Hudson BrettBRETT HUDSON (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. So the parties across the way when they came into Government tried to sell New Zealanders a dream. What they are delivering is an absolute nightmare. We've got a softening economy weaker job growth and we've got rising costs of living particularly for beneficiaries. The very people that those parties have always purported to represent are feeling the most pain under the regressive approaches and the increased costs that this Government is imposing upon them. Things like fuel excise taxes going up—talking about regional fuel taxes. These are the things that hurt low-income New Zealanders and beneficiaries the most. It's not just in the weakening economy; it's in health it's in education. We've heard today about blowing-out waiting times for young children—pre-schoolers—who have special education needs. Under this Government despite them throwing some money at things things are getting worse and with transport the story is no better. The only thing moving slower than the Government's transport plans are the vehicles that are stuck in the traffic that these things were supposedly going to fix. Wellington is a great example of this. The only thing they have managed to do is effectively rename the Let's Get Wellington Moving programme the Let's Get Wellington Stalling" programme. It's already over a year late. Wellingtonians are still waiting to hear what this Government is going to do to make their lives easier getting to and from work getting their children to and from sport and living the lives that their families want and the economy is waiting for some productivity to be unlocked with a decent transport network. All we're getting are a few reports that the Government is prepared to do half a job—half a job.We hear that they will address the problems at the Basin Reserve that they will put a second tunnel through Mount Victoria but that they won't for at least 20 years and possibly longer than that do anything about a second tunnel around the Terrace. So just bear in mind that everyone today from the north and east of this region who is currently stuck on the Wellington motorway trying to get off at one of the few exit points—well woe betide them if they have to exit at the end of the motorway through the current Terrace tunnel. They are going to be sitting and waiting for a couple of decades for any real relief.Now during all of that time these are the people who through their fuel excise charges are actually paying for whatever "Let's Get Wellington Stalling" actually delivers. They'll pay through their fuel taxes for the Basin upgrade. They'll pay through their fuel taxes for the Mount Vic tunnel. They'll pay through their fuel taxes for some form of mass transit. And if there is one small piece of relief and good news here it is the rumour that at least it won't be a hugely expensive and hugely loss-making light rail system but still they'll pay for a mass transit system that they get no benefit from at all. But they still get half a solution—half a solution—because the traffic from the north and the east cannot possibly benefit from a little mass transit system that runs from the railway station to the airport. They get nothing but they'll pay for it all.Part of the reason for this is that the Government stripped $5 billion out of State highway improvements to throw most of it into light rail ideology and as a result of that not only are they not going to get the second Terrace tunnel but two other incredibly important Wellington transport projects have been shelved for at least 10 years. The Melling interchange that just last year the Minister of Transport visited the site of and said it ticked all the boxes has been put on hold for at least 10 years. The Pētone to Grenada link road a road that would take more than 20000 vehicle movements per day off State Highway 1 off the Wellington motorway and that would free up traffic congestion for more than half the residents of Ōhāriu has also been shelved for at least 10 years. The Government hasn't even committed funding to design either of those projects.So the rest of Wellington gets stalled and projects that would help unlock productivity for the region and unlock the lives that people want to live are put on hold for 10 years. Where are the voices of the Government MPs on this absolute travesty? Absolute silence or near silence. Nothing to be heard from a Government MP in Ōhāriu and all we get from a Government MP in Hutt South is "Great news that it's going to be put off for 10 years." Wellingtonians deserve better and it's the National MPs in Wellington who are delivering it for them: myself Nicola Willis and Chris Bishop. We're advocating for the right things for Wellington. This Government is a disaster."