Bindra Mahesh: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers Questions to MembersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBindra Mahesh: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members[Sitting date: 22 July 2015. Volume:707;Page:5198. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]1.MAHESH BINDRA (NZ First) to the Member in charge of the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill: What is the intention of the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill?TRACEY MARTIN (Member in charge of the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill):The intention of the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill is self-evident. It is to repeal this controversial 2013 slap-on-the-back deal that exchanged—Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I assume that you heard that the member’s response was that the point of the bill is self-evident. She need not say any more.Mr SPEAKER: I certainly heard the answer.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Point of order.Mr SPEAKER: Is it a fresh point of order the member is raising?Rt Hon Winston Peters: It is a fresh point of order.Mr SPEAKER: I will listen to the Rt Hon Winston Peters.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. My fresh point of order is that the member who just got to his feet and raised a point of order with you is being childish and pedantic. It was self-evident to a person like him is what we are saying.Mr SPEAKER: No I think Mr Brownlee raises a reasonable point. I was then interested in the further answer and I think on this occasion I am quite happy to allow the member to repeat her answer for the benefit of the House.TRACEY MARTIN: Kia ora Mr Speaker. The intention of the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill is to repeal this controversial 2013 slap-on-the-back deal—Mr SPEAKER: Order! No I have now heard enough of the answer.Mahesh Bindra: How will the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill benefit New Zealanders?Mr SPEAKER: Marginal but I will allow it.Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Questions to members under Standing Orders are very very tight and that is a speculative question that does not meet the test in any way shape or form.Mr SPEAKER: I think the member is probably right on this occasion but I am going to be lenient. The point of the supplementary question must be something for which—[Interruption] Order! I am on my feet—the member must be responsible. I am adopting a very lenient interpretation of that. The member has put a bill forward probably with a great deal of enthusiasm for the particular legislation. I will allow her to briefly explain what she sees to be the benefits of the bill if it was to be successful.TRACEY MARTIN: Kia ora Mr Speaker.Mr SPEAKER: But briefly.TRACEY MARTIN: When the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill passes into law it will enhance New Zealand’s international reputation as a country where business can be conducted above the table and in public view. It will also remove the very real possibility of a gambling monopoly in the heart of Auckland and put negotiations—Mr SPEAKER: Order! No. The answer must also be brief. I warned the member before.Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I am not sure it is a good thing to allow leniency when a member goes to make those sorts of allegations. If I was to start talking about people receiving large bundles of cash in brown paper bags at fish restaurants I would get in some trouble. But I do not think that—Mr SPEAKER: Order!Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I paid very careful attention to Gerry Brownlee’s protest there because we all remember he was a director of a Christchurch casino—Mr SPEAKER: Order! That is certainly not a point of order and the one before was marginal as well. [Interruption] Order! You can see the difficulty with me attempting to be generous to members.