10. Question No. 10—TransportCHRIS BISHOP (National—Hutt South) to the Associate Minister of TransportQuestion No. 10—Transport10. CHRIS BISHOP (National—Hutt South) to the Associate Minister of Transport: What does her 26 March 2019 letter to the Minister of Transport regarding the Let's Get Wellington Moving indicative package say if anything in relation to a second Mt Victoria tunnel?Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER (Associate Minister of Transport): Thank you Mr Speaker. The final Let's Get Wellington Moving package outlined our Government's plan to deliver a step change in Wellington's transport to enable more people to move freely through the city with less congestion and to protect the climate. My letter to Minister Twyford expressed my concerns at the time that the indicative package had not yet been sequenced to deliver the optimal benefits to help people get around Wellington. This was resolved in the final package.SPEAKER: Order! I'm now going to ask the Minister to answer the question.Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER: The question was about the content of the letter—SPEAKER: No what it says if anything in relation to a second Mount Victoria tunnel. I didn't hear that being addressed. Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER: Well I was discussing my concerns. What the letter expressed was some concerns about the lack of sequencing of projects and that includes the Mount Vic tunnel but it includes all of the projects in the package the order in which they are to be sequenced. SPEAKER: Thank you; that's clear now. Chris Bishop: Why did she not disclose the existence of her 26 March 2019 letter to the Minister when first asked through written questions? Is it because she's embarrassed by its contents? Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER: Not at all. As the member will know our offices are answering hundreds of written questions from National Party members every week and it was a mistake. As soon as my office and Minister Twyford's office realised the oversight it was corrected. Chris Bishop: When if ever will she release her 26 March 2019 letter to the Minister? Nicola Willis: What are you hiding? SPEAKER: Order! Who did that interjection? The member will withdraw and apologise. Nicola Willis: I withdraw and apologise. Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER: I can assure all members that the Government has nothing to hide. The letter has been withheld in line with the Official Information Act and opinions put forward by the Chief Ombudsman. I'd quote the Chief Ombudsman's recent opinion on political consultation: There is a strong interest in maintaining the Government's ability to undertake effective and efficient political consultation with political parties and to receive free and frank opinions from the political parties that are being consulted". This side of the House unlike that side of the House has robust conversations about policy and comes to agreement whereas on the other side of the House when there's disagreement people lose their portfolios. Chris Bishop: When she said to my colleague Nicola Willis she wouldn't release a letter to maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions how free and frank was she with her colleague Phil Twyford and is it correct the letter refers to "car fascists"?Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER: No it is not correct."