Doocey Matt: Debate on Prime Minister’s StatementText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDoocey Matt: Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement[Sitting date: 12 February 2015. Volume:703;Page:1578. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri):Happy New Year Mr Assistant Speaker Mallard and happy New Year to my parliamentary colleagues. I am looking forward to a great year in 2015: a great year in the House a great year in the region of Canterbury and a great year in my electorate of Waimakariri.The Prime Minister started his excellent speech on Tuesday morning by talking about jobs. He talked about incomes and he talked about supporting families. I went to hear the Salvation Army’s state of the nation report yesterday morning and I was interested in the fact that during the presentation the organisation showed a line graph that was tracking downwards and that was child poverty. So as the curious new young MP I am I put my hand up and I asked Alan Johnson who wrote the report why child poverty is tracking down. His response was: “Job creation.” There you go—job creation reduces child poverty and this National Government has created 80000 new jobs in the last year and will create 150000 new jobs in the next 2 years. Can I remind the Opposition members that the last state of the nation report by the Salvation Army when they were in Government in 2008 said that for all their increased expenditure they did not increase social progress by 1 percent.The Prime Minister also spoke on Tuesday about the Canterbury earthquake recovery. The earthquake recovery is a big and key focus of mine as I have a background in health specifically in mental health. I am not talking just about bricks and mortar when I talk about recovery. International research will show us that years 3 to 5 are the most problematic for psychological and social recovery and I think we need to remind ourselves that it is not the Christchurch earthquake and rebuild; it is the Canterbury earthquakes and rebuild. A town in my electorate Kaiapoi was hit severely by the first earthquakes in September 2010. So I would like to remind people about the Canterbury District Health Board’s All Right? campaign. It is worth repeating that it is all right to ask for help and I would ask my parliamentary colleagues to ensure we continue to focus on the Canterbury earthquake recovery in 2015 and provide the support that Cantabrians need.The year 2015 is going to be a great year of milestones and new beginnings in Canterbury. I opened last month with the Mayor of Waimakariri David Ayers the Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre which has a new library of 30000 books a museum and an art space. It was built using technology that will see the building last well into the future. It is a good example of local and central government working together with the local community to build an anchor project that is a symbol of recovery and a symbol of the way we are heading in the future. I am proud to be part of a Government that believes in community facilities strong families and caring communities. The Government gave a grant to the Waimakariri District Council of $7 million and $1.5 million of that was used towards this new library development. The year 2015 is going to be a great year of milestones and new beginnings in the Canterbury earthquake recovery. In the next month we will open the Rangiora and Oxford town halls. We will open the Ashley Bridge. The North Canterbury Health Hub will open up in the middle of the year and my constituents are looking forward to first-class health care facilities on their doorstep. We will be starting $300 million of roading projects which will reduce commuter congestion and the future use of red-zoned land will be decided.But tonight the eyes of the world will be on Christchurch with the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup opening. At the start of the year I watched the Black Caps beat Sri Lanka at the new Hagley Oval and it was impressive as I watched the crowd—because Cantabrians love their sport. It was a hot nor’wester day and they were enjoying this new sporting facility. It was great to see one of the Canterbury anchor recovery projects being so successful and now we have arguably the best cricket ground in New Zealand.Can I say that the Government is continuing to stand beside the people of Canterbury as good progress is made on the earthquake rebuild. The year 2015 is going to be a year of milestones and new beginnings in the Canterbury recovery. Thank you.