Peters Winston: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePeters Winston: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 04 September 2013. Volume:693;Page:13240. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]10.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to thePrime Minister: Does he still stand by his statement yesterday when asked whether he was satisfied that the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service has always operated lawfully under his leadership; “as far as I am aware yes”?Hon BILL ENGLISH (Acting Prime Minister): Yes.Rt Hon Winston Peters: How on earth can he say that the SIS has acted lawfully when it breached section 131 of the Search and Surveillance Act when it failed to produce evidence of its identity and refused to produce a copy of the search warrant when it illegally raided former Fijian Cabinet Minister Rajesh Singh’s home in Auckland?Hon BILL ENGLISH: If the member or anyone believes that there was anything unlawful about the conduct of the SIS they have two avenues of complaint: to the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security or to the police. I would suggest that ifthe member believes there was unlawfulness he takes the matters up with the people with the capacity to deal with them.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Again how on earth can the Acting Prime Minister say that when the Minister of Internal Affairs dropped case reference CIV-2013—that is this year—485-240 before the High Court at Wellington 1 week before the hearing date if it was not firstly that illegal action by the SIS was about to be exposed and secondly that former Cabinet Minister Rajesh Singh a New Zealand permanent resident and associate Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement people are some of the 80 New Zealanders spied on illegally by the Government Communications Security Bureau?Hon BILL ENGLISH: There seemed to be several questions there but I can assure the member that I am advised that the SIS is not involved in a court case related to that matter.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Can I ask the Prime Minister whether an arrangement was made between the Fijian military regime and the New Zealand Government to spy on former Fijian Cabinet Minister Rajesh Singh and other members of the Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement living legally in New Zealand?Hon BILL ENGLISH: It would be very surprising if the New Zealand Government made any arrangement of any nature with the Fijian Government.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Well if that is remotely true why then did the commander of the Fijian land forces ColonelMoseseTikoitoga text Mr Singh saying he was about to be raided by the SIS at the exact time the raid was happening?Hon BILL ENGLISH: I have no idea.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. This Minister has had 24 hours to answer questions on this subject. The point is that the same person in the Marshall Islands got up and said: “Put up or shut up.” Now I am asking questions and I am not getting any answers at all on what is probably demonstrably illegal activity and the Prime Minister knows it.Mr SPEAKER: Order! The member is welcome to go back and look at his question. His question was whether it is true that a particular gentleman in Fiji texted somebody in New Zealand and the Minister acting on behalf of the Prime Minister said that he had no idea.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker.Mr SPEAKER: Can I just understand clearly that this is a fresh point of order not in any way—Rt Hon Winston Peters: Yes it is a fresh point of order because it goes to the ambit of all the questions that were asked by way of supplementary questions today. The Prime Minister or whoever is standing in for him did not seem to know the answer to any of them when in fact the court case is on record. The internal affairs action which is associated with the SIS is on record. The texts are available because the—Mr SPEAKER: Order! The member—[Interruption] Order! The member will resume his seat. He is now relitigating not only rulings that I have just given but rulings that I gave yesterday.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Stick around for the debate then.Mr SPEAKER: The member is welcome at this stage to stick around for the debate.