6. Question No. 6—FinanceHon BARBARA EDMONDS (Labour—Mana) to the Minister of FinanceQuestion No. 6—Finance6. Hon BARBARA EDMONDS (Labour—Mana) to the Minister of Finance: Malo le soifua manuia Mr Speaker. Does she stand by her statement These savings and revenue initiatives are the same as those in the National Party's tax plan with some adjustments to reflect coalition agreements"?Hon NICOLA WILLIS (Minister of Finance): I stand by the full statement I made in question time last Tuesday which was "Tax relief in the Budget will be fully funded through savings and revenue initiatives. These savings and revenue initiatives are the same as those in the National Party's tax plan with some adjustments to reflect coalition agreements. There will also be other savings in the Budget [and] these savings will be directed towards Government priorities including front-line public services."Hon Barbara Edmonds: Where in the coalition agreement does it say that the international visitor levy will increase?Hon NICOLA WILLIS: It doesn't.Hon Barbara Edmonds: Where in the coalition agreement does it say that she will introduce or consider a tax on utes as outlined in advice received by the Minister of Revenue?Hon NICOLA WILLIS: That's not being considered. Now I can see that the member is very interested in the funding of our tax plan. So what I want to announce to the House is that those interested in that can look forward to the Budget matters document which will be released on Thursday. I can advise the member that—I think it's page 3 or 4 of that document—there will be an itemised outline of the savings and revenue measures being used to support our fully funded tax package that's going to put cash back in the pockets of hard-working Kiwis.Hon Barbara Edmonds: Will she commit to funding the 13 new cancer treatments promised in her fiscal plan; if not why not?Hon NICOLA WILLIS: I have told that member a few times over the last few weeks that she will have to await Budget day to find the full set of commitments that we are progressing. There's two comments that I would make. The first is we are a Government that was left with a massive hole where funding for the Pharmac budget should have been—they left massive fiscal cliffs so that we have already announced our commitment to a $1.8 billion boost for Pharmac. The second thing I would say is that across the coalition agreements that the National New Zealand First and ACT parties have formed there are a number of commitments and not all of them will be delivered in our first Budget.Hon Barbara Edmonds: Will the Minister be hosting a social services budget lock-up this year; if not why not?Hon NICOLA WILLIS: No.Hon Barbara Edmonds: Has she taken down the tax calculator because she knows New Zealanders will not receive the $250 per fortnight in tax cuts that they had promised?Hon NICOLA WILLIS: No. There will be an official Government tax calculator. It will be hosted on the Treasury website it will be available from 2 p.m. on Thursday and you should go and check it out.SPEAKER: Question—[Interruption] Just wait for a minute. When are you ready? [Interruption] Do you want to take the conversation outside? [Interruption] All right so we'll just try for a bit of quiet and have question No. 7 from Laura Trask."