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My
My question is to the Prime
her Government's policies and
Yes.
Yes. And
Yes. And to save time for question 2
Order! Can she confirm her Government's policy to slow debt
reduction has freed up more
Government's policy to slow debt
billion for extra Government spending by increasing
billion for extra Government
know there's hot anticipation for our budget, but I would ask the
member to wait until 17 May.
So, was Grant Robertson wrong when he
said that he's got
Grant Robertson wrong when he said
will well know, that was at the half yearly update. What we have been
clearly consistent about is, for
instance, that we will be
sticking to our budget responsibility rules,
and particularly as it rates
to our debt. Can she confirm that yesterday
the Foreign Minister announced
a further
the Foreign Minister announced a
increases and spending cuts to free up more room for new
spending on tonne of that
up more room for new spending on
Actually the figure that we spent the most time talking about
was the
is fair to say this is a Government that also was much more
focused on chasing tax dodgers and
uncollected tax from multinationals whether
the last Government want interested in.
So will the PM
last Government want interested in.
that have been freed up with the announcement by the
Foreign
the question. He's framing these as spending cuts. I
refute that.
Will she commit to delivering on a promise of universal
Will she commit to delivering on a
in GP fees on 1 July, given the substantial amount of funding she's
got available to
substantial amount of funding she's
reprioritisation we've still been left with a massive social deficit,
particularly in the area of
And the member will see on Budget day what we're doing to start
rebuilding key services for
New
When will she deliver on her prom his of
When will she deliver on her prom
Budget day the member will see exactly what we're doing
to reduce the
exactly what we're doing to reduce
New Zealanders faced under that Government.
That is right! Is it still her policy to widen access to
a very low cost GP visits to
600,000 extra New Zealanders on 1 July,
including senior citizens and people in
social housing, just as National
campaigned
something will will be revealed on Budget day. What I
note is New Zealanders,
Budget day. What I note is New Budget
Zealanders, particularly older New Zealanders, might want to take heed
of what the Leader of
the Opposition has said, that the
winter energy payment, for instance, under
National would be gone and so
their energy poverty and their inability
to heat their home would be gone
on
Order! I am going to ask Mr Robertson to allow the PM to answer
the question on her only. One at
a time, thank you. Does she
agree with her Health
her Health Minister's statement that,
her Health Minister's statement
statement in the same interview,
of these initiatives. There's no doubt about
of these initiatives. There's no
Health is absolutely committed to making GP visits cheaper. And
we have to because that last Government
let them creep up by
have to because that last Government
it a little bit rich to be lectured by that member when it got out of
control while he was in Government.
Why does Shane Jones get roundabout built just down the road through his
provincial fund, but New Zealand
families miss out on GP fees
across
sorry, the Hon Gerry Brownlee. Go go you keep saying it often enough it
might stick. The point I
want to make is it can't possibly
be the start to an answer about a
roundabout in
start to an answer about a
Clearly it can be because it was.
Order! I think there's been a long tradition in this House when there
have been highly political
personalised questions that the
and be of the same nature. The PM to finish the... I am happy
to withdraw that part of the answer,
because ultimately the reason that that
proposal was made was because
it was unsafe and a death trap. To answer
the second part of member's
days were used by this Government to put in the most substantial
reforms in a decade to lift the incomes
of those very families we are now
being criticised of not
supporting.
been scaled back in order to provide free dental care for all
super Gold Card
free dental care for all super Gold
engage in highly speculative discussions about the The
member will just
discussions about the The member
just have to wait. As a previous member of the opposition,
I understand how frustrating
this can
Well, will the Budget include free dental care for all Super Gold Card
supplementaries. I will not answer questions that relate to Budget
2018. The member will just
have to
. Does the member want to... Question No. 2. Simon
Bridges.
My
My question is to the Prime
her Government's policies and
It won't
It won't surprise the member that I still stand by all
my Government's policies and actions. Does she stand
by her Government's decision
to
Again, as I've answered in this House many,