2. Question No. 2—Prime MinisterRt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 2—Prime Minister2. Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all of his statements and actions?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON (Prime Minister): Yes I do especially this Government's action to launch an independent review into Kāinga Ora and the deeply concerning financial state it was left in by the previous Government. I also stand by this Government's action to end the dysfunctional Let's Get Wellington Moving programme and to focus on delivering infrastructure that Wellington actually needs. And I stand by our action to end the ute tax. Could I just make another statement by wishing the member a very merry Christmas and the very best of luck in the new year in whatever role Kieran McAnulty gives him.SPEAKER: It's not particularly helpful for order.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Merry Christmas to him too. Does he agree with Christopher Luxon In the real world outside of Wellington outside of the bubble of MPs people who want to learn te reo or want to learn any other education actually pay for it themselves."; if so does he believe that standard applies to him too?CHRISTOPHER LUXON: We encourage employers to upskill their employees if they need te reo for the purposes of their job. We support that. What we don't support is actually bonuses on top of base remuneration.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: If in the real world people pay for their own te reo Māori lessons why did the taxpayer pay for his and will he pay that money back?CHRISTOPHER LUXON: I think all the 123 MPs in this Chamber if they want to learn te reo that's actually a good thing because they're actually there to represent all New Zealanders. I would suspect that you may have done the same as Prime Minister and/or Leader of the Opposition.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: So why did he say "In the real world outside of Wellington and outside the bubble of MPs people who want to learn te reo actually pay for it themselves."?CHRISTOPHER LUXON: Because they do and many private companies; people who actually want to learn te reo actually do it. But if it's a part of your job and it actually helps you do your job to represent all New Zealanders better and you want to learn te reo I would encourage all 123 members in this Chamber to do likewise.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Does he agree with Christopher Luxon with regard to the Clean Car Discount "I think if I can pay I should pay." and if so when will he pay?CHRISTOPHER LUXON: We've talked about this before—those are the affairs of my wife if that's what you're trying to get to there.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Which of the following statements therefore does he agree with: Christopher Luxon on 6 April: "I've got one Tesla a little Tesla Model 3 yep and I think I've got to say they're fantastic cars." Christopher Luxon on 13 May "I have an electric car—a Tesla I love it." or Christopher Luxon on 14 June and again now: "I don't have a Tesla my wife has one"?Chris Bishop: Point of order. The Leader of the Opposition is very well aware that the Prime Minister is not responsible for statements made by Mr Luxon which may or may not be accurate before he became Prime Minister.SPEAKER: That is quite right. I was being somewhat lenient given the nature of the opening answer to the question but I think it should be brought right back to the responsibilities of the Prime Minister directly.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Will he pay back the more than $8000 he's received from the Clean Car Discount his Government has now repealed?CHRISTOPHER LUXON: As I've previously explained the car is owned by my wife. Those are her financial affairs. I wouldn't bring the affairs of your family member into public discourse because she's not the public figure.SPEAKER: I think that's actually a very fair point that should be taken on board.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Point of order Mr Speaker?SPEAKER: We've got a point of order here from the Rt Hon Winston Peters.Rt Hon Winston Peters: It's a supplementary question. Much more important.SPEAKER: Oh sorry. Point of order the Rt Hon Chris Hipkins.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: The now-Prime Minister claimed that he owned the car himself.SPEAKER: Well the realities of that are not immediately evident to me because I don't have those papers in front of me. All I'm saying is that it has been a fairly longstanding convention in this House not to bring family members into the debate.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Point of order Mr Speaker. If a Minister mentions their family in the answer to a question in order to avoid answering the question it is legitimate to therefore ask them follow-up statements about their own statements.Hon Chris Bishop: Speaking to the point of order this is wholly absurd. Firstly the line of questioning is out of order because it relates to matters that are not within the Prime Minister's responsibility. Secondly notwithstanding that clear statement of the obvious the Prime Minister has deigned to provide a commentary in which he has said that the matter that the member is referring to relates to a family member and I would encourage members opposite to uphold the longstanding convention that you Mr Speaker have referred to.SPEAKER: That's a relevant point but all Government policy is the responsibility of the Prime Minister and that's why the question is being asked. Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Point of order. I want to be very clear based on the accusation from Christopher Bishop—I did not bring Christopher Luxon's wife into the debate.SPEAKER: I think we got that. Do you have a supplementary?Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Yes I do.SPEAKER: The Rt Hon Winston Peters goes first sorry.Rt Hon Winston Peters: Can I ask the Prime Minister as to whether it's his position on taxation that you pay the taxation at the time it applies and if the taxation system changes then your taxation obligations change as well and not some woke lefty shill view that you will apply the tax retrospectively which is the basis of the question?SPEAKER: Much as the right honourable member might like to think that the Prime Minister is responsible for anything that is considered to be a defence against the descriptor that you gave that's not a reasonable question. So we'll progress with the Rt Hon Chris Hipkins.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Does he agree with Christopher Luxon with regard to prime ministerial travel on Defence Force planes: "There's other options. There's charter options for example. There's commercial arrangements" or does he agree with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon that travelling on a Defence Force plane was a convenient option?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: As I've said today we've actually asked Defence to actually look at a long-term viable option for New Zealand to use and that could be commercial aircraft it could be charter aircraft it could be leased aircraft or owned aircraft. That's in the future interest of all future and potential Governments to do so. I just say to the member I think the line of questioning given the economic crisis that's going on in this country says he's not focused on the real issues. Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: In that case Mr Speaker supplementary?SPEAKER: Yep.Rt Hon Chris Hipkins: Well does he therefore agree with Christopher Luxon "It would be inappropriate for us to actually commit and spend new money on planes in a recession and therefore my personal view is that we travel commercial."; if so why has he now asked the Defence Force to bring forward plans for the replacement of those planes?Rt Hon CHRISTOPHER LUXON: What we've asked the Defence Force to do is give us a plan or a series of options in a package that could comprise of commercial it could comprise of charter it could comprise of leased or it may even comprise of owned. Actually we need a long-term solution because on this side of Government we want to get out in the world. We want to double the amount of exports that this country generates and part of that is having the tools to do that.Chris Bishop: What reflections does he have on the Government's priorities in light of the questions from the Opposition so far in this term of Parliament?SPEAKER: That's not a question. You know that's not right. So we'll move now to question No. 3 in the name of Mark Cameron."