10. Question No. 10—Prime MinisterDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 10—Prime Minister10. DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT) to the Prime Minister: My question is to the Prime Minister and I wish her well in getting well soon. Does she stand by all her Government's policies and statements?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Deputy Prime Minister) on behalf of the Prime Minister: I thank the Leader of the Opposition" for his question. Yes.David Seymour: How does apologising for immigration policies before she was born help those people separated from their children for over a year by Government policy today?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: On behalf of the Prime Minister the apology that the Prime Minister issued on Sunday was for an egregious use of the State's power over 40 years ago. I would hope that all members of this House would support that approach to try to deal with some of the trauma that has been experienced by those in the communities who were raided in that way. I don't accept the comparison the member's making in his question.David Seymour: Wouldn't the apology be more sincere if the Government did undertake to help those having their families torn apart by contemporary immigration policy such as those who gathered outside Parliament this afternoon and were meeting in Auckland at exactly the time the apology was being made but not one of the Government's 28 Ministers attended?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: The apology made by the Prime Minister on Sunday was sincere.David Seymour: Does the Government stand by its policy of building a bike bridge across the Waitematā Harbour with a benefit-cost ratio of 0.4 and how will that help solve the very real problem of a shortage of housing?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: The Government stands by its policy of ensuring that we have strong linkages between the North Shore and the isthmus of Auckland. That is a multimodal solution. It includes making sure that we build a second harbour crossing with a public transport - centric focus; $50 million has been allocated for the business case of that. It also includes making sure that we can have walking and cycling access between North Shore and the isthmus.David Seymour: How will debt to income ratios on mortgage lending announced today help young people who already cannot afford skyrocketing house prices?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: Those were not announced today; the Governor of the Reserve Bank announced that he was beginning a consultation on that proposal.David Seymour: How do bans on gay conversion therapy help New Zealanders suffering from people breaking the laws that already exist and the Government doesn't enforce with rising crime on the streets up and down New Zealand?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: I'm not 100 percent sure I can draw the exact comparison that the member's doing. I think he's comparing sort of oranges and wombats. He should I hope want to be a part of a Parliament where we make sure that young people are not put in a position where conversion practices are put upon them. That I would hope and I thought I'd previously heard the member support that legislation.David Seymour: When will her Minister of Finance answer the significant number of unanswered and one-week-overdue written parliamentary questions from me about the Government's adherence to the Public Finance Act?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: On behalf of the Prime Minister the Minister of Finance informs me those questions have been answered.David Seymour: Why have the questions not been answered as of 2 o'clock today?Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: On behalf of the Prime Minister the Minister of Finance informs me he signed them off at least 24 to 48 hours ago."