2. Question No. 2—Prime MinisterHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 2—Prime Minister2. Hon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON (Prime Minister): Yes in the context they were given.SPEAKER: Very hard to take another supplementary on that. When you think about the nature of that question—I've raised this with the House before—look at Standing Order 397. You can continue but when these questions are asked a yes" kind of ends it. Well think about it: where can you go after that? How do you elucidate on "yes"?Chlöe Swarbrick: You point out contradictions.SPEAKER: There is none. No no that's not the point of a question time with all due respect Chlöe—it's not. So I'm just saying: carry on now but watch out for that in the future.Hon Marama Davidson: Thank you Mr Speaker. Does he stand by his statement "I seriously hope that I get the support of the Greens for this legislation because if you want serious delivery on our climate change goals we need to build renewable energy projects much faster." and if so will he rule out fast-tracking coal mining oil drilling and all other fossil fuel projects that increase emissions?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Well I'd just say to that member: we've had a very interesting ministerial statement and debate in this House. What was very obvious to me is that if you actually want us to deliver on our climate change goals and commitments—which we all want to do in this House—I'd just encourage the Green Party to support the fast-track legislation and also the ban.Hon Marama Davidson: Is he aware that existing processes already enable wind farms to be consented with over 1904 megawatts' worth of capacity currently consented and unbuilt?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Well what I am very well aware of is it took eight years to consent a simple wind farm not very far from this place here in Wellington. It took two years to build it—it therefore took 10 years to actually get the benefit of clean renewable electricity. What we're doing under fast track is making sure that we can double the amount of renewable electricity. We support renewable energy projects; we fast-track consent them within one year; we get them built in two; we get the benefit in three not 10 years. I would think that that member in the Green Party would want to support that legislation.Hon Marama Davidson: Does he stand by his statement "It's through a select committee process open for any sensible ideas to improve the legislation…" and if so will he set down the list of projects to be inserted in Schedule 2 at the select committee stage in order to improve transparency and public scrutiny of the legislation?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: In answer to the first leg: yes.Hon Marama Davidson: Does he agree with Ngāti Toa Rangatira Te Atiawa Taranaki Whānui Ngāti Raukawa and other iwi that "We too are frustrated that things take so long and cost so much. We too want more affordable homes and infrastructure but we also want clean healthy taiao waterways beaches and kaimoana."?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: That's what we're saying but what we're saying is we want to see fast-track legislation passed we want to get things built in this country and we want renewable energy and electricity to be doubled. The way we do that is we get things moving much quicker than what we've been doing.Hon Marama Davidson: Does he agree with Ngāti Toa Rangatira and other iwi who just stood out on the Parliament forecourt today: "So we say to you Minister by all means streamline reduce time and cost but do not repeat the mistakes of the past; do not give affected laymen hired and fired every three years the power to make decisions that will last 100."?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: As I said to the member today and also yesterday there is a select committee process going on. The Minister for Infrastructure has already intimated that we are open for any reasonable contributions through that process. We'll take that into consideration after the select committee process finishes.Hon Marama Davidson: Does he agree with Ngāti Toa Rangatira and other iwi who said today "Development brought homes and infrastructure but also polluted waterways poisoned kaimoana sedimented harbours diminished health ghettoised communities and breaches of Treaty rights—all from unwise unchecked development."?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Look I'd just say to that member: either you're serious about solving climate change or you're not. You keep talking about it but you don't put the plans in place to do anything about it right. It's a lot of bumper stickers it's a lot of Post-it notes; that's what you're doing. You're not actually putting the plan in place. We've seen it under the previous administration. We're in the situation we are today with an energy security challenge because it was all "Kumbaya" a lot of bumper stickers and headlines but no plan. So what I'd say to everybody in this House: come on board in a bipartisan way support our reversal of the oil and gas ban support our fast-track legislation and let's go get renewable energy built in this country.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Can I ask the Prime Minister having regard to the sincerity and integrity of that last question was he or Minister Brown or Minister Jones asked to the meeting outside the Parliament at lunchtime so that we would know for ourselves what they are saying and not the Green Party's and Māori Party's pretence at what they're saying?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: I was unaware of that meeting but we welcome the contributions as I said through the select committee process.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Point of order Mr Speaker. How can a question that begins by inviting the respondent to provide a commentary on the quality of the last question possibly be within order?SPEAKER: Well the problem is that the primary question is about as open as you could possibly get. I said that it creates its own problems. I made it clear that the member could continue but when Marama Davidson mentioned and was quoting apparently from protestors who are at the front of Parliament today it's not unreasonable to ask a question if the Prime Minister or any of his representatives were invited to speak there.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Point of order Mr Speaker. Are you therefore indicating that Government members can use their questions to attack the Opposition which previous Speakers have repeatedly ruled is out of order?SPEAKER: Well I would think it would be a very odd thing for me to rule that someone asking a question about whether they were invited to speak to a protest group was somehow attacking the Opposition. I don't think that's the case.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: I think you should look at the question again.SPEAKER: Well the member's asking me often to look at questions and I do. I will do that again.Rawiri Waititi: Point of order. The Māori Party was brought into the question of the member and we didn't ask the question. So I'd like that reviewed and to ensure that the Māori Party isn't brought into any of a debate that we weren't part of.SPEAKER: Say that last part again.Rawiri Waititi: I would hope that Te Pāti Māori was not brought into the debate where we didn't ask the question. When that member asked the Prime Minister a question he used Te Pāti Māori after the Greens had asked that question. We weren't part of that question.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Speaking to the point of order. I can help out here.SPEAKER: Just a minute. Perhaps later when you and I meet over some conditions that were not met around that protest then we can discuss this matter.Rt Hon Winston Peters: The real point is if Te Pāti Māori are so concerned at being mentioned why were they there and the rest of us not invited?SPEAKER: That's not a point of order—it's not a point of order.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Point of order Mr Speaker. Previous Speakers have ruled very clearly that matters outside the House are not matters of order in the House. The point of order by Winston Peters breached that but actually so did the ruling that you have just delivered.SPEAKER: Well that's an interesting—if you are unhappy with that you've got a course of action you should take.Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Point of order. I feel exactly the same. Te Pāti Māori wants to express our extreme concern at the fact that the Speaker's raised something that had nothing to do within the House and has made assumptions before he's actually met with the member and the co-leader of Te Pāti Māori.SPEAKER: I've made no such assumptions."