Bayly AndrewANDREW BAYLY (National—Hunua): It is a pleasure to be talking on the Prime Minister's statement and also to be part of a dynamic united vigorous team that is absolutely setting out to continue the good work that National has been doing over the past 8 years. And of course we have got new strong leadership under the Rt Hon Bill English the Hon Paula Bennett and of course new finance Minister the Hon Steven Joyce as part of a team that is rich in talent. It was good to see my colleague the Hon David Bennett talking one of our new Ministers but there is a whole stack of them. In fact there is another one just behind me the Hon Jacqui Dean—lots of talent being promoted as it should be.As the Prime Minister noted in his statement what a great place New Zealand is. It may not be perfect but it is a fantastic place. I have just listened to all that doom and gloom from various people—well this is a fabulous place and even if you do not believe me just look at the international rankings. We are first in terms of overall prosperity—this is in terms of the OECD. We are first in terms of personal freedom and civil rights. We are first in terms of ease of doing business. We are first equal in terms of being the least corrupt country in the world and we are second for quality of government. Now if that was any other country around the world I am sure everyone in this House would be quoting them and holding them up as the standard. That is New Zealand's record now based on independent assessment.We have all heard the PM's statement and I can assure you it is rich with lots of good initiatives. As we have heard the policing initiative is one of the key aspects and obviously everyone is very supportive and comfortable with that policy initiative. We have also heard about the expansion of broadband into the regions and that is part of a wider strategy in terms of making sure our regions are having their fair share of investment. We also know about how New Zealand is trying to create a better pathway for trading options around the world and we are very keen to continue building relationships on a bilateral basis with a number of new countries.It was interesting that the Treasury secretary was saying yesterday in the Finance and Expenditure Committee how lucky New Zealand is to be able to have all these dynamic Asian economies close at hand that actually want our products and services. It is not like we are going to have to go out and sell our products. A lot of these countries are seeking our products and it is great that we have got those to hand. But what I am really excited about in the plan is the substantial increase in infrastructure spending. What has been forecast for the next 5 years is a $32 billion increase in infrastructure spending compared with the massive $18 billion that we have spent over the last 5 years. Of course it is going into roading projects. In my own area of Hunua we are going to see the advantage of the Waterview Connection coming on stream and down here in Wellington there is a big project like Transmission Gully—the billion-dollar project. I do note that $43 billion is going to be spent over the next 10 years on roading projects.Then there is the massive expenditure into schools as Nikki Kaye was saying on Tuesday. We are so busy opening new schools and putting in place new classrooms. Hospital rebuilds—we have got the new hospital rebuild down on the West Coast. We have had the mass investment in Christchurch and those investments continue as well as the major expenditure of $20 billion being forecast for defence over the next 20 years. In housing we have also got the $1 billion housing infrastructure spend and there are a lot of good projects that have been put forward by councils.But I am also really pleased and happy to be part of the team that is prepared to attack the hard issues of our economy—the vulnerable people. That is on the back of that massive $800 million package last year that we spent on increasing and improving benefits by $25 a week for all beneficiaries as well as packages providing free access to healthcare for under 13-year-olds and making sustainable homes more safe and secure. These are all great packages and it is a pleasure to be a part of this team.