9. State Housing—Minister for Social Housing's Statements about State House Tenants and Sale of Housing StockPHIL TWYFORD (Labour—Te Atatū) to the Minister for Social HousingState Housing—Minister for Social Housing's Statements about State House Tenants and Sale of Housing Stock9. PHIL TWYFORD (Labour—Te Atatū) to the Minister for Social Housing: How many State house tenants turned down properties because of birds chirping in nearby trees because a backyard was too small for a trampoline or because they disliked the colour of a door?Hon PAULA BENNETT (Minister for Social Housing): This question is so last year but that is fine; let us have another go. Let us have another go. What the member is referring to is what we call people who decline an offer of a social house without sufficient reason. From when the changes took effect which I put in on 25 January to the end of September there were 1760 offers of houses made that were declined and 144 offers were found to be turned down for insufficient reason.Phil Twyford: Why did she take three examples to portray 69000 State house tenants as the ungrateful and undeserving poor in order to play politics with the most vulnerable people and make herself look tough?Hon PAULA BENNETT: A bit of kettle black there mate. It is you who is doing that.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. There is no way that that Minister can call you a kettle or black. She has been around long enough; she is probably not experienced enough to take a higher job but she should know the Standing Orders and Speakers' rulings.Mr SPEAKER: I would also hope that the member would know the Standing Orders and Speakers' rulings which were changed I think in 2011 so that the only person who can take a point of order on that matter is indeed the Speaker himself. If it is done absolutely deliberately and consistently then the debate or question time would be interrupted. But in the event that it is done on occasion and not deliberately directed to the Speaker we allow it to be left. I will find the particular Standing Order and refer it to the member for his education.Phil Twyford: Why did she say that contamination figures are shockingly high and label innocent tenants as worse than animals" when she knew that Housing New Zealand's methamphetamine testing has been shown to be a completely incompetent waste of money that cannot prove meth manufacture or hazardous levels of residue?Hon PAULA BENNETT: I have never ever referred to tenants in that manner and that member yet again is overreaching exaggerating and in this case just plainly not telling the truth.Mr SPEAKER: Order! The last part is out of order. A member cannot accuse another of not telling the truth. Any member can certainly take it up in another way and I refer members to Standing Order 359.Phil Twyford: I seek leave to table the Stuff story that contains the words—Mr SPEAKER: Order! Stuff stories are freely available to all members if they decide to refer to them.Phil Twyford: Does she believe that someone who would deliberately call State house tenants "worse than animals" who would say that homeless people do not want to be helped in the case of the Pullman Park flying squads and who calls State house tenants "ungrateful and undeserving" has the character and integrity to be a deputy leader?Hon PAULA BENNETT: I just simply do not abide by the member's characteristics.Phil Twyford: Why is the Government sending officials to Australia on Monday to try to sell Christchurch's State houses to Australian companies when for the last few years she has been trying to spin the State house sell-off as being about boosting local New Zealand community housing providers?Hon PAULA BENNETT: I stand by our policy around getting more community housing providers involved in social housing. I think it is good for tenants and I think it is good for New Zealand.Phil Twyford: I seek leave of the House to table an invitation from the Government to Australian companies to a briefing at KPMG's headquarters on Monday. Mr SPEAKER: Order! And I just—[Interruption] Order! I just need the source of the document. How has the member sourced it?Phil Twyford: It has been obtained via KPMG. Mr SPEAKER: I will put the leave; the House can decide. Leave is sought to table a particular invitation to a KPMG function to be held in Australia. [Interruption] Order! Leave is sought to table it—[Interruption] Order! Leave is sought to table this particular document. Is there any objection? There is none. It can be tabled.Document by leave laid on the Table of the House."