12. Question No. 12—Prime MinisterDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 12—Prime Minister12. DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT) to the Prime Minister: What are some of her Government's policy achievements?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister): Thank you for the use of the word some"; I wouldn't want to wish to keep the House longer than I am able. We've rolled out Mana Ake a mental health support programme for kids in schools in Canterbury and Kaikōura; extended school-based health services; reduced the cost of going to the doctor for more than half a million New Zealanders; set up our Cancer Control Agency and the suicide prevention office; boosted funding for Pharmac; and replaced 12 radiation machines to take the pressure off DHBs. We're rebuilding our health workforce with 1400 more nurses 580 more doctors 530 more allied health workers. We're addressing major infrastructure issues at Auckland City Hospital Greenlane Middlemore obviously Dunedin just to name a few. I have a long list. I've just started on health; I'm not sure if you'll oblige me to allow to continue with housing education and a range of others. Perhaps I'll leave it to the member's supplementary. [Interruption]SPEAKER: Order! All right I'm going to remind people in the galleries that they are not allowed to get involved in this question period. As someone who knows the consequences of becoming involved from the galleries I strongly recommend that people in the galleries don't.David Seymour: Why did the Prime Minister perhaps forget to mention KiwiBuild the public house waiting list Auckland light rail—SPEAKER: Order! The member has asked two supplementaries.Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Because the primary didn't allow me to get past the first part of health let alone get into transport housing and a number of other areas where I am very proud of our record.David Seymour: Why didn't the Prime Minister mention that after her intervention at Ihumātao there are more houses cancelled that would have been built there than KiwiBuild managed to build in three years?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I actually reject the premise of that question. If the member would like to give me another platform to talk about this Government's record of building more houses than any other Government since the 1970s of retrofitting our State houses to give them another 50 years of life through $50 billion—David Seymour: Point of order.Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Please sit down I'm not finished. SPEAKER: Order! I'm anticipating a point of order and I think that the Prime Minister has gone beyond what was asked of her.David Seymour: Why did the Prime Minister perhaps forget to mention that her Government inherited a $6 billion surplus for 2020 and turned it into a billion-dollar deficit even before the COVID crisis hit?Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. You surely very close to the end of this session will realise that there is a rule where you cannot ask the Government member a patsy question and have that member attack the Opposition. SPEAKER: I think the member has a history of not being helpful with his points of order. The one point that I'll give him is this: consistency through this Parliament. David Seymour ask it again.David Seymour: Thank you Mr Speaker. To the Prime Minister why did she perhaps forget to mention that her Government inherited a forecast $6 billion surplus for 2020 but by the end of last year Treasury forecast a $1 billion deficit for this year even before COVID hit?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Because I only got to health. Let's do the economy. I'm happy of course to stand on our record of delivering GDP growth close to an average of 2.3 percent which was higher than the 2.1 of the last Government. We delivered $13 billion worth of surpluses and got our net debt relative to GDP under 20 percent. Were it not for that positioning we would be in a much worse position going into COVID-19. As it stands relative to many other OECD nations our debt will be lower—even after our spending on things like the wage subsidy—because of the preliminary work we did and the position we put us in.Hon Stuart Nash: Why did the Prime Minister forget to mention that over 2250 more police have graduated out into our communities when we became the Government?SPEAKER: No no no. I've had enough of those patsies.David Seymour: Why did the Prime Minister perhaps forget to mention her Government's total failure to make any tangible progress on the highly confused Dominion Road light rail project which runs right along the border of her electorate?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Because I didn't get to transport where I'm happy of course to report that over 2000 kilometres of safety improvements have been made and the $6 billion needed for the Auckland Transport Alignment Project to make sure that we're delivering a range of modes for Aucklanders and reduce congestion. When it comes to the issue of light rail which I don't believe either that member or that member supported but who seems very interested in it now yes we didn't get agreement across parties but that has not stopped other progress in the area of transport. [Seymour stands]SPEAKER: No—no.David Seymour: Why is it—SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member has had four supplementaries already.David Seymour: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Can I just clarify—are you counting my repeat of a question—SPEAKER: Well in that case I apologise to the member. It just feels like a lot.David Seymour: Well people might have to get used to it. [Interruption]SPEAKER: Order! Order! All members will settle down. I think all of us know that in the next three months there is going to be a bit of a turnover and we won't be focusing too much on it.David Seymour: Why is it so difficult just to answer a question and accept that some of the things the Prime Minister—SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seat. He knows that's not a question.Hon David Parker: Can the Prime Minister confirm the recent endorsement by David Seymour of the proposed repeal and replacement of the Resource Management Act including Mr Seymour's kind acceptance that this is more than the prior Government achieved over the prior nine years?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I expect that that was the supplementary the member was going to ask given that he's given me so many opportunities this question time.David Seymour: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I seek leave to ask an additional supplementary question at the expense of the Labour Party.SPEAKER: Order! Order! I hear some objection. I will put it to the House but I think it's fair to say that not long after the member completed it I got an indication from his sparring partner that he wouldn't get permission. Is there any objection? There appears to be objection."