12. Prime Minister—StatementsRON MARK (Deputy Leader—NZ First) to the Prime MinisterPrime Minister—Statements12. RON MARK (Deputy Leader—NZ First) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements?Rt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister): Yes.Ron Mark: Does he stand by his immigration statement in July when he said We're going to stick with the plan we've got."; if so how is that plan working given the weekly fraud reports coming out of New Zealand's Mumbai immigration office?Mr SPEAKER: Either of those two supplementary questions—the right honourable Prime Minister.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: In answer to the first part of the question then yes. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! Every—[Interruption] Order! Every member has a right to ask a supplementary question.Fletcher Tabuteau: They have made my day Mr Speaker! [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order!Fletcher Tabuteau: Does he stand by his statement in relation to the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that "if we have to give more then we would expect to get more"; if so has he forgotten his horrible record of overpromising and not delivering like the 10 bridges in Northland the Pūhoi to Warkworth highway and the ultra-fast broadband in those areas?Mr SPEAKER: Again either of those two supplementary questions—the right honourable Prime Minister.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: In answer to the first part of the question yes. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! I do need some—[Interruption] Order! I need some cooperation particularly from one member whom I am looking at towards my right.Denis O'Rourke: Is he as "highly disappointed" with Gerry Brownlee as he was with another person who misbehaved at Christchurch Airport when Mr Brownlee illegally entered a secure area then gave untruthful reasons according to the Civil Aviation Authority of why he did so and cost taxpayers $43000 for the investigation?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: They are very very very different events. It would just be wholly inappropriate for me to comment on either of them in any great depth. [Interruption] Mr SPEAKER: Order!Denis O'Rourke: If he has a "comprehensive housing strategy" why are consents in Auckland lagging thousands behind what is needed and why are code compliance certificates not counted to show just how few houses are actually being built?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: The member really needs to direct those sorts of detailed questions to the Minister for Building and Housing but what I can say is we can see from the most recent data that consent numbers are up. As we can see from today's announcement in relation to house prices in Auckland they seem to at least be cooling a bit although let us see what happens over the medium term. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order!Ria Bond: How can he expect "higher standards of his Ministers" when his Minister of Health's underfunding has led to 30 patients at the Southern District Health Board suffering sight loss in 2015-16 because of unacceptable delays?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: I do not accept the proposition that that is the case in health funding at all. You saw the largest amount of money going into health funding in the history of New Zealand in Budget 2016. Can I also say to the member that I thank her and her colleagues for their questions today. I now feel I know the New Zealand First caucus better than Winston Peters does. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order!Grant Robertson: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I appreciate that in the situation that we are in there might be some interjection. I just would ask you to reflect on the way in which you are dealing with that versus the way in which you have dealt with some other interjections. I am not saying you were wrong to deal with them on this side but were we doing that I wonder what you might have done.Mr SPEAKER: I think that is a fair point but we are witnessing a tactic that we do not see every day in the House and it is certainly causing some commotion. I am dealing with it to the best of my ability. I can assure the member that there are two or three people I have in my sight. If they continue to cause me trouble and I can identify them as causing that trouble they will get very similar treatment to Mr Iain Lees-Galloway or worse.Tracey Martin: Does he stand by his statement that Steven Joyce is "doing an excellent job of improving results in the tertiary sector" given his failure to act on complaints about fraudulent qualifications at the International Academy of New Zealand in 2014 and given he is currently ignoring similar complaints regarding another high-profile tertiary institution also in Auckland that was lodged with that Minister in May 2016?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: I do stand by the view that Steven Joyce is doing an outstanding job. The only complaint I hear is one from a car somewhere—goodness knows where—in New Zealand of Winston Peters screaming out: "Why is it taking six of them to have a go and none of them can land a single blow?". [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order!Tracey Martin: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! This is a point of order and it will be heard in silence.Tracey Martin: Sorry Mr Speaker just to clarify: the question was whether he stood by his statement around the tertiary education skills and employment Minister. What relevance did the second part—Mr SPEAKER: Order! No. If the member is arguing that the question was not addressed it was very clearly addressed. Richard Prosser do you want to proceed with the supplementary question? [Interruption] Order! Mr Brownlee I need to ask for your cooperation completely between now and the end of question time.Richard Prosser: How can the liquidation sale of Solid Energy's assets be "good news" given the price of coking coal has doubled this year and taxpayers' assets worth $3 billion only 7 years ago have had to be sold at receivership prices partly to overseas interests?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: It is of course relative to what Solid Energy thought it would get for the assets which was a much lower number. I certainly hope that member has not hogged the question so that Barbara Stewart is not going to get a go. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order!Ron Mark: I am glad that they recognise an impact off the benches. It is something they lack themselves.Mr SPEAKER: Can we have the supplementary question otherwise I will move on.Ron Mark: Absolutely. You can Mr Speaker. Supplementary question to the Prime Minister—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: If the member wants to ask—Ron Mark: I know they do not—they rarely see talent.Mr SPEAKER: Order! The tactic has been tried. The members can judge for themselves how successful it has been. If the member wants to ask his supplementary question then get to his feet ask it and no further interjection.Ron Mark: How can he say "Law and order is an area that the Government cares a lot about." when crime statistics to the year ending September 2016 show an increase in assaults an increase in abductions an increase in sexual assault an increase in robbery an increase in extortion increases in burglary offences—Mr SPEAKER: Bring the question to a conclusion.Ron Mark: —just as we have long projected there would be all under his leadership?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: I would stand by that statement because overall crime has reduced since 2011—15 percent although I acknowledge it is up 1.4 percent in the last 12 months and thank goodness Steve Hansen's policy of taking Beauden Barrett off the bench is a lot more successful than New Zealand First's. [Interruption] Mr SPEAKER: Order!Iain Lees-Galloway: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I seek your ruling and you may wish to take some time about this: what does it take to get a National Party MP put on a final warning?Mr SPEAKER: Order! That is quite a serious direct criticism of the Chair. If the member wishes to criticise the Chair there is a way to do it. It is not that way."