Sepuloni Carmel; Mallard TrevorHon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development): Meanwhile while the Leader of the Opposition was delivering that riveting speech—not—Paula Bennett and Simon are in the corner over there having an intense conversation. We wonder what they're talking about on this side of the House.Everything that came out of the mouth of the Leader of the Opposition was absolutely unbelievable. And we've been there; we know how much it hurts to be in Opposition to have the polls right through the ground to not have the support of the public to not even have the support of your own caucus and it hurts. I could see that it hurt actually when Grant Robertson was delivering his speech and he was throwing out a few constructive criticisms to the other side of the House and they were not taken well—they were not taken well at all. To point a finger at this side and say that we are not delivering is completely insincere—and that's an understatement.It's 1 July today and already we've had Minister Robertson stand up and talk about some of the changes that will come in on 1 July not least of which is the 26 weeks' paid parental leave that so many people across this country worked hard to achieve and we are finally realising it despite the opposition from the National Party. Also the introductions of our apprenticeships policy and I do acknowledge the Minister of Education and also the Minister for Social Development for their work to implement that very very very important scheme. We've been accused of not delivering and yet we have been able to support New Zealanders through one of the most unprecedented events of our history. We were able to act more quickly than so many other countries with respect to putting supports in place to support businesses to support people that were out of work to support people so that they did not fall out of work. And we've seen that through the ministry that I oversee with the rolling out of the wage subsidy and more recently with the job loss cover that we have introduced to support people that have lost jobs because of COVID-19.We shouldn't underestimate how quick we were as a Government to respond to the needs of New Zealanders. We can see that when we look elsewhere across to other comparable countries around the world and their response. Even with Australia who did announce a very comprehensive wage subsidy package early on they still were not able to roll theirs out until May; we were able to roll ours out in March within a couple of days of announcing it. So to point fingers at this side of the House and to say that we are not delivering and at the same time this week to criticise us for going into urgency with the purpose of trying to get as much legislation through as we can before the election hits us—to say that we're not delivering is completely disingenuous.We've seen so many flip-flops from that side of the House so many contradictions with respect to their views on closing the border or opening the border—did the Government do well with its response to COVID or did they not do well? And on any given day—in fact in any given interview—we see those flip-flops. Even today can I say with a bill that came through the House on superannuation a bill that all of the House supported we were criticised on the one hand for doing this through urgency despite the fact that many of the Opposition speakers were saying that actually the changes in that bill were long overdue and then on the other hand we were criticised for the fact that we've had to delay the commencement date due to the fact that the Ministry of Social Development has been a little bit busy. So it has been pushed out slightly. So on the one hand moving too quickly; on the other hand moving too slowly. And that was in just one committee stage debate on a bill that they actually support.So the contradictions that are coming from that side are incredibly prevalent to not just us but to the general public and I do say to the Leader of the Opposition that New Zealanders want to know what leaders stand for and it's very difficult to ascertain that when he contradicts himself—in one sentence one interview one day and many times during the course of the week as we all have seen since he came into power. And as we speak Simon and Paula continue to have a conversation in the corner a conversation that I am sure entails something along the lines of Well I bet our caucus is sad regrets the decision that they made now." I'll leave it at that. We are delivering—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired."