4. Housing Affordability and Availability—Government Measures to AddressRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime MinisterHousing Affordability and Availability—Government Measures to AddressRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): This question—[Interruption]—and I am pleased to see you too. Ha ha!Mr SPEAKER: Order!4. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his statements; if so how?Rt Hon JOHN KEY (Prime Minister): Yes; and with a sartorial elegance that I know the member privately admires.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I do not want to be churlish here but—[Interruption] I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! As I needed to remind the House last Thursday points of order will be heard in silence. I look forward to the point of order.Rt Hon Winston Peters: With respect that is so frivolous and also as you can see utterly wrong that he should be asked to apologise.Mr SPEAKER: Order! No the Prime Minister has no responsibility for the question that was put down by the Rt Hon Winston Peters.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When he said let's take a minute to look at the enormity of this problem. … the second worst housing affordability problem in the world. … this problem has got worse in recent years." what did he do about it?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: A considerable amount. That is what the comprehensive housing plan is about. It is ultimately about dealing with the issues that were created through the metropolitan urban limit in Auckland. It is the release of special housing lands. It is the reform of the Resource Management Act (RMA). It is first-home buyers grants for New Zealanders. It is a much stronger economy to create jobs. It is the release of land. There is just a range of things that the Government has done to address that issue.David Seymour: What initiatives did the Government of New Zealand take to—Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker.Mr SPEAKER: Order! I have a point of order. I hope it is a genuine point of order.Rt Hon Winston Peters: It is a genuine point of order.Mr SPEAKER: Then I will hear it.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I have observed that it is usually the case that the primary questioner gets the first two questions and then it passes to the side. [Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order! No I don't need any assistance. The primary question was asked. The first supplementary question went to the member the Rt Hon Winston Peters. I then go across to this side if there is a supplementary question.David Seymour: It helps if the primary question has some substance. What initiatives did the New Zealand Government take between 2005 and 2008 to increase housing supply?Grant Robertson: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker.Mr SPEAKER: No. [Interruption] Order! There is no prime ministerial responsibility in that question—[Interruption] Order! Ron Mark there is no need to behave like that. If the member wants to stay—[Interruption] Order! I am excited by the potential question No. 11. I want him to stay for that question but I do need his assistance to behave himself in the meantime.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When he said "we need Government leadership that is prepared to focus on the fundamental issues" did he mean promoting the RMA changes loaded with race-based preference?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: No and if the member is feeling guilty about the fact that he was part of a Government that did nothing when it came to housing he should just get up and say sorry.Rt Hon Winston Peters: When the Prime Minister announced his four-point plan for improving home affordability—(1) ensuring people are in a better financial position to afford a house; (2) freeing up land supply; (3) dealing with compliance and building cost issues; and (4) allowing State house tenants to buy the houses they live in—what happened Prime Minister to the first three points?Rt Hon JOHN KEY: A great deal has happened when it comes to improving the supply of housing in Auckland and across New Zealand. That is why in the year to August nationwide residential building consents have increased by 14 percent to 29622—the highest total since March 2005. I remind the member that he was part of a Government that saw nationwide house prices double—Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: Oh the member does not like it when we point out what actually happened—Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! Order! The member will resume his seat. If he wants to raise a point of order he is certainly welcome to do so. I certainly hope that this time it will be a genuine point of order.Rt Hon Winston Peters: It is a genuine point of order. It is to do with the fact that he went right off the question that he had been asked and started to get personal and nasty again which is most unbecoming.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: Speaking to the point of order—Mr SPEAKER: No. I thank the Prime Minister for his help but I do not need it. The question itself was a very long question; I could well have ruled it out on the basis that it was not succinct enough. I gave the member the benefit of the doubt and left the question there. It gave quite a wide ambit to the Prime Minister as he chose to answer it.Rt Hon JOHN KEY: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I may stand corrected and the member might want to make this clear but I am pretty sure that he is quoting from statements I made back in 2008 when I was not Prime Minister in which case by definition that does bring the points that I am making about the previous Government well and truly into play because that is what the question is about.Mr SPEAKER: I thank the Prime Minister but that again is actually a debating point rather than a point of order. Question No. 5 the—[Interruption] Order!Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I am just going to offer to respond to Winston Peters' question about what the point of order was. The point of order simply was that he raised the past; the Prime Minister responded.Mr SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Settle down. We have moved past that point of view Mr Brownlee. Neither were very good points of order. They are matters for debate and there will be a general debate tomorrow."