Mitchell MarkHon MARK MITCHELL (National—Rodney): I would have been far prouder as a Kiwi of our Prime Minister visiting the UN if she'd gone up there and said that our New Zealand Defence Force deployed to South Sudan on a very difficult peacekeeping mission were actually getting the support that they need from New York and the United Nations. I would've been far prouder if that had been on the top of her agenda and she actually addressed issues like that.This coalition Government is in big trouble because what's happening is—Hon Members: Ha ha!Hon MARK MITCHELL: You might think it's funny. What's happening is that you're not listening. You're actually not listening and let me give you a clear example of that.I'm very proud that as an electorate MP for my electorate of Rodney I hold constituent clinics and I want to share some observations in terms of the type of constituent meetings I've been having over the last three or four weeks. I've had three business people come in and see me that I would never have seen come to the office when we were in Government. They wanted to come and see me—they have no political affiliation. They're small to medium sized - business people and they're very concerned about the policies and the uncertainty that this Government is signalling. These are people that actually have to take a punt sometimes. Their main concern in life is cash flow and being able to make payroll every week or every fortnight and they're very very concerned about the signals that are coming from this Government around industrial relations and around some of the policies that they've already passed that transfers the risk from the Government back into their businesses. That is going to have an effect. So this is a Government that is not listening. They're not listening to this sort of feedback. I went and visited Wentworth College a college in my electorate the other day—year 9 students.Kieran McAnulty: This speech isn't going to do it.Hon MARK MITCHELL: Go and fact-check this if you want to—go and fact-check this if you want. The first thing they raised with me was the regional fuel tax. Do you know why? And this is the arrogance of this Government because they will not listen to the actual people that their policies are affecting.Kieran McAnulty: Can you wait for Jami-Lee to finish—just listening to him at the moment.Hon MARK MITCHELL: So you want to get out there Mr McAnulty and you actually need to start talking to people and you need to start listening because you're—SPEAKER: Order!Hon MARK MITCHELL: Sorry Mr Speaker. The policies of this Government are starting to have a negative impact on the people that you're meant to be governing for. So I had year 9 students at a college raising the issues around regional fuel tax and then I had a delegation of senior Kiwis older ladies that came in and said that actually the regional fuel tax and the cost of fuel are starting to severely impact on what they're doing. They live in an area that doesn't have a strong public transport system. They're all older. They're senior retired Kiwis and they're having to carpool and they're having to find other ways of getting around because the cost of fuel is starting to bite. This is happening.I had the trucking companies and transport companies gather in my electorate in Silverdale to actually protest to drive—Chlöe Swarbrick: Are you proposing a fuel subsidy?Hon MARK MITCHELL: I'm not proposing a fuel subsidy; what I'm proposing is this. Actually the Greens—you should be lobbying because if you're coming to this House to advocate for the people that you say you support then go and talk to your coalition partners and tell them that the one thing that they can do the one thing that they can do to make a difference in people's lives is remove the regional fuel tax. I acknowledge that the Government doesn't control the price of oil. It does have a little bit of control when you see our dollar starting to drop because the weakness in the dollar reflects the lack of confidence in the economy but these are actually the things that they do control. I had a constituent of mine come to me before the election. Her husband is a proud serving officer in the New Zealand Defence Force. She has a rare disease and she was seeking more funding. She'd gone to the Labour Party Mr Clark who had given her a commitment—someone in the Labour Party had given her a commitment. She came back to me. She'd been a strong National supporter. She said I'm going to have to give my support to Labour because they're going to invest money into rare diseases through Pharmac." That's what she was told. Guess what she's got?Kieran McAnulty: He's just finishing up.Hon MARK MITCHELL: Guess what she's got Mr McAnulty: nothing—zero from you. That's your proud result that you can stand on. I'd say to Mr Clark: put the $200 million back into Pharmac and start funding some medication for rare diseases. That's what I'd say on behalf of my constituent because you pulled the wool over her eyes and that was a cruel thing to do to a young mum who was actually trying to find the money and the funding to be able to keep her going and support her family. Thank you Mr Speaker."