2. Question No. 2—Prime MinisterCHLÖE SWARBRICK (Co-Leader—Green) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 2—Prime Minister2. CHLÖE SWARBRICK (Co-Leader—Green) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by his Government's statements and actions?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON (Prime Minister): Yes in the context they were given.Chlöe Swarbrick: Does he stand by his statement I want all New Zealanders to be able to flourish in this country. I want everybody to be able to realise their potential" and if so does he think that it is fair that the average New Zealander pays double the effective tax rate of the wealthiest 311 families in this country?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Well what I'd say to that member is that's why we come to politics. We want every New Zealand child to have a great future; we want them to be able to realise their potential and realise their version of the Kiwi Dream whatever that may be.Chlöe Swarbrick: Does he agree with the statement of Christopher Luxon "How much the wealthy own or don't own is irrelevant to actually middle New Zealand" and if so what level of inequality is he comfortable with?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Well that's why we've got to make sure we rebuild the economy: so that we can actually afford the public services so that we can deal with issues of inequality across New Zealand.Chlöe Swarbrick: How tough was the choice to make changes to benefit indexation that his official advice says will put 13000 more New Zealand children in poverty?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: I disagree. What we've done is made sure that beneficiaries—Hon Carmel Sepuloni: No you can't disagree; the advice says it will.Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: —are no worse—well we've made sure that beneficiaries are no worse off by the effects of inflation and the cost of living. Their benefits will be adjusted by inflation.Chlöe Swarbrick: How tough was the choice to roll back smoke-free protections which will result ultimately in more New Zealanders dying from smoking than otherwise would have in order to generate half a billion dollars more in Government revenue?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: We are determined to deliver on the Smokefree 2025 goals. What's been impressive is under the legislation that we've put back in place daily smoking rates have fallen from 8.6 percent to 6.8 percent. We're well on our way to 5 percent—that's our goal.Chlöe Swarbrick: How tough was the choice to hand $2.9 billion in tax cuts to landlords?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: It's important that we increase the supply of rental property and that renters don't end up being slugged with more costs. That's why we're actually delivering interest deductibility revisiting the brightline test and balancing the laws between landlords and tenants: because we care about renters. And I'd hope that member would do the same.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Can I ask the Prime Minister as to whether he cares or not what his primary answer might be when someone comes to the House with a written primary question and five written supplementaries so that nothing that the Prime Minister might say would have any bearing on what she thought of what the first answer was?SPEAKER: Yeah no. It's not a place for the Prime Minister to reflect on—Rt Hon Winston Peters: Yeah but she's reading out her questions.SPEAKER: Well you've got the point out but the answer's not required."