2015. Volume:709;Page:7419. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]6.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime Minister: Does he have confidence in his Minister of Justice; if so why?Rt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister): Yes. The Minister of Justice is doing a great job of making our communities safer. The Better Public Services results show that total crime has fallen by 17.6 percent since June 2011 youth crime has fallen by a remarkable 37.3 percent and violent offending has fallen by 9.1 percent. I am particularly pleased with the achievements of the justice sector in Northland. This area has seen a 30 percent drop in the number of people appearing in court in the last 4 years. I have great confidence in the justice Minister delivering for the people of Northland and for the rest of New Zealand.Rt Hon Winston Peters: How can he possibly have confidence in the Minister of Justice who has failed to act in support of sexual assault victims Anne-Marie Forsyth and Karen Beaumont who have had their own name suppression orders lifted in an attempt to reveal their attacker’s identity?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: My understanding is that that was a matter for the judge.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Is he aware that name suppression was granted to the paedophile who assaulted Ms Forsyth and Ms Beaumont to protect only the victims’ identities and not the offender’s and that as both Ms Forsyth and Ms Beaumont have had their own name suppression orders lifted their attacker should no longer be allowed to hide behind a cloak of legal secrecy?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: The matter of whether name suppression is granted or not is a matter for judges. This Government however has tightened up the conditions under which people can apply for name suppression.Rt Hon Winston Peters: What is more important to him as Prime Minister the rights of victims or the rights of paedophiles and if it is the rights of victims does he believe that the victims of paedophiles should have the right for name suppression orders in favour of paedophiles removed?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: Clearly the rights of victims but that is a matter on a case by case basis for judges to determine. And often in these cases for a variety of reasons they continue to allow to grant name suppression—for instance if it would have a more detrimental impact on the victim because of the closeness potentially of the relationship between the person who has been convicted and the victim themselves.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Given that the Minister of Justice has known about this and has failed to act will he as Prime Minister support New Zealand First’s bill to give justice to the victims of paedophiles and have the Criminal Procedure (Removing Paedophile Name Suppression) Amendment Bill pulled from the ballot to be read for the first time immediately after question time today?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: In answer to the last part no. But if the member is really serious about this issue he is always welcome to make an appointment and go and see the Minister of Justice and talk to her about it.