CHILD PROTECTION

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:14): I have a question to the Minister for Police.

The SPEAKER: Yes.

Ms CHAPMAN: When was the first time that the police spoke to the education department in the matter of the student who was wrongfully accused of accessing pornography?

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Finance, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:14): I will have to come back to the house in respect of that particular question, but I can inform the house that my office was informed by SAPOL today that police are actually investigating this matter and other associated matters and that an investigation is currently underway.