2. Question No. 2—Prime MinisterHon SIMON BRIDGES (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 2—Prime Minister2. Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all her Government's statements policies and actions?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister): Yes.Hon Simon Bridges: Is she concerned that two days before the Budget is released I the Leader of the Opposition received details of next year's appropriations across 18 votes including health and defence?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for reminding me that he does indeed still have that role. We are not announcing Budget 2019 today but I also note that neither has the National Party.Hon Simon Bridges: Nasty nasty. With a bit of pressure on her Budget has she already done away with the kindness?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: No.Hon Simon Bridges: Has she spoken to her Ministers—Winston Peters Shane Jones and Ron Mark—about the fact that National has obtained appropriation details for Votes Forestry Foreign Affairs and Trade Overseas Development Assistance and Defence and Defence Force?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: No because I have absolutely no need to. Again I reiterate that we're not announcing Budget 2019 today but neither has the National Party. I also reflect the statements that have been made by the Minister of Finance. Our focus is on delivering the Budget in two days' time but what I can assure you is that after that fact we'll deal with what's happened here today but none of it relates to anyone in the Beehive.Hon Simon Bridges: Why is more being invested in defence over the next year through Budget 2019 than teachers' pay?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I've seen the statements made by the member in his press statement and he is just wrong.Hon Simon Bridges: Why is it that tanks are more of a priority than teachers' pay and how does that fit with her Wellbeing Budget themes?SPEAKER: Order! No I am going to ask the member to rephrase that. He's just been told very directly that—Hon Simon Bridges: OK. Why is more being invested in forestry than dental care—which in fact gets nothing—through Budget 2019?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I've already said that the statements and assumptions being made by the member are absolutely wrong. If he wants to undermine his own credibility in this House that is his decision not ours. Again for instance there are no tanks in this Budget. He is misleading people. It's his credibility not mine so it's his call.David Seymour: Will the figures with regard to the Budget published in the media this morning accurately reflect what is in the Budget?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: I think the statement that's already been made by the Minister of Finance—in fact some of the language that's been put out is from the 2018 Budget. Some of the figures are right; some of them are wrong. We're not going to get into that detail today. The members need to wait only another two days until they will see the 2019 Budget. I'm not announcing it today but neither has that member.David Seymour: How did the media come to have correct figures about the Budget two days early?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: As I've said publicly to the media my focus at the moment is delivering the Budget itself. That should be the focus of everyone in this House because that is what New Zealanders care about. In the aftermath of that we will deal with those issues. New Zealanders are not interested in the internal workings of this place; they are interested in whether or not we are taking mental health seriously whether or not we're investing in children living in poverty whether or not we're investing in family and sexual violence and whether or not we're transitioning our economy to be a low-emissions economy—that is what this side of the House is focused on not petty politics.David Seymour: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister gave a very long answer but at no point did she come remotely close to addressing the simple question: how did the media get the figures?SPEAKER: Yeah and I think right at the beginning she did. I probably should have stopped her at that point.Hon Simon Bridges: Will she come back and correct her answer if there is $1.3 billion or more in this Budget on Thursday for defence?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: Again as I've said the member's assumptions about the Budget and the statements he's made about teachers and tanks are just wrong. Again as well we have acknowledged that also some of the texts he's released are from 2018. Some numbers are right; some are wrong. He has not released the Budget today. Hon Simon Bridges: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I asked if she would correct her answer if there was $1.3 billion or more in the Budget on Thursday for defence and given that she said I've misled the House I think she should answer it.SPEAKER: I listened to the question and I listened to the answer; probably both of them skirted outside the strict Standing Orders requirements. I'll just leave it at one-all.Hon Simon Bridges: Is there $1.3 billion or more in the 2019-20 year for defence?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: No numbers in this Budget will be confirmed in this House by this side of the House today. We have not released the Budget today. Once the Budget is released I am happy to debate it with the member. I fear though that the member may have peaked too early.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Can the Prime Minister confirm that she's been told by one of her Cabinet colleagues that every figure in this press statement—by way of a release from the National Party—on a supposed leak is wrong?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: As I've already said the member has—Hon Simon Bridges: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The Speakers' Rulings—you know well—make clear she has no responsibility for that.SPEAKER: I'm going to ask the Deputy Prime Minister to repeat the question because as I heard it it was in order. Repeat the question please. Rt Hon Winston Peters: Could I ask the Prime Minister with respect to the statements which relate to these figures on this page—a press statement alleging that a leaked document is in the possession of the National Party—has she been told by one of her Cabinet colleagues that every figure with regard to the statement on this document is wrong? Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: As I've said there are a number of statements I've seen by that member and assumptions that he has made that I absolutely refute.Hon Simon Bridges: Has her finance Minister offered his resignation given the significance—[Interruption]SPEAKER: Order! Now the member will resume his seat. Can I just ask members on my right to behave themselves. There will be a number of extra supplementaries as a result of their lack of control and there's about five of them all of whom I've eyed who are on a last warning. No not you Mr Henare. Hon Simon Bridges: Well I haven't finished the question. Has the finance Minister offered his resignation given that Ministers in the last three Governments have for much less significant Budget irregularities?Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN: No.