Peters Winston: Oral Questions — Questions to MinistersText is incorporated into the Bound VolumePeters Winston: Oral Questions — Questions to Ministers[Sitting date: 24 February 2015. Volume:703;Page:1843. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]5.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?Rt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister): Yes.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When he said: “This Government has already undertaken a range of work to protect the most vulnerable New Zealanders.” and that became an issue in the Northland electorate and in his own organisation what did he do about it?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: One thing is the creation of 7500 jobs with the goodwill of commercial and business people of Northland since that statement I think.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. That answer with respect has nothing to do with the question I put which was going off his quote to do with vulnerable New Zealanders.Mr SPEAKER: No the question—I can assist the member if he resumes his seat—finished with “So what is the Prime Minister doing about it?”. The Prime Minister then told the House.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister gave this quote in a speech on family violence.Mr SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seat. I have ruled that the question has been addressed. If the member wants to take further supplementary questions to try and delve into the issue I invite him to do so but I will not take the member continually now questioning a ruling that I give in this House.Rt Hon Winston Peters: If the Prime Minister has said in a speech on family violence: “This Government has already undertaken a range of work to protect the most vulnerable New Zealanders.” and that issue arises in the Northland electorate with connection to his own organisation what did he do about it?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: The Government has taken a number of steps when it comes to protecting the most vulnerable from family violence. We could list those for you but they include everything from the work that Paula Bennett did when she was Minister for Social Development right through to the work that Anne Tolley is carrying on today.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When the Prime Minister said in the same speech: “A great example of this is the recent passing of the Vulnerable Children’s Bill which ensures that New Zealand’s most at-risk children get priority” and that became an issue in his own organisation in the Northland electorate what did he do about it other than to try and cover it up?Mr SPEAKER: Order! In so far as the Prime Minister feels there is ministerial responsibility he can answer the question—no? He does not have to.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: The Government has been working hard on a range of different issues and vulnerable children are a great example of the work we are doing.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When he said in the same speech to do with family violence children at risk and vulnerable children: “It is time we learned we must not ignore it nor should we accept it” and this became an issue in the Northland electorate within his own organisation and with an MP in his own caucus what did he do about it other than to cover it up?Mr SPEAKER: I can see very little ministerial responsibility but if the Prime Minister wishes to address the question he can do so.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: In Northland there is a Children’s Team that has been established there and the Government is doing great work in that area in Northland.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I am asking the Prime Minister—and the question included this—about the issue of allegations of family violence to do with his own organisation and hisown caucus. I asked him for specificity and he is not giving me anything at all.Mr SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seat. You are asking the question of the Prime Minister in his ministerial responsibility. He does not have ministerial responsibility for actions within his organisation or his caucus.