Davis Kelvin: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDavis Kelvin: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 25 August 2015. Volume:708;Page:6078. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]7.KELVIN DAVIS (Labour—Te Tai Tokerau) to the Minister of Corrections: What was the date of the CCTV footage that led to a Serco staff member’s suspension for fighting an inmate at Mt Eden Corrections Facility?Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA (Minister of Corrections): I believe that the date of the footage that the member is referring to is 23 June 2015. However I reject the member’s assertion that the staff member was fighting an inmate.Kelvin Davis: Will he admit that Serco’s management is systemically broken; if not why not?Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA: Well I will not admit that. What I will say is that there is currently a review going on around Mt Eden prison. I have said this time and time again in this House: until we get all the facts around the running of Mt Eden prison decisions cannot be made around its future.Kelvin Davis: Given that Serco advised him on 23 July that there were no other undisclosed issues with Mt Eden which was not true how can anyone trust Serco’s word?Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA: Well the incident that that member refers to—I was notified on 6 August. I have not personally seen the footage but I have been advised that it shows a prison guard on closed-circuit television footage approaching a group of prisoners who were sparring. He then gives them some coaching on their technique. Sparring is a banned activity and Serco was shown the footage on 6 August. Serco has suspended the staff member while the investigation proceeds.[Interruption]Kelvin Davis: Is the Minister saying—Mr SPEAKER: Order! I have not called the member yet.Kelvin Davis: Is the Minister saying that guards are now training the inmates how to fight?Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA: This case has been the subject of a lot of hearsay and misreporting. What I am saying is that it is currently under investigation by the chief inspector and we should await the findings of his review.Kelvin Davis: If phase one of the chief inspector’s review finds systemic issues of violence and mismanagement at Mt Eden will the Minister at least give Serco a final warning; if not why on earth not?Hon Peseta SAM LOTU-IIGA: I have said time and time again that it is premature to make any decisions or conclusions around the review that is currently in place. I suggest that that member along with me and the New Zealand public waits for the findings of that review.Kelvin Davis: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I was asking “if” the review finds systematic issues of violence will he give Serco a final—Mr SPEAKER: Order! And the Minister addressed that question.Grant Robertson: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. In one of the Minister’s supplementary answers he read out a description of the incident. I think that might have been from an official document so if he could table that—Mr SPEAKER: It can be easily ascertained. Was the Minister quoting from an official document? [Interruption] He was not so therefore there is nothing to table.