Bridges SimonGENERAL DEBATEHon SIMON BRIDGES (Leader of the Opposition): I move That the House take note of miscellaneous business. I want to start this contribution by thanking two tremendous individuals the Hon Amy Adams and Alastair Scott. They have been fantastic members of Parliament and will continue to be in Selwyn and Wairarapa. In relation to Amy Adams it has been an absolute pleasure to work alongside her and the significant contribution she has made to New Zealand. Of course it's what flows from that that's also interesting and that's a tale of two reshuffles this week. On this side what we see is a party that is brimming with talent with substance and with depth. I look no further than right here next to me the Hon Paul Goldsmith who's already taking it to the Minister of Finance and in due course will make a tremendous Minister of Finance for New Zealand. Then of course there's Chris Bishop who has done a great job on Stuart Nash over the recent past—whether it's their failure to deliver on their promises of 800 police officers which haven't materialised or whether it's the shambles of a buyback scheme from the Government. This side of the House is the natural home for talent in this party and doesn't it show? And then contrast on the other side of the House the Labour Party. We're told there's a reshuffle coming tomorrow. It's going to be—David Parker's looking at me nervously. Don't worry that hasn't been leaked to me; I've had other ones but not that one. As the Prime Minister tells us it's going to be very minor" David Parker—"very minor". Well I ask the member this: is that because no changes are required? Hon Kris Faafoi: I know a change that's required. Hon SIMON BRIDGES: I don't think that's the reason. I don't think it's all going so well. Faafoi—see he's a little bit cocky because the minor changes may well include him. He's a little bit cocky is our Kris Faafoi. Phil Twyford hasn't stayed for it. Well I just ask Kris Faafoi to answer a few of these questions. Is it working in housing? Will any of their speakers mention KiwiBuild today? I don't think so. Is it working in transport? What we've seen in transport is all the roads cancelled none started and a slowing down of New Zealand by that Government over there.Is it working in health?Hon Members: No.Hon SIMON BRIDGES: No no it's not. What we've seen is deficits balloon in this country surgeries go backward and New Zealanders moving to Australia and actually other countries for their cancer drugs. So why then is it a "very minor reshuffle" that the Prime Minister is having? Well maybe it's because Labour isn't brimming with talent substance and depth David Parker. Maybe that's the case. Well there is Angie Warren-Clark. There's Willie Jackson. He's ready to take on more. He's been so good in his portfolios. But here is the tragedy of all of this which David Parker is getting ready I hope to answer. It's this: without changes tomorrow from the Labour Party and the Prime Minister Labour will continue to fail to deliver its promises to New Zealand through bungling incompetence through lack of a team underneath Jacinda Ardern that can deliver for this country. There's one further point that I want to make in this contribution and that's that it's failing to deliver in its promises in houses in its promises in transport in its promises in health for another reason—Rt Hon Winston Peters: You can tell by the body language eh?Hon SIMON BRIDGES: —and that's "Old Naughty"—because the economy is getting weaker and weaker and weaker. "Old Naughty"—the champion of the provinces doesn't like to talk about the fact that eight out of 11 regions in New Zealand right now are going backwards in terms of confidence.Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I don't think that a member like that should resort to that sort of ageist language otherwise I might start talking about "Young Stupid".Hon Gerry Brownlee: Speaking to the point of order.SPEAKER: Well hang on. Is it a new point of order or is it the same point of order?Hon Gerry Brownlee: No it's relevant to here though.SPEAKER: Speaking to the point of order the Hon Gerry Brownlee.Hon Gerry Brownlee: Yes Mr Speaker that's what I asked to do. It simply comes down to the question of how is it that the member taking the point of order is able to identify who was being spoken of?SPEAKER: Well you didn't have to be a clairvoyant to follow the line of sight of the Leader of the Opposition at the time. And the fact that he was directing that to an individual member of the House was pretty much obvious. I'd say that I would have had a little bit more sympathy with the Deputy Prime Minister with his point of order if he hadn't made the out of order criticism of the Leader of the Opposition. So I think what we'll say is it's one all and rather than have both of them withdraw and apologise we'll just leave it there.Hon SIMON BRIDGES: The economy is getting weaker under this Government—weaker and weaker—and the Prime Minister thinks it's because of what's happening in Iran. They should look at the mirrors. It means that everything costs more in this country. It means that the Government is borrowing more. It means that they're taxing us more. New Zealanders can't afford—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired."