2. Todd Barclay—Southland Electorate Office Allegations Prime Ministerial ConductRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime MinisterTodd Barclay—Southland Electorate Office Allegations Prime Ministerial Conduct2. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his actions; if so how?Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Minister of Foreign Affairs) on behalf of the Prime Minister: Yes by stating so.Rt Hon Winston Peters: If he has known about the Todd Barclay matter for well over a year did his failure to recall conversations communications and statements when asked by the media relate to his fear of implicating himself in an alleged crime?Mr SPEAKER: In so far as there is prime ministerial responsibility the Hon Gerry Brownlee.Hon GERRY BROWNLEE: There is no ministerial responsibility for the matters raised by the questioner.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I note the answer and I note the comment you made before he gave the answer. The Prime Minister is on record for being responsible for what he said; that is what this question is about.Mr SPEAKER: I did not find it easy to decipher exactly what the question was about. I just took the opportunity of saying to the honourable Minister as he is answering on behalf of the Prime Minister that he could answer it in so far as he detected there was prime ministerial responsibility. He has given his answer. I am not responsible for his answer. Does the member wish to continue with supplementary questions?Rt Hon Winston Peters: If he has not been complicit in the cover-up following his communications with the police in April last year why was he involved in so many communications connected with his statement to the police and the hush money settlement arrangement?Hon GERRY BROWNLEE: All of that relates to the Prime Minister's role as a member of Parliament not as a Minister of the Crown.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Was he in contact with Glenys Dickson and Stuart Davie during the duration of Glenys Dickson's employment in Todd McClay's office relating to the Barclay tape—[Interruption]—Todd Barclay's office relating to the Barclay—[Interruption] You will not be smiling shortly. You will not be smiling shortly.Mr SPEAKER: Finish the question. [Interruption] Finish the question.Rt Hon Winston Peters —in Todd Barclay's office relating to the Barclay tape matter—Hon Christopher Finlayson: Late night at the Green Parrot.Rt Hon Winston Peters: And that is a lie as well.Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! It does not need to go any longer because the question is out of order. I refer the member to Speaker's ruling 173/2. The Prime Minister does not have responsibility as Prime Minister for a member of caucus. Further supplementary questions?Rt Hon Winston Peters: If there are so many of these text exchanges between himself and Glenys Dickson why did he reply yesterday in the House when asked about the Barclay matter I was absolutely no party to that and I do not know what the dispute was or how it was settled." when his text message to Stuart Davie reads: "Glenys settlement large to avoid potential legal action. Had to be part paid by prime ministers budget. Everyone unhappy."? That utterly refutes what he said in the House yesterday.Mr SPEAKER: Order!Hon GERRY BROWNLEE: What was the question? There was no question.Mr SPEAKER: That is a very good question. The Minister can address the question as he sees fit to interpret it.Hon GERRY BROWNLEE: I am not sure there was a question there. I think it was a series of statements that the member had been pre-determined he would say. The point remains that none of that activity took place with ministerial responsibility.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Will the Prime Minister release his phone records to substantiate the claims he made to this House yesterday and to the media about his non-knowledge or involvement?Hon GERRY BROWNLEE: I am unable to answer that."