Horan Brendan: Privilege — Consideration of Report of Privileges Committee Question of Privilege Regarding Use of Intrusive Powers Within the Parliamentary Precinct Consideration of Report of Privileges Committee Question of Privilege Concerning the Agreements for Policing Execution of Search Warrants and Collection and Retention of Information by the New Zealand Security Intelligence ServiceText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHoran Brendan: Privilege — Consideration of Report of Privileges Committee Question of Privilege Regarding Use of Intrusive Powers Within the Parliamentary Precinct Consideration of Report of Privileges Committee Question of Privilege Concerning the Agreements for Policing Execution of Search Warrants and Collection and Retention of Information by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service[Sitting date: 22 July 2014. Volume:700;Page:19338. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]BRENDAN HORAN (Independent):I will take a very short call on the very useful report of the Privileges Committee on the use of intrusive powers here at Parliament. This debate is important because the report arises from a misguided attempt to gag the media and threaten the press gallery and that is always a mistake.I would like to draw attention to another recent example affecting the privileges of this House and an attempt to gag the media. Recently I was interviewed by Sean Plunket. I said a few things there and shortly after that the pet barrister of the leader of New Zealand First threatened that company with defamation. The connection and connotations involved with the pet barrister of the leader of New Zealand First representing an undischarged bankrupt who avoided tax tell their own story and make rather a mockery of any semblance of honesty in that leader’s speech to the convention on Sunday.I would be happy to table for the benefit of members the May 1997 decision of the Auckland District Court wherein the court found “Mr Henderson guilty and convict him on each of the 30 charges of smuggling and each of the 30 charges of wilfully making false entries.”Denis O’Rourke: What’s this got to do with this debate?BRENDAN HORAN: I take offence.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: Proceed.BRENDAN HORAN: Thank you. Anyway as I said it was just going—Andrew Williams: Come on Jimmy. Give us your best shot.BRENDAN HORAN: Mr Deputy Speaker did you hear the interjection from that member?Andrew Williams: Get on with it Jimmy.BRENDAN HORAN: Did you hear that interjection from that member?Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I will chair the House; the member will continue with his speech.BRENDAN HORAN: I take offence at that interjection.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member needs to take a point of order.BRENDAN HORAN: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I take offence at the interjection from Andrew Williams.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: It was inaudible from here. If the member has taken offence the member Andrew Williams should withdraw the comment.BRENDAN HORAN: Thank you.Andrew Williams: I withdraw.BRENDAN HORAN: As I was saying it is very very important that the Privileges Committee report is looked at seriously and the motion passed. I hope that it will also look at some of those people who bully within Parliament like some of those members of New Zealand First. Thank you very much.Motion agreed to.