Wood MichaelHon MICHAEL WOOD (Minister of Transport): Well isn't this timely. I think we can call that audition number one. And auditioner number one well he was looking very hard for the killer line. I think that as hard as he was looking for that he's going to be about as successful in finding it as he was in finding the homeless man last year!I'm very proud to be standing up today in the general debate and to be able to talk about a Government that is getting on with New Zealand's recovery. Eighteen months into the global pandemic of COVID-19 when that infection continues to rage around the world when many other countries struggle with resurgent infection New Zealand is on a roll. This Government knows that we still have challenges to face but because of the resilience of our economy the resilience of New Zealanders the hard work of our team of 5 million we are doing better than pretty much anyone else around the world.I'm very proud of the fact that this is a Government which is looking forward. Tomorrow 1 July is a big day because much of the work that we put into Budget 2021 is coming to fruition. I'm very proud that our Government as of 1 July tomorrow will be making sure that working people and those people on the lowest incomes in our country get a fair go. The first round of benefit increases $20 a week extra for our lowest-income New Zealanders coming into place from tomorrow Thursday 1 July.Tomorrow Thursday 1 July we are proud to welcome back the Training Incentive Allowance. Just as the National Party this week might want to reflect on the wisdom of one former member the Hon Chris Finlayson this week they might want to reflect on the somewhat late wisdom of the Hon Paula Bennett who has acknowledged that the move of that previous National Government to remove the Training Incentive Allowance was one of the most significant mistakes they made. Not only was it a pernicious policy that punished some of the people who need the most support in our society; it was a singularly stupid policy that cut off from those people the ability to get into higher education and make a contribution to our country.On 1 July tomorrow I'm proud that our security guards all around New Zealand will receive the protections of Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act because after years and years of those workers having their terms and conditions degraded and driven down this Government has taken action to make sure that they get a fair go.My colleague the Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan will tomorrow very happily preside over the creation of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities: one of the most important recommendations coming out of the royal commission—Hon Simon Bridges: That'll change everything!Hon MICHAEL WOOD: Mr Bridges—that this Government is proud to invest in because we believe in working with our ethnic communities to make sure that people are safe and secure and have everything that they need to be able to contribute to our society.Finally I do want to address one of the other policies which will be coming into effect tomorrow and that is the clean car and discount scheme which will make sure that Kiwis get access to cleaner vehicles at a lower price. And New Zealanders are already lining up they're already there on Trade Me they're already talking to the dealers getting ready to get into cleaner vehicles. I don't quite know what to say about the National Party because it's difficult to actually understand what the position is because just as we've heard Mr Woodhouse's criticisms of the incentives scheme today we heard the very day after the policy was announced that he actually apparently supports incentives to get Kiwis into clean cars. On the same day we heard from the climate change spokesperson Stuart Smith who was entirely opposed to an incentive scheme coming into effect. And we only have to go back one National Party leader to have a statement on record from Todd Muller saying that he entirely supports a feebate" scheme and more action to get Kiwis into clean vehicles.So we'll let that side of the House sort out their position and we hope they get to a united position at some stage on that issue and some other ones but in the meantime this side of the House will get on with the critical task of making sure that we reduce our carbon emissions by getting Kiwis into cleaner vehicles. If there's one issue which speaks to the total irrelevance of the National Party in 2021 it is their totally confused head in the sand approach to climate change. That side of the House stood up in here and voted for an independent climate commission voted to move to zero carbon by 2050 yet every time there is any measure on the table to actually do anything about it they politic and they oppose and they have nothing to say about it. And if that party thinks that 22 percent in 2002 was nadir then I say to them continue taking that approach with the single biggest issue of our times and the issue that New Zealanders expect us collectively to take action on and 22 percent will look like the high point. This Government is getting on with securing our recovery and I'm very proud of it."