3. Question No. 3—Prime MinisterHon SIMON BRIDGES (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 3—Prime Minister3. Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's policies statements and actions?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister): Yes.Hon Simon Bridges: Is it the policy of this Labour-led Government to increase the refugee quota to 1500 a year in this term of Government as previously announced by her Minister and if not what is the Government's policy?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: As I have said many times before when we've made a decision as a Cabinet that policy will be released. I know that the member is hotly anticipating the decision.Hon Simon Bridges: Is it the policy of this Labour-led Government to repeal the three-strikes law as previously announced by her Minister; if not what is her Government's policy on this law?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: This Government's policy is to have an effective justice system which unfortunately we lost under that last Government. We have an increasing prison population and a static crime rate and that's why Minister Andrew Little is doing excellent work alongside Minister Kelvin Davis to improve rehabilitation get the prison population down—which they are already doing—and make our communities safer.Hon Simon Bridges: Is it the policy of this Labour-led Government to pass the Employment Relations Amendment Bill as approved by all of Cabinet and reported back to select committee; if not what changes are being made to the bill?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: As the Deputy Prime Minister himself has said in this House the bill will pass. When it does we look forward to bringing balance back to the workplace and making sure that we have a fair go for workers and acknowledge the good work employers are doing to try and lift wages at the same time.Hon Simon Bridges: Does she agree with her Deputy Prime Minister's insistence yesterday that this Government was not Labour-led? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: While that member's caught up on semantics this Government is proud that a recent survey said that the people of New Zealand had greater confidence in us than in that last Government and I don't think they particularly care about descriptors and what was on a website. We have the support of New Zealand. That's why we're here and you're over there. SPEAKER: Order! Order! I'm going to point out to the right honourable Prime Minister—when she's finished the other conversation—that I'm here and she doesn't refer to me. Hon Simon Bridges: Speaking of semantics why are there over 50 references by her Ministers in this Parliament to it being a Labour-led Government? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Because we're in Government and you're not. Rt Hon Winston Peters: Could I ask the Prime Minister as evidence to the cooperative nature of this coalition if she is aware of it being a fact that since the election—in less than 11 months—1055 decisions have been made of unity and since Monday's Cabinet more since? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Yes I understand that to be the case which is an incredible list of achievements that far outstrips anything that last Government achieved I would say in an entire nine years. Hon Simon Bridges: Why did she say yesterday in respect of the phrase Labour-led Government" "I've never used that phrase" when Hansard records her using it more than a dozen times as Prime Minister right in that seat? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I am the leader of the Labour Party. I don't think anyone on this side of the House has lost sight of that. I am also the Prime Minister of a Government that has a coalition partner and a confidence and supply partner and I am proud of all of them. Hon Simon Bridges: When the Prime Minister commented on GDP on Hosking's show this morning was the reason she made the mistake that she did because she was distracted by managing coalition differences in her Labour-led Government? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: No. It's not the first time that Mike Hosking and I have not listened to each other. Hon Simon Bridges: Does she know the difference between GDP and Crown financial statements? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Yes. Hon Simon Bridges: Did she know at 8 a.m. this morning? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Yes. Next question. Hon Simon Bridges: How will her Budget responsibility rules (BRRs) impact on GDP? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: In our minds of course it will support them. We need to make sure that we're delivering responsible governance and our BRRs were delivered on in the last Budget and continue to show that we're able to deliver surpluses whilst maintaining Crown spending at around 30 percent and debt to a level of 20 percent."