1. Housing—KiwiBuildRt Hon BILL ENGLISH (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime MinisterORAL QUESTIONSQUESTIONS TO MINISTERSHousing—KiwiBuild1. Rt Hon BILL ENGLISH (Leader of the Opposition) to the Prime Minister: What will the specific measurable targets be if any that she will use to hold her Government to account?Hon KELVIN DAVIS (Acting Prime Minister): As Prime Minister I will hold my Ministers to account for improving the well-being and living standards of New Zealanders.Rt Hon Bill English: What is the appropriate measure—[Interruption] Mr SPEAKER: Order! Sorry I'm just going to start right now. Who is the member who interjected then? Right there's an additional question to the Opposition.Rt Hon Bill English: What is the appropriate measure we should follow to monitor progress on KiwiBuild where the Government has committed to build 100000 houses over the next 10 years?Hon KELVIN DAVIS: We will make decisions on appropriate targets in due course.Rt Hon Bill English: So does that mean that the current expression of the Government's commitment which is to build 100000 houses over the next 10 years" does not necessarily mean what most people would take it to mean?Hon KELVIN DAVIS: We will make and confirm decisions on appropriate targets in due course.Rt Hon Bill English: Does the Government stand by—[Interruption] Mr SPEAKER: Order! The chief Government whip I think interjected or someone around her did. There is a further supplementary to the Opposition.Rt Hon Bill English: Does the Prime Minister stand by her Government's commitment to "build 100000 houses over the next 10 years"?Hon KELVIN DAVIS: We will make and confirm decisions on appropriate targets in due course.Rt Hon Bill English: Why did the Government commit to "build 100000 houses over the next 10 years" if it is now not willing to re-express that commitment in this House?Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Because the previous Government didn't build houses.Rt Hon Bill English: Is it possible that the Government is revising this commitment because of public statements made by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development that the commitment may involve not building houses but buying existing houses?Hon KELVIN DAVIS: No. Rt Hon Bill English: What other reason could there possibly be for not being willing to restate a commitment made by all its members right though the election campaign to "build 100000 houses"? What other reason could there be not to make that commitment here today? Hon KELVIN DAVIS: We are not revising targets. We will make and confirm decisions on appropriate targets in due course.Rt Hon Bill English: So is the commitment to build 100000 houses an appropriate target or one that is subject to revision or further decisions or is it one that we should take at its word? Hon KELVIN DAVIS: The member will find out in due course.Rt Hon Bill English: My question to the Prime Minister is this then: are there other commitments that were made during the election campaign and in the Speech from the Throne that are now open to revision and later decisions? Hon KELVIN DAVIS: We are committed to implementing what the Governor-General has said in the Speech from the Throne.Hon Amy Adams: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I just want to clarify: it's been the practice in the House for some time that a member answering on behalf of another member should clearly identify that. I didn't want to interrupt the question but can you clarify whether that is still the case? Mr SPEAKER: The Prime Minister answered the question."