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The Prime Minister has admitted the Government got mixed up in its corrections funding announcement yesterday.\xa0

There was confusion from Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell over how many beds in total Waikeria Prison would have, with an additional 810 beds.\xa0

Christopher Luxon told Mike Hosking that he spoke to Mitchell about the mix up straight afterwards, and a clarification was sent out very quickly. \xa0

But, Luxon said, the bottom line is the Government's serious about restoring law and order\xa0and the $1.9 billion will help to do that.\xa0

He disputes some part of yesterday\u2019s OECD report into New Zealand\u2019s economy, including its call for a capital gains tax, telling Hosking that they\u2019re not doing that.\xa0

Luxon did agree with some aspects of the report, including improving the education system and increasing competition and deregulation, as well as the work to be done on foreign investment.\xa0\xa0

While the Fast Track Bill would help on that front, the Government also plans to build its National Infrastructure Agency to attract foreign funding and financing for infrastructure, Luxon telling Hosking that public-private partnerships are a key way to pull investments forward.\xa0

The OECD report also criticised markets in New Zealand being controlled by a few key players.

Luxon said the Government would be working hard on improving competition and removing red tape, pointing as an example to the recent change in building product regulations which will allow Australian-approved products to be used here, which he said would push down building costs.\xa0

Finally, he said that he would not accept one of his MPs simultaneously drawing salaries as an MP and a local councillor, as NZ First MP Jamie Arbuckle is doing. \xa0

Arbuckle has kept his job as a Marlborough district councillor despite being elected to Parliament last year.\xa0Luxon said NZ First leader Winston Peters was responsible for his own MPs but \u201cif it was a National Party person, it wouldn\u2019t be acceptable to me\u201d.

He did not directly answer a question over whether he would address that with Peters directly.\xa0

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