6. Hon TREVOR MALLARD (Labour—Hutt South) Link to this
to the Prime Minister
Does he have confidence in all Ministers involved in the MediaWorks frequency payment arrangement?
Rt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister) Link to this
Yes, as I do with regard to the other eight transactions that were entered into on the deferred payment schedule.
Hon Trevor Mallard Link to this
In light of his answer yesterday that he had not read Deloitte’s report, is it his practice to grant $43 million loans without reading the paperwork?
I was not the Minister responsible for the loan. I make the point that the paperwork from Deloitte that the member is talking about was issued in May 2009. Cabinet considered the matter in October. The proposition we considered then was vastly different from the proposition that Deloitte reported on in May.
Hon Trevor Mallard Link to this
Who approved his answers to parliamentary written questions No. 2043 (2011) and No. 2044 (2011), in which he denied discussing the issue with any MediaWorks senior manager, when in fact he had discussed it with Brent Impey, the chief executive?
I did, and I corrected the answer as soon as I became aware of the issue. I would not describe our conversation as a meeting, which was the basis of most of the questions. Very brief, informal discussions took place, as Brent Impey said yesterday. The conversation was a couple of quick sentences.
Hon Trevor Mallard Link to this
Following that discussion, which he forgot when answering the questions, did he refer the matter to Mr Steven Joyce?