2. Question No. 2—Prime MinisterHon PAULA BENNETT (Deputy Leader—National) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 2—Prime Minister2. Hon PAULA BENNETT (Deputy Leader—National) to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements and actions?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister): Yes.Hon Paula Bennett: Does she stand by her answer to question No. 5 last Tuesday that we need to make sure that we have environments in all of our workplaces that meet the expectations of alleged victims and that respond to those situations." and does she think that Grant Robertson's refusal to answer questions about what he knew and when regarding the allegations of sexual assault by her former—Hon Shane Jones: It's a speech!Hon Paula Bennett: —staff member meet the expectations of the victims?Hon Chris Hipkins: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister doesn't have ministerial responsibility for what Grant Robertson knows about a parliamentary matter.SPEAKER: And the Prime Minister will answer the first part of the question.Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: To answer the first part of the question yes.Hon Paula Bennett: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I had someone shout out from the Government side while I was midway through my question.SPEAKER: I'm sorry; I was focusing very carefully on the member and her question and it wasn't quite loud enough to register with me.Hon Paula Bennett: In light of the fact that the complainants have gone public with their allegations whose privacy is Grant Robertson protecting?Hon Chris Hipkins: A point of order.SPEAKER: The same—no I don't need the point of order. I'm just going to rule it out.Hon Paula Bennett: Does she stand by her statement yesterday that her "general value set and philosophy … is to take a victim-centred approach" and does she think that Kelvin Davis' speech in this House last week during the general debate—that issues that have been raised in the media and by me regarding the allegations of sexual assault by her former staff member were all based on rumour—is a good example?SPEAKER: Order! I have read the corrected Hansard of that with the Minister's interpretation and that is not an accurate record of the Hansard.Hon Paula Bennett: Is it her expectation that all Ministers and ministerial staff that were aware of the sexual assault allegations involving one of her former staff members will be interviewed by those reviewing and inquiring into the allegations and process? Hon Chris Hipkins: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The latter part of that question clearly is not a matter of ministerial responsibility and I think the first part of the question would be very marginal at best.SPEAKER: Well certainly I'm going to give the deputy leader of the National Party the opportunity to rephrase the question within the Standing Orders rather than just ruling it straight out. Can I say to the Leader of the House that it would be better on those occasions if the question could be put before the member intervenes in order for me to make an assessment.Hon Chris Hipkins: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The issue that we have I think across the House is that where a member puts a question that is deliberately out of order and then a Minister doesn't reply to it because it is out of order that actually creates some issues for the House particularly where one of the parties in the House is clipping things from the House allegations that have been made in the House by way of question and using them online through social media.SPEAKER: Yes. I understand the second part of it but I'm not going to take any responsibility. If I am convinced that a member is deliberately asking questions that they know are out of order I will regard that as disorderly and take the appropriate action.Hon Paula Bennett: Is it her expectation that all Ministers and ministerial staff that have been accused of knowing that there were allegations of sexual assault will be involved in the processes in the investigations as she has laid out?SPEAKER: No that's out of order and I just warn the member: I think she should know that.Hon Paula Bennett: Has the Prime Minister had any Minister or members of her staff come to her at any time in the last six weeks and admit that they actually did know that there were allegations of sexual assault?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I am going to reflect on the comments that I have made in the public domain repeatedly on this point but particularly in the last 48 hours. The criticism that can rightly be laid at the feet of the Labour Party is that there has not been an appropriate investigation into the complaints brought. If we listened to victim advocates like Louise Nicholas she would point out that we need to be victim focused. We've created a pathway now for those complaints to be rightly heard and that is where I am going to make sure that all of the focus lies. The ongoing litigation within a parliamentary debating chamber of sensitive complaints is not victim centred and I think the member knows that.Hon Paula Bennett: Does she believe that it's victim centred for Ministers that may have known there was a sexual assault or senior staff in her office not to participate in the investigation?SPEAKER: The member absolutely knows that's out of order. No further questions."