10. Question No. 10—HousingHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of HousingQuestion No. 10—Housing10. Hon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura) to the Minister of Housing: Does she stand by her statement on 4 September 2019 with regard to a $400 million progressive home ownership scheme I will be making those final decisions and taking that piece of work back to Cabinet before the end of the year and we'll have the scheme up and running next year"; if so which month this year will it be up and running?SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member's going to answer the question but I am going to warn the Hon Judith Collins that I know her reading skills are better than that. Not all members are but I don't think she should do that.Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing): Yes I refer the member to my answer to oral question No. 6 on Tuesday and oral question No. 4 yesterday where I made it abundantly clear twice that I took the decision paper to Cabinet in December as planned and an announcement will be made in the next couple of months. I don't propose to pre-empt that announcement in the House today but I can assure the member she doesn't have long to wait.Hon Judith Collins: When she said she would have a progressive homeownership scheme up and running this year how does she define "up and running"? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Again I think we went through this yesterday in oral question time. What I mean by having a progressive homeownership scheme up and running is there will be New Zealanders who are receiving assistance into homeownership—something this Government is proud of. Hon Judith Collins: When she said she would have a progressive homeownership scheme up and running this year did she mean that it would be actually operating this year? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Yes. Hon Judith Collins: When she said yesterday that she would be making an announcement in the next couple of months did she actually mean a re-announcement of the announcement that she already made in September or a different announcement? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: What I meant is I will be making an announcement of a progressive homeownership scheme of which this Government is proud. Hon Judith Collins: So does that mean it's a re-announcement of what was announced in September last year? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Is the member asking if we'll be talking about the $400 million progressive homeownership scheme that we announced in September? I guess we will talk about that a bit more because this is the like of which this country has never seen and of which we are rightly proud. Hon Judith Collins: Has she corrected the Green Party co-leader who announced in September last year that the Government would "now"—as in September last year—"be rolling out" a progressive homeownership scheme? Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS: Why would there be reason to? In September last year we made an announcement that we would be making our final designed decisions about a scheme that would be taken to Cabinet in December last year. That was done and we will have an announcement in due course. Hon Grant Robertson: Has the Minister sought any guidance on the meaning of "up and running" from the Hon Judith Collins given her experience with that in terms of the National Party leadership? SPEAKER: Order! No. Grant Robertson you—[Interruption] Order! Order! The member knew that was out of order. He will withdraw and apologise. Hon Grant Robertson: I withdraw and apologise."