Hipkins ChrisCHRIS HIPKINS (Labour—Rimutaka): We are almost there. The House is nearly done for the year. It is a time to reflect and to look forward to the summer break of course. Barbecue season has arrived just in time for the National Government caucus members. Barbecue season has arrived just in time because they have just been through a leadership competition where they ended up with the leader that no one really wanted but no one else was really willing to go and put their best foot forward and have a go at the leadership.We know that there is a mood for change in the National Government because Jonathan Coleman told us. He told us that there was an overwhelming mood for a new generation and for renewal and yet they have Bill English as their leader. Jonathan Coleman boasted of his relative youth and he wanted to be the leader but actually the thing that will be keeping Bill English worried is the comments that came from Judith Collins because Judith Collins said—just hold your breath for a moment Judith; I have got plenty more to come—that for the first time in 10 years caucus had its opportunity to actually be master of its own destiny. In other words the National Government backbench is starting to gather and it is starting to plot and it is going to be doing that over the barbecues. The thing that Bill English will be worried about is Judith Collins' other statement: I am absolutely resilient and I know I can withstand anything." In other words Judith is not going anywhere in a hurry. That ambition has not been quenched.But anyway barbecue season has arrived and I happen to have been leaked the menus from the National Government's barbecues over the summer break. I can confirm that Bill English is going to be serving a shoulder of stuffed mutton at his barbecues and they will all traipse along reluctantly to Bill's barbecue to the barbecue of their fill-in leader. Of course they have alternatives: Jonathan Coleman will be offering smoked chicken; Judith Collins some raw trout; Gerry Brownlee on the other hand will be offering a size 7 turkey; Steven Joyce will be dipping into the barrel to be offering slabs of pork; while Simon Bridges is happy to cook anything on his barbecue as long as it is covered with large lashings of grease. On the other hand over on the backbenches here Todd Muller and Chris Bishop have discovered the hard way that leadership changes do not necessarily go the way they had hoped so they will be serving dead rat with lashings of English mustard on their barbecue over the summer break as they plot and scheme and figure out what they are going to do next.But all jokes aside I do want to take the opportunity to wish all members of the House a very merry Christmas and to thank all of the staff who make Parliament function and keep this place ticking over on a daily basis and all those people who watch Parliament TV and send us helpful hints for how we could do better—there do appear to be some of them.Hon Member: You Chris—only you.CHRIS HIPKINS: That is right; there do appear to be a few of them. I want to wish everybody a very merry Christmas. I hope you all have a—actually I should acknowledge my opposite Hekia Parata. Whether or not I get to ask her any more questions in the House I do want to wish her a very merry Christmas and all the best for whatever happens next and acknowledge her contribution to the education system. Although I have not always agreed with her I do want to thank her for her service to the education system of the country.On that happy note Mr Speaker can I thank you for your chairmanship of the House and of the Business Committee and wish all members peace and goodwill—the peace sign goes this way Mrs King—for the holiday season."