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 and especially the target that I announced yesterday to reduce violent crime and to make our communities safer. One of this Government's key priorities is to reverse the increase in violent crime making Kiwis feel safer in their own homes their businesses and their communities. We've already made progress to return the rights of victims instead of criminals to the centre of our justice system and we look forward to implementing many many more actions to restore law and order.Chlöe Swarbrick: Is the Prime Minister aware that there is already a legally required independent expert review of the methane target among all emissions targets and if so why has his Government announced that they will do their own new independent secondary review?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Well it's something that we've talked about in Opposition for some time it's something that we've campaigned on and all we're saying is we're making sure we've got complementary work going on to make sure we have the latest knowledge around methane science. From there we can set targets. [Interruption]SPEAKER: Just before the member—interjections are fair; nothing wrong with that but it's getting pretty loud so just keep it as rare and as an Assistant Speaker once said as witty as possible.Chlöe Swarbrick: Thank you Mr Speaker. Is the Prime Minister aware that the Climate Change Commission appointments are legally required to be consulted across political parties and if so is he concerned that his Government's second review is therefore inherently less politically independent and more politicised?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Yes I agree with the first part of the question.Chlöe Swarbrick: What does—and I quote—consistency with no additional warming" from agricultural methane emissions mean in the context of the National-ACT coalition agreement?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Well what I'd say is that we want farmers to have to play their part in driving our emissions down. We can't just shut down the world's best farmers and send agricultural production offshore making global greenhouse gas emissions worse in the process. We believe "no additional warming" is a fair basis for methane targets in particular. [Interruption]SPEAKER: I might just say to the Government side that if the Prime Minister is giving an answer it's not particularly helped by the added comment from his own team.Chlöe Swarbrick: Does he agree with the Climate Change Commission who yesterday said—and I quote—"Changing the biogenic methane target from the current range to 'no additional warming' and keeping the current net zero component of the targets as it is would mean higher emissions and an increased amount of warming than the current target."?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Well what I'd say to you is that is speculation because we haven't had a discussion around—Chlöe Swarbrick: It's science!Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: No no—would you like to listen to my answer? Let me finish my answer. What I'm saying to you is you're jumping to targets. What we're saying here is we want to update the science base and make sure that we have the latest sense of methane science in place.Chlöe Swarbrick: Does the Prime Minister agree with the Climate Change Commission that if the Government seeks to reduce methane emissions targets it would be requiring households and businesses across this country to do more?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: That's not what we're saying. What we're saying is we're reviewing the science base on methane to make sure we do that. I'd just say to the member I really look forward to her adjusting the Green Party website to come out in support of our GE policy so that we can actually drive emissions down."