11. Question No. 11—ACCHon TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West) to the Minister for ACCQuestion No. 11—ACC11. Hon TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West) to the Minister for ACC: Is he satisfied that ACC has presented a compelling case for increasing by 12 percent the motor vehicle levy that New Zealand motorists must pay; if so what is that justification?Hon IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Minister for ACC): I am considering ACC's levy recommendations and will discuss these with my Cabinet colleagues in due course.Hon Simon Bridges: Tax by stealth. He's vulnerable.SPEAKER: Order! Order! If the Leader of the Opposition wants to ask the question he has priority. Does he want to?Hon Simon Bridges: I don't have any.Hon Tim Macindoe: Why has the Minister repeatedly assured New Zealanders that ACC will have to make a very strong case when it proposed increasing the petrol levy by 2c a litre when now he won't rule out increasing the motor vehicle levy by 12 percent which will raise the same amount of tax from motorists?Hon IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: Because ACC's processes are statutorily independent from me as Minister—that's appropriate. It would be entirely inappropriate for me to interfere with those processes but ultimately this is a decision for the Cabinet to—[Interruption]SPEAKER: Order! No sorry. Mr Robertson you will stand withdraw and apologise. I think we've had some very poor examples from the two most senior Government members in the House today.Hon Grant Robertson: I withdraw and apologise.SPEAKER: Mr Lees-Galloway. No start again please.Hon Simon Bridges: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. When he says two most senior" does he mean me and Grant Robertson? What about Winston Peters?SPEAKER: Sorry? Would the member like to elaborate? What's his issue?Hon Simon Bridges: That's all right.SPEAKER: Well there was an argument happening between Mr Robertson and himself. He was lucky not to be singled out in the way Mr Robertson was and I used the time to indicate a general level of dissatisfaction with the senior members of the Government. Having frankly comments that are smart-arse from the Leader of the Opposition by way of a disorderly point of order in the way that I've just warned Mr Seymour of is not at all helpful.Hon Gerry Brownlee: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. It is surprising to hear you use language like that directed at the Leader of the Opposition when you are at the same time calling for more order and decorum in the House and I think frankly it's inappropriate. SPEAKER: No I withdraw and apologise for my comment to the Leader of the Opposition but I do want to reinforce the fact that I have had more than enough of points of order that are nothing but disorderly and the Leader of the Opposition and Mr Seymour are the two worst offenders.Hon Dr Nick Smith: What about Mr Peters?SPEAKER: No. Mr Peters' ones are generally by way of supplementary question rather than point of order.Hon IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: ACC's process for determining its recommendations on levy setting is a statutorily independent process. It would be entirely inappropriate for me as a Minister to intervene in that process. Ultimately the decision about ACC levies is one for Cabinet. Cabinet gets to take into consideration matters such as cost of living and the broader economic situation and I can assure the member—as I have every time I've answered this line of questioning—that that's exactly what Cabinet will do.Hon Tim Macindoe: So in order to ensure that he can take the best information to Cabinet has he sought assurances from ACC that they are doing everything they can to minimise their costs so that they don't have to take more money from New Zealanders?Hon IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: Yes."