Hayes Jo; Borrows ChesterJOANNE HAYES (National): I feel a little bit offended by the previous speaker Michael Wood because the scraps that the previous speaker was alluding to—they are my people. They are Māori who he was referring to. They are Māori who are going to benefit from this important bill. It does not matter if it comes in on 1 April 2018; it will be my people who will benefit from it. So I feel offended when he starts talking about scraps". "Scraps"—honestly. It is not scraps.My mother is a superannuant. She will benefit from this. She will benefit from this. She says to me: "Joanne when are we going to get something?". Tonight today at the Budget reading she has sat and listened to what this Budget is delivering for people of her age and older. She is 85 years old. So when I sit here and I listen to the debate that goes on in the Opposition benches over in Labour I do feel aggrieved that it is my people who are getting slam-blasted around this House.I can say that we looked tonight on the television during the news and we saw two families who were interviewed over their reaction to the Budget announcements. There was one family—one was part-Māori; they had about four or five kids—they will receive $120 a week in their pay packets.Alastair Scott: That's the scraps.JOANNE HAYES: That is the scraps. They are absolutely over the moon—absolutely over the moon—that this is what they will be receiving. Then we moved to listening to another family who had two children one income and they will receive an additional $70 a week in their income. You cannot sit there and say that that is just absolute rubbish and scraps. That is gold to these people—absolutely gold. I know that when I was on a benefit if I received an increase of any sort I would treasure that. I would absolutely treasure that.Phil Twyford: You get a thousand bucks.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): Order! The member like all other members might get a thousand dollars but I would prefer if not all the thousands of dollars were referred to me. In fact I would probably like all of the thousands of dollars the members are referring to but actually you are not to refer to the Speaker.JOANNE HAYES: When we look at the Family Incomes Package and we look at the amount of money that is being invested here—$2.1 billion is being invested here and that is surplus. That is not borrowed money; that is surplus. That is where that is coming from. Where do you get a surplus from? You get it from a well-managed Government that manages the books of this country. From that the result is a strong economy. We all know that there is only one party in this House that can do that for this country—not just now not just tomorrow but in the future right through—this Bill English - led National Government. That is what this Government is doing for the country that I love and that I live in and that my colleagues love and live in.I cannot abide by the absolute denigration of my people in the scraps. I will not have that. I want to congratulate New Zealand First for seeing through it and supporting this bill. I feel a little bit confused about whether the Greens are supporting it—one supports one does not. It was a little bit wīwī wāwā but you know—I suppose that is what happens when the two leaders get up: wīwī wāwā.As I said at the start of my speech I support this bill. I think it is a great bill. I look forward to it receiving Royal assent at the end of the debates tonight and tomorrow. I commend it to the House. Thank you.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: I call Phil Twyford—it is good to see you."