6. Question No. 6—JusticeHon PAUL GOLDSMITH (National) to the Minister of JusticeQuestion No. 6—Justice6. Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH (National) to the Minister of Justice: Is she confident that all legislation she is responsible for is working effectively; if not why not?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Justice): The member of course will be well aware that that's a very broad inquiry. As the Minister of Justice I'm responsible for 155 pieces of legislation. While generally these laws are working effectively in a portfolio this broad there will always be areas that regularly need to be reviewed and updated. For example since I became the Minister of Justice I have passed or introduced legislation that gives police more powers to pursue organised crime strengthened counter-terrorism regimes increased community participation in alcohol-licensing decisions improved access to legal aid reduced delays in the Family Court expanded the Māori electoral option and improved the transparency of the electoral donations regime.Hon Paul Goldsmith: Does she believe there is a problem with the Official Information Act (OIA) that is leading to the long delays in replies coming from her colleague Willie Jackson's office for OIA requests or is it more one of the culture within her Government?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: With respect to the first part my understanding is that the Hon Willie Jackson is aware that a mistake was made in his office and it is subsequently being rectified. To the overarching efficacy and efficiency of the OIA scheme in my mind the law itself is generally sound and should the status of the Official Information Act ever change the Government would be seeking cross-party engagement on any forthcoming changes to the legislation. But what I will say is that this Government has taken a very proactive approach to transparency. In particular I note that the Government has introduced the proactive release of Cabinet papers—with three-quarters of papers being released within the policy agreed by Cabinet—and introduced the monthly proactive release of ministerial diaries. I also note that in terms of parliamentary scrutiny the Government has answered 113000 written parliamentary questions in the last parliamentary term compared to 41500 by the previous National Government in their previous term.Hon Paul Goldsmith: Does she believe amendments to the Ombudsmen Act are required following her colleague Willie Jackson's refusal to answer questions from the Ombudsman in a timely fashion or is the issue more a question of culture within her Government?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: No.Hon Paul Goldsmith: Does she think there's an issue with the wording of the Official Information Act that allows RNZ to use RNZ tikanga as contributing to the decision not to release a transcript of her speech to that organisation or would she say that the problem lies with RNZ's culture?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: No.Hon Paul Goldsmith: Does she believe the waka jumping provisions of the Electoral Act are working effectively when it appears all it takes for MPs to avoid it is not to send in the right letter?Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN: I do. As the scheme was introduced at the outset it was always intended to be an opt-in scheme. The legislation is very clear.