Yule LawrenceLAWRENCE YULE (National—Tukituki): It's easy to sit in this House on the first day back of a four-week sitting and forget where we've come from. What I've heard today reminds me that this Government is big on ideology and big on working parties—and no real action yet. In fact on water last week they announced three new working parties and basically said We'll carry on with the National Government's plan." In my own electorate of Tukituk which I'm proud to represent and Mr McAnulty will probably know this as well—Kieran McAnulty: Tukituki.LAWRENCE YULE: In Tukituki which I'm proud to represent the sole sum gain of this Government so far in just over 12 months is six new houses. Not a single change on water. The working group that was set up to look at a new school in Havelock North I was advised by the Minister in a written question last week won't even report until early next year. The same Minister was in my electorate in the election campaign saying we've got to do something urgently. Nothing has happened.The Minister for the Environment was in my electorate saying water quality in the Tukituki River was a disgrace. That's what he said. Here we are just over one year later and not one single thing has changed. So in my view—in the Hawke's Bay economy we now have low unemployment we have strong economic growth and exports—not one single part of that is as a result of this Government or any value that it's added. All this Government has done is add to the cost of living—19 percent increase in the cost of fuel. If you go and look at my local newspaper every Saturday they publish anonymous texts from people in the community. This week they are full—full of people complaining about fuel taxes and interestingly enough not even one criticism of me this week which is quite different! Every other text was by normal hard-working people in my electorate talking about the price of fuel.On Friday I attended the Gisborne show. I talked to transport operators. They have already lifted the price of freight by 5 percent. I came back to Hawke's Bay—all of them have done it. One company said to me he lost $20000 in a month so he increased the price of fuel. What do you think that does members of the other side? The cost of every single commodity that you use or purchase is going up and through the roof—sorry that we use and purchase; my apologies Mr Speaker.The rental house market—in my electorate what's happening? All the landlords are getting out of it. It has become too hard—the compliance cost and the risk involved. A whole lot of those rental houses are now being sold and this Government is buying up more and more motels as emergency housing—the same Government that when they were in Opposition criticised this side of the House.The thing that really upsets me though is that while the price of fuel has gone up like it has the people in my electorate have lost a $400 million expressway they are now paying the shifted cost of the Auckland fuel tax across New Zealand and they're getting nothing for it.The worst one of all while I've got some time is this Government signed off a prison contract to build rapid deployment prisons for the increasing prison population. A firm in my electorate tendered for the first part and missed out. In February of this year the same Government said we need to build another 600 cells. An expression of interest was sought yet no tender was ever let. So a $125 million contract was let to an Australian-based company using Chinese cells and people in my electorate or New Zealand were not even allowed to tender. In my view it's a complete disgrace and it lets down the people in my electorate. There were 120 jobs involved in that.So don't tell me that this Government cares for our regions and Willie Jackson's doing great things. The Hon Carmel Sepuloni came to Hawke's Bay last week and commented on some great work that's been done. It was work that was done by National. In my view my district is being shafted by this Government. It's losing infrastructure spending. It's not even able to access contracts. I think it's a disgrace."