Genter Julie AnneJULIE ANNE GENTER (Green): One thing I have noticed while listening to contributions from Ministers just like that last contribution is that when the National members have no argument they spend all their time in their speeches insulting and being condescending towards Opposition members. What I would like to hear from that Minister is an actual acknowledgment of the challenges that are out there in the Health Sector and what his plan is to do something about it because we have heard nothing but calm assurances that everything is well and would it not be a disaster if anyone was in charge besides National. Nobody else could possibly possibly do a better job than this National Government and yet Minister Coleman you know so little about what is going on in your own sector. I go out and I talk to doctors and I talk to people in the hospitals and I have yet to hear a single one who thinks you are doing a good job.One of the key statements made by National members is that we are spending more on health than ever before and they say: How could there be cuts when we are spending more on health than ever before?". Well it is obviously true that we are spending more on health than ever before because our population is larger than it has ever been before and it does not matter whether we have put more money into it if it is not enough to cover the needs of our population. That is what is happening and that is why it is a cut. We have had record population growth and the National Government has failed to invest in the services and infrastructure that are necessary to meet the needs of the community. That is why when you go out and talk to pretty much anyone working in the Health Sector they say that they are facing enormous challenges.I rate New Zealand's health system. I think it has been fantastic. But we are in danger of losing that after 8½ years of a National Government that has failed to properly raise revenue and invest in the services that benefit all New Zealanders. It may well be that the top 10 percent—like you Minister Coleman—are doing very well and I am sure that in your little bubble on the North Shore you do not see what people are actually dealing with. But down at Middlemore Hospital that hospital is 115 percent full and there are other hospitals facing the same thing.In mental health we hear over and over again that basically nobody in New Zealand—oh wait. Sorry one out of 10 New Zealanders—that must include Minister Coleman—believe the Government is doing enough on mental health. The $100 million that was announced this year—we do not even yet know what it is going to be spend on and what we do know is that the people who are engaged in actually delivering mental health services for unwell New Zealanders are struggling with understaffing and struggling with a lack of resources and the people who need help are struggling to get the help that they need. That is probably why we have made no progress in reducing our shockingly high youth suicide rate.I admit that it is not all Minister Coleman's fault. I mean 80 percent of the determinants of health are outside the health budget. So really it is the National Government's failure on housing it is the National Government's failure on incomes and it is the National Government's failure to do anything about child poverty that is leading to a number of health problems in this country and they will not all be fixed by putting more money into the health system. But at the very least we should put in the money that is needed to meet the need that is out there now and we should start planning with a smart public health approach for how we can solve multiple problems with the same policies—like for example the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) which passed its second reading last night no thanks to this Government which voted against it. If you want to have healthy homes you have to require landlords to actually keep their rental properties up to standard and that is the evidence from overseas.If you want affordable housing and you want to end homelessness you need to build more homes. You need to put more money into public housing and that is entirely possible if you do not prioritise tax cuts for the rich. If you want to solve the childhood obesity problem and the myriad of health challenges that are related to it then you need a completely different approach to transport policy and food policy and you need to look at the actual evidence.This Minister unbelievably opposes intelligent transport solutions in his own neighbourhood like a cycleway and bus lanes. But actually if we invested in walking cycling and public transport we would do a lot to solve the problems of inactivity. And of course we should have a tax on sugary drinks. I know that Minister will be waiting a hundred years to see the evidence that it reduces obesity but we have all the evidence we need right now that the approach your Government is taking is not working."