Parmar ParmjeetDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National): It is just 5½ months into this year and we can see this National Government is working hard for New Zealand. We are building on the great work that we did in 2015. For example we made GP visits free for our young people under the age of 13. That was to see that our young people are able to achieve 100 percent 100 percent of the time. Look at the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) results. Are they not great? Since this National Government came into office in 2008 NCEA level 2 achievement has gone up by 16.6 percent. Here we are talking about thousands of children. So these thousands more children are now able to get into higher education they are able to enter into the workforce. We want to see more and more children achieving better results. That is why we are investing in Communities of Learning. I am really delighted to see a number of schools in Mt Roskill are now part of Communities of Learning. We want to see that the system revolves around students not students revolving around the system. In Mt Roskill I have been working with a number of schools that provide for children with special needs so I am really delighted to see $15 million for teacher-aides for schools that provide for special needs. I believe disabled students also deserve to have the opportunity to do well in their lives. For our economy to be more productive we want more and more people contributing to our economy and that is why we are investing hugely in our social services to meet the needs of our growing population. Our population is growing because our economy is doing so well and as a result there are a number of people from all around the world coming to New Zealand. At the same time we are providing direct support to New Zealanders in need. Domestically we are doing really well and at the international level we are doing well again. As the Prime Minister and the Minister of Immigration announced we are increasing the refugee quota from 750 to 1000 from 2018. This is the first increase since 1987. Yes the first increase since 1987 and it is this National Government that is increasing the refugee quota. It is not just 750 refugees who come to New Zealand because there are hundreds of others who come under family reunification then there are hundreds who come as asylum seekers and we have already committed to take 500 Syrian refugees over the period of 2 years. Taking refugees is not a simple process because these people come with some expectations. They are coming to their new home and we should have resources to meet their expectations. I have been to the Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre and I have seen the orientation programme and how that is implemented when these refugees come to New Zealand. They are shown a New Zealand way of life and they also go through a series of health checks because these refugees go through rough circumstances so we want to make sure that their mental health and physical health is good as well. It is a long-term thing. The number 1000 is the appropriate number and I applaud the Minister and the Prime Minister for increasing it to 1000. I can go on and on listing the achievements of this National Government but if I look at the Opposition and I look at the Labour Party the Labour Party is struggling. If I look at the Green Party the Green Party is struggling. These parties are struggling because they have no ambition for New Zealand. They have no ambition for New Zealand and their leaders lack direction and goals for their respective parties. These parties have realised that they are not worthy Opposition parties against this third-term National Government. That is why they have come together. There are three leaders—two co-leaders from the Green Party and one from the Labour Party—with 4.5 percent popularity against one leader on this side the Rt Hon John Key. The leader the Rt Hon John Key is on the side of New Zealand voters on the side of New Zealand families and businesses. He is the leader who is working hard for New Zealand. This National Government is working hard for New Zealand and the Opposition is busy running its own parties into the ground. There is no direction there is no stability—just desperate moves. Thank you.