2. Question No. 2—Prime MinisterKIERAN McANULTY (Labour) to the Prime MinisterQuestion No. 2—Prime Minister2. KIERAN McANULTY (Labour) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's policies and actions? Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Acting Prime Minister): Yes I do.Kieran McAnulty: How has this Government made efforts to improve relations with like-minded partners?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Thank you very much for that question. The fact is that the achievements of the Prime Minister—Hon Simon Bridges: Does he write his own questions?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Able to write my own questions and my own speeches unlike that turkey over there. In fact why don't you ask me a question? Show some courage.SPEAKER: Order! Does the member want to do it voluntarily or do I have to require him?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I withdraw and apologise. Back to my answer: the achievement of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's trip to New York and Japan cannot be overstated. The Prime Minister met in the same room at the same time with President Donald Trump Vice-President Mike Pence Secretary of State Mike Pompeo national security advisor Robert O'Brien and anybody that thinks they can laugh and scoff at that knows nothing about international diplomacy. No other Prime Minister has had a more impactful trip to the United States than Jacinda Ardern.Kieran McAnulty: What were some deliverable outcomes of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's visit to New York?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Excellent question again. Just one example: whilst at the United Nations Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met as I said with the President of the United States and his senior colleagues. In response to the Prime Minister's advocacy for a free-trade agreement the President said this to his staff: Why don't we get on with it?" Now that's unparalleled in terms of a response from the United States and we are all delighted that we've moved so far. Right at the same time she mentioned the Christchurch Call and spoke about it and she took it to a new level with 47 countries signing up; three huge international organisations as well as eight social media giants including Amazon Facebook Twitter Google and Microsoft. Those are major achievements and give the lie to the fact that it's some sort of needless talkfest. We're talking about the proper response to 51 people losing their lives and scores of others being damaged for the rest of their lives. I hope we do not hear any more sycophantic weak inhumane comments from a certain sector of New Zealand's political dichotomy. Kieran McAnulty: How did Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's visit build upon past diplomatic engagement with the United States?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: It's a long time between trade deals so to speak. The finance Minister back in 1939 first raised the issue with the United States and then of course we had a difficult period in the 1980s all changed by a serious rapprochement effected by the former Government—not the last one; the one before that—with the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.SPEAKER: Order! Sorry I'm going to ask the member to resume his seat just for a second. Can I just ask for the level of interjections to be turned down and especially by the successor to Walter Nash.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Can I also say that these were major achievements somewhat superior to going on The Letterman Show to read out the top 10 list or being confused on The Letterman Show with the ambassador to Washington from New Zealand. One suspects that Mr Bridges would have had a similar reception.Kieran McAnulty: Could the unparalleled response he gave in the answer to supplementary question No. 2 and the major achievements he gave in the answer to supplementary question No. 3 be part of the reason why he as Acting Prime Minister still has not received a question from the Opposition?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: That's an excellent question.SPEAKER: Order! He might be responsible for the first part but he's certainly not responsible for the substance of the question.Hon Gerry Brownlee: There was no first part of the question.SPEAKER: No well I think if you try and answer the first part of the question it's basically: how great are you? If members can very quickly think of another supplementary they can have it.Hon Grant Robertson: In reference to my supplementary question of yesterday and indeed my supplementary question of last week has the Acting Prime Minister had to answer any questions from the Opposition in his term as Acting Prime Minister?Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Alas no. And I put that down to by way of analogy the All Blacks at the World Cup against provincial club rugby.Kieran McAnulty: Taking the Speaker's advice: why is he so good?SPEAKER: Knowing the rest of the family it's parents and environment. But we don't get to say it here.David Seymour: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. In relation to the last answer actually the Opposition did ask a question yesterday but the Acting Prime Minister's correct—he didn't answer it.SPEAKER: The member knows that is not a point of order; he will stand withdraw and apologise.David Seymour: I withdraw and apologise.SPEAKER: He is on a warning that will last some time."