Muller ToddTODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): A very wise political leader once said that a house divided against itself will not stand. What we see when we look across to the Labour Opposition is confirmation of a modern truism in my view which is that a party that is divided against itself will never lead. I repeat that for all of you who are wanting to hear it: a party divided against itself will never lead.I have looked across at the Labour Party and assessed those members over the last 2 or 3 weeks with their list debacle both in terms of trying to get somebody with slightly independent thought on to their list—then to demote him against his expectations—and the management of that within their party; and the charter schools performance in the last 24 hours where they have two or three people in their party who hold the view that actually you know it is quite right to have children and parents at the centre of their thinking. But no the captain's call has come over the top and said: No we're going to back the teacher unions and the unions over the parents and the students." And of course we have heard the suggestion of Māori prisons. Again that has been kiboshed from the top. I am sorry there is no—Louisa Wall: You can take it. You can implement it. Go for it.TODD MULLER: You can put on a forced smile when you come here when the Labour Party speaks here for every hour at question time. You can feign energy to the extent that as a caucus you might have it but at the core is the fundamental truth that you are divided within yourselves. You do not have leadership you do not have a united vision and the rest of the country can see it.The National Party over the last 8½ years can be defined by competence and professionalism. To the New Zealanders who may be watching this today I accept that not everything we have done over the last 8½ years will have got your support but I bet that in your heart of hearts you know that when you apply the challenge and criteria of competence professionalism and the ability to navigate the country through difficult times and deliver for the majority of New Zealanders there is only one party that can deliver and it has delivered over the 8½ years. In your heart of hearts those who are watching will know that the Labour Party simply does not have the inherent coherence and collective view to be able to mount an effective campaign.I am very very proud of the record that this Government takes into the election and that in particular is going to be enforced by what we hear over the next 2 weeks when the Budget comes out. The fact that we can sit here after what the world has gone through and what a number of economies are still going through and talk to the second or third year of surpluses and a number of surpluses going in front of us; the fact that we are able to spend an extra $11 billion on infrastructure which will mean $23 billion of infrastructural spending over the next 3 years on roads on hospitals and on schools; the fact that we have 252000 New Zealanders involved in the construction industry and we have got 45000 New Zealanders involved in apprenticeships; and the fact that we have an economy that is performing in the top two or three in the world—that gives us choices. The fact is that this Government—the National Government—can apply those choices to the benefit of all New Zealanders we can look to retire debt and we can look to invest in the social needs of this country. We are not underpinned by an old idea of the winners on the social stage being those who spend the most but we are a party that can apply a logic around how to invest from a Government agency perspective in partnership with NGOs to actually deliver a real outcome.This is a party that is prepared to be able to put its money where its mouth is in that respect and to be able to do it in a considered way that delivers real outcomes. When you overlay that—the level of competence and professionalism that we have seen as we have run through into the start of this year—I think the contrast is extraordinary. When you pivot to the city that I along with Simon Bridges have the privilege of representing which is Tauranga and the wider Western Bay of Plenty the sense of momentum and optimism and ambition that the city is experiencing at the moment is extraordinary. There are high levels of migration high levels of employment high levels of labour participation and some of the lowest times of applicants for jobs that we have ever seen. It is an extraordinary time to be part of a community that is so upbeat so confident about their future and I am very sure of and very supportive of another 3 years of a National-led Government. Thank you."