1. Question No. 1—Prime MinisterDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT) to the Prime MinisterORAL QUESTIONSQUESTIONS TO MINISTERSQuestion No. 1—Prime Minister1. DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT) to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and policies?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Prime Minister): Yes particularly the policy to add 1800 extra police officers to the beat which was achieved last Thursday during the graduation of wing 366. I also stand by the policy to ensure an ongoing ratio of one police officer to every 480 New Zealanders. This compares to the ratio of one police officer to every 544 New Zealanders when that member was last supporting a National Government.David Seymour: Does he believe building light rail to the airport will raise the value of Auckland Airport shares and if so can he think of any ways to motivate Michael Wood to hurry up with that project?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I'm not a stockbroker.David Seymour: Does he stand by his statement that his Government will focus on the issues that matter to most New Zealanders" and does he believe his Government has been careful about the cost of red tape and regulation it puts on New Zealanders?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: In answer to the first part of the question yes and in answer to the second part of the question if the best the member can come up with is to create a ministry for bureaucracy in order to deal with the bureaucracy he perhaps needs to go back to the drawing board.David Seymour: Is he aware that early childhood education (ECE) providers need to comply with 303 different regulations before they can open their door in the morning including keeping records for three months of all food they've served and the time they served it to whom and is he aware of any situations where keeping these records has justified the cost of doing so?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: The safety of children in early childhood education is something that all parents will prioritise and therefore the regulations in this space are designed to ensure that our most vulnerable young children are kept safe while they are in early childhood education. There has been extensive consultation in recent years around the food safety guidelines in early childhood settings and it happened after a child was brain damaged during an ECE service whilst eating.David Seymour: If he really cares about kids in early childhood education why is it that he puts in place regulations that he cannot demonstrate the benefit of since they've been in place—not even once?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I believe I just did.David Seymour: Has the ban on pseudoephedrine and over-the-counter cold and flu medicines stopped or even slowed the P epidemic and if not why is that law still in place at great cost to Kiwis who just want to blow off a winter chill with the most effective medicine possible?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: Well the good news is that those who are getting prescription pseudoephedrine for a cold or flu from their doctors now won't have to pay the cost of picking that up from the pharmacy under this Government. I note that it was the National-ACT Government that banned over-the-counter pseudoephedrine and required that people have to go to their doctors in order to get it.David Seymour: Does he agree with Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown that "Auckland Council Group spends at least $145 million on temporary traffic management each year and utility companies have seen a fourfold increase in traffic management costs" while his Government has been in place; if so what is his Government doing to ease the orange cone pandemic plaguing every New Zealander trying to develop absolutely anything anywhere?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: If the member has a concern about road cones in Auckland he should raise those with the Auckland mayor and the Auckland Council.David Seymour: Is he not aware that the Auckland mayor and Auckland Council are following statutes made by this House that his Government's responsible for?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: If the member is referring to health and safety laws I'd expect all councils across the country to be following them.David Seymour: Does he think lawmaking is good enough when stock exclusion rules are now in their third rewrite in as many years and southern farmers were forced to plant winter crops before 1 November even though the crops would freeze when planted before that time and their animals would starve through the winter?Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: It'd be fair to say that's not an issue that I have spent a great deal of time looking at."