Coleman Jonathan: Adjournment — Sittings of the HouseText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeColeman Jonathan: Adjournment — Sittings of the House[Sitting date: 09 December 2015. Volume:710;Page:8729. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (Minister of Health): Mr Speaker I want to begin by wishing you a very merry Christmas. I thank you for your presiding guidance this year. It has been a great pleasure to be ejected from the House twice by you—it made me feel like I had been transferred back to my schooldays. I know you have got a difficult job and you will be looking forward to Christmas. I want to acknowledge the service that you give to this House so thank you very much.The member over there Chris Hipkins was talking about the remake of Star Wars. I am sure he would prefer to be remaking Happy Days with himself cast in the role of Richie Cunningham. But happy days are a long way away for the Labour Party. I could see Grant Robertson there as Potsie. It would be a bit harder casting the Fonz. Those members would like to put Andrew Little there but I just cannot see that happening.Grant Robertson: Who’s the Fonz?Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: Well you would like the Fonz to be Andrew Little. Oh Grant Robertson wants to be the Fonz. Well keep up the workouts that is what I would say. Anyway it is great that the year is finishing in such good humour.I want to acknowledge my colleagues in the National Party who have had a stellar year. Seven years in Government and the team has never been stronger. People have never been more enthusiastic about their work. It is a great team right from the Prime Minister—who actually I think is the best Prime Minister this country has ever had. I think there is a grudging admiration for our Prime Minister over there on the Opposition benches. He is doing a great job. He is a great leader and a man with endless enthusiasm. I can tell you that he is a great person to work for and is the galvanising force behind the National Government.I also want to thank the Labour Opposition and specifically Andrew Little not only for sending me a probably quite unwarranted Christmas card but also for making Annette King the health spokesperson. It has been great to get the opportunity four times a week to hold Annette King to account for her record during her time as Minister of Health. It has made it very difficult to get a patsy question in the House because Gerry tells me I am getting three or four from her each week already. I also want to thank the Labour research unit. We have had hours of mirth responding to its written questions and its flood of Official Information Act requests.But look it is a great place this Parliament. It has been a great year. There has been a lot that has happened. Annette King talked about the gifts of Christmas. But I want to say there are a few that she forgot to add like the 5000 extra surgeries we have provided for New Zealanders this year the 5500 extra doctors and nurses who are working in the system the $400 million that the health sector got in the Budget and most of all the free GP visits and prescriptions for New Zealand children under 13. That was a great Christmas present to deliver albeit a little bit early back in July. The health sector is always a demanding sector and I especially want to thank all those who are working out there: the doctors the nurses all the ancillary staff the cleaners in our hospitals and all those who go to make this a health system that consistently delivers for New Zealanders.I also want to acknowledge the people of Northcote the electorate I have the privilege to represent. You know none of us take our position in this House for granted and it is a real privilege to be here to serve the people of New Zealand.Finally I want to say a big thankyou to all those in our parliamentary offices both in the electorates and here in Parliament to those who make this place work to the ministerial staff to the security staff to the Parliamentary Service to the people who clean our offices to the drivers—everyone who works towards making this a place where we can truly represent the diverse opinions and views right across the New Zealand Parliament.As has been echoed already I want to say that really we are privileged to be here but actually it is our families who allow us to come here and I pay tribute to all the families who support every parliamentarian. My 5-year-old son is very keen to go to Christmas Island now he has heard so much about it but that is one place we are not going for the holidays. Certainly it has been an interesting year and 2016 I am sure will be even more so. So thank you very much see you all in 2016. Enjoy a very very merry and safe Christmas. Kia ora.