Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Green): First I just want to thank the Ngāpuhi whanaunga over here the member David Seymour for paying apparently so much attention to my speeches often and including tonight. In one of his earlier contributions I think he said something about my female fury righteousness. He has called me the Donald Trump of New Zealand and he plays violins after I get up and speak very often. Then tonight he gets up and he talks about the free market—David Seymour: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. The member is engaging in a hearty debate but she has also accused me of attacking her in a sexist way which I have not done and would not do and I think she should withdraw and apologise.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Order! If the member has taken offence by what the member has said—[Interruption] I am on my feet. If the member is offended by what has been said and takes personal offence he can ask me to intervene.David Seymour: I would not attack another politician on sexist grounds and I am offended by that accusation and I think she should withdraw the statement.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): I will ask the member to withdraw that comment.MARAMA DAVIDSON: Mr Chair I am only quoting what he said.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): No no. [Interruption] Order! All you have to do is to withdraw the comment.Hon Annette King: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): No I have just ruled—Metiria Turei: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Metiria Turei will sit. [Interruption] Sit. I am on my feet. [Interruption] You sit too. David Seymour has taken offence at a comment that has been made. The process is—[Interruption] He has taken personal offence I am intervening and I have asked the member Marama Davidson just to withdraw the comment and that is all you have to do. You do not have to make any other comment and then you can continue your speech.MARAMA DAVIDSON: Thank you Mr Chair. I withdraw my comment.Hon Annette King: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson. I wonder whether you could spend some time looking at a ruling the Speaker gave some time ago about personal offence. The Speaker at that time ruled that it was not a matter of an individual taking personal offence; it was a matter of whether it offended the House. [Interruption]The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): No look I do not need any help on this matter. I am happy to look at that point. I have ruled in the past on this matter and I am being consistent in what I have done. Marama Davidson has the call if she wishes to take it.Metiria Turei: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Is this a new point of order Metiria Turei?Metiria Turei: It is seeking your clarification on your ruling. Can we get some clarification then on when Speaker Carter makes a ruling—The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): I have just said that.Metiria Turei: Yes. Can I finish the point of order?The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): The member will sit then because I have just answered that question.Metiria Turei: No Mr Chairperson I have not asked the question.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): You just said you wanted clarification of a point that had been made that the Hon Annette King brought up. I said that I would consider that matter.Metiria Turei: It is a different point Mr Chairperson.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Well what is the new point? All you are doing is trifling with my decision.Metiria Turei: Thank you Mr Chair. My point of order is this: when Speaker Carter makes a ruling about the definition of personal offence in relation to the House and you Mr Chair make a ruling that is different from his how then are we to interpret between the two rulings what constitutes sufficient personal offence that another member will be required to withdraw and apologise? That is my point of order.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Any member if they feel offended by something that has been said—and it relates to a personal offence—has the right to protect their integrity but—[Interruption] I am on my feet. The member David Seymour did take offence and it is a very simple process to actually ask the member—in this case Marama Davidson—to withdraw the comment which she has done. Now we can continue. Any member has the right to take offence at a comment that has been made. It is very very straight forward. Marama Davidson you have the call.Iain Lees-Galloway: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): I hope you are not going to be—is this a new point of order?Iain Lees-Galloway: It is a new point of order. Thank you Mr Chairman. I am not sure whether there is a Standing Order or a Speaker's ruling that refers to the issue I want to raise so I ask that you perhaps reflect on this and maybe bring a ruling regarding it. What is a member to do when they are accurately reflecting—The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): No that is a matter of opinion. The member has taken offence. That is all that I am concerned about. I have asked the member to withdraw. So I am ending the matter. We are moving on because all you are doing is interfering with the decision that I have made and the member took offence Marama Davidson has withdrawn the comment and I am asking her to continue.Iain Lees-Galloway: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson.David Seymour: Speaking to the point of order. I may be able to assist—The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): No no I do not need any assistance from the member; he will sit. Marama Davidson you have the call.Iain Lees-Galloway: I raise a point of order Mr Chairperson.The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): If this is relitigating anything I have said the member will leave.Iain Lees-Galloway: I move That the Speaker be recalled.Motion agreed to.