O'Connor Simon; Williams PotoSIMON O'CONNOR (National—Tāmaki): I'm actually disappointed in many ways to have to take a call and I'm sure the members opposite are disappointed as well. I'm disappointed to have to take a call on an incredibly disappointing Budget—an absolute flop. In fact my colleague Nicky Wagner who has just sat down has articulated some of the many problems. Really it's that classic case of a new Government a Hydra of three groups who have talked large but delivered little. In fact I would suggest that this Budget is part of an economic vandalism. We heard in the previous speaker's contribution and those of my colleagues that everything from what's happened around the oil and gas through to irrigation—this is a Budget and a Government out of its depth who do not understand what they are doing and it's reflected in the decisions that they've come up with. I'd suggest too it's a classic Labour Budget with the added bonus of New Zealand First in the background pulling the strings—and I'm looking forward to the next New Zealand First speaker. Look it's a classic Labour Budget in so far as they're spending more but achieving less. A good example of that is in housing—social housing in particular. It's one of the three portfolios that I hold. They're delivering fewer social houses than National had promised and committed to building. Before we sadly sadly lost the Treasury benches we'd committed to 6000 new social houses or now Labour likes to call them public houses. What did Minister Twyford come out with? It was 4800. I'm no mathematician but that's 1200 short of what National was delivering. There is huge talk—huge talk—from the other side about what they're achieving and that was on the back of a social policy announcement of an extra $100 million from Labour which was a third of what National had also committed. Again they're spending more in some areas and getting less or in other cases like that social spending claiming to do more when in fact doing less. Look I think of my own electorate in Tāmaki. One of the announcements somewhat hidden in the Budget documents was an extra $300 million to the Tāmaki Regeneration Company. Now look those guys do an amazing job in my area in the likes of Glen Innes but they'd promised effectively more money to build another 2100 homes. Where Minister are those homes going to go? We're already putting 7500 new homes into that area across Glen Innes and Panmure—a great project—but they're already packed in. They're already being squeezed in and yet the Government—in desperation I would suggest to be seen to be doing more—has announced 2100 more homes into the Tāmaki area. I put my question again to the Minister and those who prepared the Budget: where are those houses going to go? I don't want and the people of Glen Innes don't want that community to be returned back to sort of tenement living or a slum. They're proud of that community they love that community I love representing that community and they don't want over 10000 homes crammed in. It's just not appropriate. Turning to a couple of other elements actually in the local area constituents are rightly up in arms about the continued taxes from this Government. They were promised none but they're delivering more than I can put on one hand at the moment. The fuel tax that's been highlighted by my colleagues—what's that going to cost? The increases of the minimum wage; the threats effectively around the regulatory changes including those of labour relation laws—that is part of that economic vandalism. That's what's putting small businesses under pressure and the best answer we get from the Ministers on the other side is they have to suck it up. Well that's just again typical Labour thinking. It's actually those hard-working families mum and dads day after day often those running the small businesses—getting less money I might add than those employees in their businesses—who are being told Suck it up. You're just going to have to take what the Government throws at you." Not to mention—not to mention—a big shout out to Alwyn Poole and his team at the Villa Education Trust. They do a fantastic job for our children and yet the Government effectively continue to attack and bully them. I will throw one positive though and it is in the arts spend. I am personally pleased to see the Pathways to Arts and Cultural Employment programme back—and a bit of a shout out to Lynn and Linda at the Depot Artspace; I know you guys do a fantastic job. I'm pleased to see that returned.But turning back to the negative—because there are so many—speaking as the chair of the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee in the military space where are the new P-8A Poseidons? These are aircraft which are absolutely needed by our Defence Force which this Government was prepared to back. We need to see this Government and this Budget deliver those—not to even mention the replacements for the C130s. There are a huge number of elements which this side—or rather the other side the Government's side—needs to answer. Thank you very much Madam Assistant Speaker.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): I understand this is a split call. Mark Patterson—five minutes."