Mackey Moana: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMackey Moana: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 15 October 2013. Volume:694;Page:13839. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]11.MOANA MACKEY (Labour) to theMinister for the Environment: Does she agree with all the comments made by her colleague the Minister for Energy and Resources Hon Simon Bridges onCampbell Live last night relating to the regulation and risk management of offshore oil and gas exploration?Hon AMY ADAMS (Minister for the Environment): In so far as his comments relate to my portfolio responsibilities then broadly yes. I certainly agree that this Government has strengthened regulation and risk management of offshore oil and gas exploration with a significant layered and sophisticated process now in place to manage the risks associated with these activities. However I would clarify that in respect of the non-notified classifications discussed although these have been proposed and consulted on no final decisions have yet been made.Moana Mackey: Does she agree with Minister Bridges’ statement “This is not the Anadarko show or the John Campbell or Simon Bridges show.” or has she explained to him that it is in fact the John Campbell show and that shouting him down for merely attempting to convey the concerns of the people ofKaikōura is not the best way to demonstrate that the Government is taking those concerns seriously?Hon AMY ADAMS: Well thankfully I have no ministerial responsibility for John Campbell’s show.Moana Mackey: When Minister Bridges stated “You made it very clear on that show that you wanted to get me in to provide a balance.” does she believe he achieved that balance by accusing John Campbell of biased reporting because he did not make “one single positive statement” about the role of Anadarko in the worst environmental disaster in the history of the oil industry?Mr SPEAKER: The Hon Amy Adams in as far as she has ministerial responsibility.Hon AMY ADAMS: If the member would like to find any slim relevance of any of that to my portfolio I would be very happy to answer it.Moana Mackey: It is called “the environment” but anyway—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order!Moana Mackey: In the event of an oil spill how long would it take to get the “400 people on call from Maritime New Zealand” out to the site 100 kilometres off the coast ofKaikōura in the three aluminium launches owned by Maritime New Zealand two of which are based at the top of the North Island given a top speed for the vessels of 13 kilometres an hour when fully laden?Hon AMY ADAMS: Let me speak really slowly so she can follow me: I am not the Minister for maritime transport—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! If the Minister could assist the order of the House by standing and simply answering the question.Hon AMY ADAMS: I am not the Minister for maritime transport who has responsibility for responses to oil spills. I would have thought the member would know that.Moana Mackey: That is reassuring. Does she think theKaikōura community has every right to be concerned and angry about the proposed offshore drilling given that today her Government will take away their right to have a say through a notified process—a right that was explicitly promised to them by the previous Minister of Energy and Resources Phil Heatley last year?Mr SPEAKER: The Hon Amy Adams in so far as she has ministerial responsibility.Hon AMY ADAMS: Well I think theKaikōura community would be very well aware that under Labour there was absolutely no public participation in any of these decisions because there was absolutely no process to consider the environmental impact. I think the community ofKaikōura would be delighted that under the National Government there will be now a full consideration based on the science and technical information for each proposal.