Dean JacquiHon JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): Thank you Mr Speaker. It's always a joy to follow a contribution by that member who has just resumed her seat Jo Luxton and her impassioned defence of the wage subsidy. Yes we too did embrace the wage subsidy but where we part company from that member and that Government is that we confirm our very strong belief that the wage subsidy certainly has allowed employees to stay in their jobs but it has done very little to support businesses. I invite that member to go down to Wānaka to go down to Queenstown to go up to Tekapō—go up there and talk to some of the businesses particularly in hospitality and accommodation and ask them how they feel about this Government's support for business. Ask them how they feel about how this Government has responded to their needs post-COVID crisis.You know earlier on in this general debate when the Hon Eugenie Sage got to her feet—the Minister of Conservation—I thought great. Here is the time where a Minister of some integrity gets to her feet and addresses the burning issue of the day within her portfolio post-COVID. That burning issue has got to be support for concessionaires who undertake their business and their recreation and their commercial activities on the Department of Conservation (DOC) estate with a concession. Did we hear a single word from that Minister about support for business about support for concessionaires or about people at all? Not one comment came from that Minister.Hon Member: Zero.Hon JACQUI DEAN: Yes my colleague so very finely puts it: zero. Nothing from that Minister about people. I thought it was the people. I thought this was the Government of kindness and transparency. It's not because here we have a Green Minister of the Crown getting to her feet and talking about the very worthy issues of species protection and management. Yes we all agree with that Minister. But what about the people? Well I can tell you this Minister's track record with the people. On 24 April of this year the Minister said that there would be financial relief on the way for recreation and tourism businesses operating on public conservation land. What a welcome message that was. Eugenie Sage: This is a difficult time for all businesses and in particular for tourism businesses." She went on to say "I have asked DOC to explore what support can be provided to concessionaires. Officials are assessing a range of potential options including refunds for concession fees which have been paid in advance extension to payment terms"—and so on. Well what a breath of fresh air coming from this Minister at a time of great need to those people who are doing their business on Department of Conservation land.Imagine my surprise when in an answer to a question which I received on 23 June eight weeks later the Minister was forced to acknowledge that no concession fees have been waived to date. How is that caring for the people who operate on the DOC estate? How is that caring for the businesses who operate on the DOC estate? I have asked. She says in her answer to my question the Department of Conservation to explore waiving concession charges for tourism related businesses operating on public conservation land affected by COVID-19—two months later. She's asking two months later? This Minister has made the usual—the usual—Labour - Greens - New Zealand First Government trick of announcing much and delivering nothing. Furthermore and the most egregious part of this Minister's behaviour is that in a further question answered on 23 June eight weeks later she concedes: "Any instances of financial hardship are considered on a case by case basis."—well in this case none. No businesses have received any financial relief. "Concessionaires can request up to 90 days extension. After this the department may consider writing off the debt particularly if the concessionaire is insolvent or no longer operating their business concessions." Big deal—big fail this Government."