Bennett DavidHon DAVID BENNETT (National): Thank you Madam Speaker. That last speaker talked about the supermarkets and the Commerce Commission and how great they were. Remind me but Labour's done nothing in that area and basically has done an inquiry and said Oh there's something there but we don't want to do anything about it." It was like their great inquiry into petrol prices that was going to be there. I remember that one. Stuart Nash was going to get out there and smash those companies. He was going to make petrol cheaper and then we were going to have—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): I invite the member to come back to this particular bill.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Well we are on this bill the retail payment system. What's more retail than supermarkets and petrol? So we had the Labour Party with all these great plans of how they were going to change the world and then we get this bill. They actually are doing something. We will support it. It is good law. It will make a slight little difference for New Zealand consumers and it is something that we as a National Party will support. But the big issues out there haven't been addressed by the Government. They haven't got into the supermarkets they haven't got into the fuel they haven't actually looked at the cost of living increases they're putting on consumers. If they really wanted to do something they would work out the supply chains in New Zealand they would work out the labour supply issues in New Zealand they would work out the skills gaps in New Zealand. They would make sure that New Zealand workers were in the cities and not staying at home necessarily and supporting our urban businesses. They would be actually doing some practical things that made New Zealanders' retail spending stronger. They're doing the opposite. They're actually hurting Kiwis by putting up the cost of living and they are hurting Kiwis by putting up interest rates and they've hurt Kiwis by putting up the price of their properties. If the Labour Party were genuine about helping people because the fundamental premise of this bill is to help people through the cost of retail transactions let's look at some of the fundamentals they could actually be doing to really help business. They won't do those things. It's all these glorified plans of the future. But what about little things now about getting that trading going about getting the supply of services about getting people back into work and doing it properly? That's what business wants now. They will take this retail payment system change consumers will take that but it's not actually what they really need. They need a Government focused on making business work now; not these grandiose plans of 10 years' time. Business is in trouble and if business can't work now then we are in that circle of increasing inflation increasing costs and the loser in the end is the consumer and especially the more vulnerable consumer because those on fixed incomes are going to be the ones that lose out the most when you've got the inflation spiral that you've got going on. So in the end it's great that the Labour Party comes to House with little bills like this but let's do something about immigration eh? Let's actually let some people in with some skills. Let's do something about getting those Government employees back into the cities—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Order! Order! I remind the member to come back to this retail bill.Hon DAVID BENNETT: It's about consumers. If the Labour Party was so supportive of business they would do some of these things. They would actually sort out the supply lines. They would actually help in making sure that we have the skills in New Zealand. They're not doing any of that stuff. All we're hearing is—going to hear about is—how they're going to change the environment and how they're restructuring health restructuring local government. They're not talking about the actual things that make money today. And they give us a bill like this to say "Oh look at what we're doing and it's a matter of dollars and cents." We've got businesses that are going under businesses that could be doing much better.If the Labour Party really wanted to do its job it would get out there and do those fundamental aspects of making business operate now and they're not. And so be proud of this the Labour Party. This is all you've got to deliver for business and consumers in New Zealand. Good job. At the same time you're killing them day by day by having the inflationary spiral and bad economic policy and a failure to listen to what they need. So good luck making it work for the New Zealand economy. But this is not going to change the nature of what business needs. Business needs good Government that listens and does things now that will enable them to succeed in the future. Thank you Madam Speaker."