Coleman JonathanHon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN (National—Northcote): Well I mean listening to that I feel pretty sorry for poor old Kelvin Davis actually. I mean he was talking about the first 100 days of the Labour Government. He's been pretty much asleep for 98 of them but has just woken up in the last two to face up to a massive conflict of interest.This is the Associate Minister of Education who of course is supposed to be opposed to charter schools but he will meet with his favourite charter schools based in his own electorate. I think there's going to be more and more questions about poor old Kelvin's muddled thinking. I'm very much reminded of when we were in the same rugby team about 30 years ago when Kelvin had to move from flanker to prop because he couldn't remember the line-out calls. And that's the reality of it.I would have thought they could have found someone better there to fill their number two slot. But look this is a light and fluffy Government and I urge everyone to go out and buy a copy of American Vogue this month because it's the most substantial document you're going to get out of this Government this term. It says it all—you've got the Prime Minister there surrounded by a sea of incompetent Ministers.We've heard from David Clark today struggling away to try and explain why in answering a direct question on a matter of incredible significance to people in Waikato he says it's not in the public interest to answer it. I couldn't find any reason to do with an individual's privacy; any issue of commercial consideration considering the proposal for a third medical school is just at a very conceptual stage; and certainly not any issue of national security that would mean that David Clark could not answer a direct question. I can see by the look on Mr Speaker's face as well as the look on many other Labour members' faces that they're pretty much in agreement on that.SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seat. The member knows he doesn't bring me into the debate like that.Hon Dr JONATHAN COLEMAN: But look health is a serious matter and that's why it's extremely concerning that today David Clark has gone back on his promise made in September for a $20 million rare diseases fund—$20 million to fund medication for rare diseases. Of course there were thousands of families right across New Zealand that were buoyed by the news that $20 million was going to fund drugs for rare diseases—families struggling with crippling diseases like Pompe disease and families with young children with genetic disorders. David Clark gave them hope. Some of them probably voted for Labour on that basis and today he announces it's been scrapped. Well that is an act of political treachery which the electorate will not forget.This Government in health is all about cancelling things and rolling them back. What we heard about today—we had the Bay of Plenty District Health Board before the Health Committee. The bowel-screening programme in the Bay of Plenty is being delayed by a year but the officials there the chair of the district health board (DHB) said they were ready to go and they could not understand why the Minister has stopped that programme. They said it was actually not something that they had any line of sight on but they were ready to go. That's a similar story we've heard from other DHBs who want to be able to roll out that screening programme. They've got the resources. They've got the organisation. But the Minister still can't explain to the House why that programme is being delayed for up to 10 DHBs when it's gone ahead for many others.The problem with this Government—it's not confined just to health. If you look at education why won't Chris Hipkins stand up to the union bullies and say Yes charter schools are delivering for some of the most needy children in New Zealand."? Why is this Government cancelling charter schools? Why are they scrapping national standards? They are not in touch with what the public wants. They are not in touch with what is going to work for the children and the families of New Zealand. I can tell you as a parent myself getting that report from the school that tells me how my children are doing has been a source of great reassurance. Labour needs to tell us what they're going to do instead.Winston Peters—he was complaining about the state of the economy. Well in actual fact he's been handed the greatest economic conditions in a generation. It's up to this Government to explain what they are now going to do with those great economic conditions. So what I would say to them is that the ball is in their court but I'm pretty sure they don't know how to play with it."