Robertson Grant: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRobertson Grant: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 02 July 2013. Volume:691;Page:11717. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]2.GRANT ROBERTSON (Deputy Leader—Labour)to thePrime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements on the GCSB and Kim Dotcom?Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Prime Minister)on behalf of thePrime Minister: Yes.Grant Robertson: Does he stand by his many statements that 19 January 2012 was the first time he had heard the name Kim Dotcom?Hon BILL ENGLISH: The Prime Minister does stand by his statements.Grant Robertson: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. That was a specific question about a statement.Mr SPEAKER: And it was answered—the Prime Minister does stand by it.Grant Robertson: By that answer does he mean that it was simply the name Kim Dotcom that he had not heard but that he was aware of a person in New Zealand whom the FBI and other American authorities had an interest in pursuing over copyright-related issues?Hon BILL ENGLISH: I can only repeat that the Prime Minister stands by his statement. If the member wants to know what was in the Prime Minister’s mind he would need to ask the Prime Minister directly.Grant Robertson: Does he stand by his statement on 24 January 2012 in relation to the Coatesville Mansion in the Helensville electorate: “I was aware that there was a German resident living in the house.”?Hon BILL ENGLISH: The Prime Minister stands by his statements.Grant Robertson: Is he telling the House that having become aware that “a German resident” was living in the largest property in the Helensville electorate he was not told or did not seek out the name of said German resident?Hon BILL ENGLISH: Unlike the deputy leader of the Labour Party the Prime Minister focuses on the big issues. [Interruption ]Mr SPEAKER: Order!Grant Robertson: Can he confirm that none of the list of people thatCampbell Livedrew up who knew about Kim Dotcom before 19 January 2012 ever mentioned Mr Dotcom to him as Prime Minister with that list including John Banks Maurice Williamson Jonathan Coleman Simon Power his deputy chief of staff his electorate office staff the Solicitor-General the police the Immigration Service the 80 contractors who worked on Mr Dotcom’s property in his electorate and the hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders who witnessed the fireworks display paid for by Mr Dotcom? Can he confirm that none of those people mentioned him to the Prime Minister?Hon BILL ENGLISH: The Prime Minister stands by his statements and I would repeat what I said before. Unlike John Campbell or the deputy leader of the Labour Party the Prime Minister focuses on the big issues.Grant Robertson: In light of that answer does the Prime Minister agree with John Armstrong that if Mr Dotcom’s allegations stand up his resignation will be in order?Hon BILL ENGLISH: Certainly not.Grant Robertson: Does he believe that if a Prime Minister does not tell New Zealanders the truth about a matter of public interest then the Prime Minister should resign?Hon BILL ENGLISH: Certainly that is the reputation of the current Prime Minister. I would be hesitant for the Labour Party to apply standards that it may not have applied to the Prime Minister who led its party recently.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Does the Prime Minister still stand by his statements—numerous statements—that none of his ministerial colleagues talked to him about Kim Dotcom before the raid?Hon BILL ENGLISH: The Prime Minister stands by his statements.