Ross Jami-Lee: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeRoss Jami-Lee: General Debate[Sitting date: 03 December 2014. Volume:702;Page:1077. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JAMI-LEE ROSS (National—Botany):It is a pleasure to speak in this general debate and equally a pleasure to have been able to listen to the MP for New Plymouth who spoke earlier before me. It is a pleasure to hear from the MP for New Plymouth because he is the one man in this House who knows what it is like to go up against Andrew Little. Guess what happened when Jonathan Young went up against Andrew Little? His majority has increased at every single election. His majority increased in 2011 and in 2014.As members of the National Party and sitting on this side of the House contemplating going up against Andrew Little in 2017 we are looking forward to seeing what happens to our majority in 2017. The MP who has become the leader of the Labour Party is the MP for the union party. He is there only because the unions put him in that leadership position. He does not have the support of his caucus. Only four members in his caucus support him.Think about this. When the Labour Party and the Green Party were talking before the election about cash for access and cash for policy we hit back saying that this is the Labour Party that believes in cash for leadership because we know the unions in this country are heavy funders of the Labour Party. They denied it at the time but that cash for leadership has absolutely resulted in a new leader of the Labour Party for the union movement in this country—not a Labour Party leader who is here to work for all New Zealanders. He is a Labour Party leader who is here for the unions.Chris Hipkins: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. Although the general debate is about the most robust debate that you get in Parliament there are still rules about suggestions around cash for influence and so on which are clearly outside of the Standing Orders. I think that member well and truly overstepped that particular mark.Mr SPEAKER: I did not take that from the member’s contribution but if he is saying that members were taking cash for delivering any promises that is effectively an allegation of corruption and that is certainly unacceptable. [Interruption] Order! I am on my feet. As I said I did not interpret it that way but if members have that is unacceptable. I ask the member to continue his speech but certainly not in that vein.JAMI-LEE ROSS: I am happy to point out that the unions in this country are the ones that have helped to deliver Andrew Little the leadership. That is a fact. They may not like it but it is simply the case. I look at people like David Parker who is a very good intellectual on the Labour side of the House—failed to get there. I look at people like Grant Robertson who does have the support of the caucus—failed to get there. And if Andrew Little’s track record in New Plymouth is anything to look at then 2017 is going to be very interesting.The year 2017 is going to be interesting as well because the Labour Party the Green Party and the New Zealand First Party do not realise that many of the issues that we have spoken about in question time in the last 2 weeks have been decided already by New Zealanders. New Zealanders delivered a message to parliamentarians in this House in the 2014 election. They delivered the message that they care about whether jobs are being created in this economy. That is exactly what we are doing in the National Party. They care about growth taking place in this economy. And with growth rates at 3.9 percent we are delivering for New Zealanders what they want.The Minister of Conservation is sitting behind me. The voters of New Zealand told us that they care about a cleaner environment. They care about all the work we are doing to ensure that national parks are looked after properly to ensure that the wildlife in this country is looked after properly. That is exactly what we are delivering in the environment area. They told us that they wanted more housing to be created in Auckland and that is exactly what is happening in Auckland under policies being delivered by Dr Nick Smith. Minister Parata is delivering an education system that is going to see more children being educated more children getting the qualifications they need.Those are the issues that New Zealanders told us they care about. They do not care about Cameron Slater. They do not care about text messages. The Labour Party is focused on the dirt it is focused on the muck and it is focused on everything that New Zealanders care very little about. We are unashamedly focused on delivering better outcomes for New Zealand. We are unashamedly focused on a stronger economy more jobs less crime better health care and better education. That is what we are delivering for New Zealanders. John Key is one of the most open Prime Ministers that this country has seen. We are delivering on our plan we are getting results for New Zealanders and we are not focused on the muck. We have a leader who has the support of his caucus and that is the recipe for success.