Grigg NicolaNICOLA GRIGG (National—Selwyn): I think as the old saying goes the best offence is a defence and I think when the Government sees its polls tanking as they are it is in defence mode. It is defending defending defending. I would like to respond to the Prime Minister's statement as well and express absolutely no confidence in this Government.As has been acknowledged by a number of speakers before me it is International Women's Day and unfortunately for the women of New Zealand they are the recipients of absolutely nothing from a Government that has had five years in power and has failed to deliver on every single metric that would advance the rights of women and girls in New Zealand. This Government has an absolute inability to get things done. There was nothing in the Prime Minister's statement that would advance women and girls in New Zealand.But I would like to take a moment to acknowledge all of the tireless work of the NGOs that operate in this space particularly organisations like Mind The Gap the Gender Justice Collective the Breast Cancer Foundation just to name a few. These organisations are doing the Government's work for it because it simply cannot deliver and the wider sector can see that.We have heard a lot of back-slapping and self-congratulations from the Government today but absolutely nothing on how it's going to address the issue of getting the 11000 women who lost their jobs during COVID back into the workforce. Those women are still languishing and after years in the making the Government's Women's Employment Action Plan offers nothing but vague promises and waffle as we have become so used to from this lot—vague promises and waffle and loose commitments like it will monitor women's participation in the workforce"; all the while real outcomes are going backwards. The gender pay gap is still sitting at 9 percent. The last National Government dropped it by 3 percent; since this lot came into power it hasn't shifted. They haven't done a thing.Most worryingly is the absolute inaction on healthcare for women in New Zealand. New Zealand women's lives are at risk: 50000 women missed a mammogram and 50000 women missed their cervical screening tests during COVID. I have not heard one action statement from this Government particularly from the Minister of Health or the Minister for Women that has shown any energy any impetus to address those backlogs.At least on this side of the House we are coming up with plans. Dr Shane Reti has announced that if we are in the next Government we're going to extend mammograms for women aged 69 to 74 years old. That will save the lives of 65 women a year. We will also address those backlogs. We know where the fat in the system is; we know we can get through those backlogs in a matter of years at the cost of $15 million. On this side of the House we do the work. We get things done. I've always said that if we want to reduce women's inequality in society we have to reduce the inequities in healthcare.The Ministry for Women's own studies show women are missing out with a conservative estimate of $116 million a year because they can't access childcare. Again on this side of the House we've got a plan. We're going to cut this Government's ridiculous spending on consultants and workforces and the general gravy train of up to $250 million. We're going to make sure 130000 families in New Zealand get a $75-a-week rebate so that their kids can go to early childhood education so that the mums who it more often than not falls on don't have to make the choice between educating their kids and going back to the workforce and having a life of their own socialisation of their own and their own independent income.I doubt any woman in this country would express confidence in this Government and I certainly do not."