11. Question No. 11—Social DevelopmentHon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō) to the Minister for Social DevelopmentQuestion No. 11—Social Development11. Hon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō) to the Minister for Social Development: Has she been advised of the date that the member for Dunedin South or her office delivered Labour Party pamphlets to Ministry of Social Development sites in Dunedin South and Mosgiel; if so what is that date?Hon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development): I have been advised that staff from the office of the local member of Parliament for Dunedin South left 20 copies of a parliamentary-crested booklet titled A Guide to Services in our Community which contained the Labour Party logo to the Dunedin South Work and Income site around a month ago for their approval to be put on display. Due to a miscommunication in the South Dunedin Work and Income office these booklets were put on display not by the MP for Dunedin South staff and transported to the Mosgiel site without the approval of the service centre manager. On 20 November the matter was raised with the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and the following day when the southern regional staff were advised they checked their offices and immediately removed the materials.Hon Louise Upston: How long were the pamphlets left in the offices before workers at the site were made available and removed them?Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: As mentioned in the response to the primary question the materials were left at the Work and Income office around a month ago and on 20 November when MSD were informed they acted quickly and on 21 November they were removed.Hon Louise Upston: In her answer to the primary question is the Minister now saying that it was entirely appropriate as long as permission was granted by MSD to have Labour Party - branded material in a Work and Income site?Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: No.Hon Louise Upston: Has she advised the Hon Clare Curran and other Labour MPs about the inappropriateness of their actions; if not why not?Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: When the question and the issue came to my attention what I did was try to ascertain how the situation came about. It is great we're having this conversation in the House. Everyone now knows that even if it is parliamentary-crested information if it has a political logo on it it is not appropriate to leave it in a Government agency.Hon Louise Upston: Does she expect better from a former Minister of the Crown?SPEAKER: Order! No responsibility.Hon Louise Upston: I seek leave to table a document in the House. It is entitled A Guide to Services in your Community which is clearly printed with a Labour Party—SPEAKER: Order! Order! [Interruption] Order! The member has described it. Is there any objection to that being tabled? There is none; it may be tabled.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.Hon Louise Upston: I seek leave to table a document which has not yet been published. It is a response to a written question from the Minister of State Services that says material that promotes a political party—SPEAKER: Order! Order!Hon Louise Upston: —must not be displayed.SPEAKER: Order! When I call order the member stops. The member seeks to table a response to a written question from the Minister of State Services not yet published. Is there any objection? There appears to be none.Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: Objection—it hasn't been published. It hasn't been published so I object to—SPEAKER: Well no the House can grant leave. Hon Dr David Clark: We objected.SPEAKER: Sorry? There is objection—I apologise. Please do it more quickly in future.