Bakshi Kanwaljit Singh; Williams PotoKANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI (National): Thank you Madam Assistant Speaker for the opportunity to stand and oppose the Prime Minister's statement. First of all I would like to pay my acknowledgment to all the volunteers and the firemen who put a lot of effort into getting control of Nelson's wildfire. We have to acknowledge the hard work they have done in the past almost two weeks.I would also like to pay my tribute to the soldiers who died on 14 February in India. It was a very sad moment that on that day many of the people were celebrating Valentine's Day and some of the families were mourning the martyr who died on that day. It took almost three days for this Government to come out and condemn that incident whereas we saw that many of the countries around the world they were very prompt: in less than 24 hours they condemned the incident which was cowardly and heinous and we have seen that more than 46 people died in that incident. This Government which does not consider at all having good relationships with some of the Asian countries—and India is one of the powerhouses. It was very disappointing for this Government to take almost three days to condemn such an incident. When I have talked to the people of Indian origin living over here they are really upset. They were really upset that this Government who should have come up—and they always claim that they are very close to the Indian community but they are not. That's the fact which was proven in the last three days.In the statement the Prime Minister did take up many issues but did not have any content and many of the things which are very close to people's hearts were not touched by the Prime Minister's statement. First of all there was a big claim that KiwiBuild is going to change the life of every Kiwi but whereas there was no mention. It was claimed that in the first year about a thousand houses will be built. What we hear now is it is less than 50 houses to be completed by July whereas the Prime Minister came up with a totally different ball game and mentioned that there is no target at all there is nothing which we are going to achieve—whatever is delivered that will be delivered.Then we have seen that number of jobs being created during the National Government: every month 10000 houses 10000 jobs—new jobs—were created. What we have seen in the last quarter: just 650 jobs are being created which is a total disappointment. What we are also seeing is that there is a drop in the GDP growth as per Treasury. We have seen it is going backwards not forward whereas the members of the Government are trying to claim that this economy is going from strength to strength.We have also seen that there was a big debate about the prison population. That's also not being delivered. There was big debate about the number of front-line police officers. We don't hear anything from the Government benches at all. There is no mention at all of what's happening. I would like to mention to the previous speaker the Hon Aupito William Sio that in his electorate people are protesting because of increased crime. What we are seeing in South Auckland is that crime is increasing. We have seen that the people are protesting the number of shoot-outs that have happened over there. The people are feeling insecure in South Auckland. We have also seen the increase in people who are not in employment education or training. It has increased by 26000 and—Hon Willie Jackson: No no no.KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI: The Minister over there is saying No no." but that is a fact. He has to read about it.We have also seen that our relationship with our biggest trading partner China is also deteriorating from time to time. We have seen a number of things. The Ministers are waiting to have clearance to visit China but they are not getting it. We have seen that there are so many issues. The fishery consignment is sitting on the borders of China not being cleared. So these are the issues which are of concern to Kiwis but this Government is not at all making any effort to make sure that there is a strong economy which can be continued. The previous speaker also mentioned about the economy that we inherited a very strong economy from National. That is a fact whereas he was saying otherwise.I would also like to touch upon the communities. They feel offended to see that—I remember that a number of spokespeople while Labour was in Opposition were talking about community police stations being closed by the National Government and when they were asked if they will open up—no. Nothing has happened. No additional police stations have been opened under this regime no new targets have been set whereas we had set a target that there will be 24/7 police stations available and additional funding was given out for rural areas. What we have seen from this Government is that number of working groups being set up—more than 200 working groups have been set up because this Government did not have policies in place for what they were going to do when they formed the Government. I feel this Government was formed by an accident and this Government can also be called an accidental Government.We are also seeing that the number of tourists from China is dropping. There is a drop of almost 8 percent which is going to affect many of us. There was a review to be taken place in immigration which is very close to the migrant community for the parent category. For almost the last year the file has been sitting on the Minister's table but no action has been taken so far. People every day when I go out keep asking what's happening with the review which was meant to be taking place a year ago and also we are seeing that the changes in the immigration policy are affecting the newcomers over here. These are some of the issues which are very close to the ethnic communities. We have seen that this Government is not delivering anything. It is just a Government of broken promises. They made so many promises thinking that they were not going to form the Government. Accidentally they formed the Government but they are not in a position to deliver anything. When we talk about the roads they are tracking back. For example just yesterday I left my home and normally it takes about 30 minutes to reach the airport but it took me more than 1½ hours to reach the airport because of the congestion. No new roads are being committed to. Whatever we had committed to increase the highway capacity has been withdrawn. What we are listening to is light rail coming from the waterfront to the Mount Roskill area but when? Nobody knows. It is just another broken promise which was—Simeon Brown: 2095. KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI: Oh 2095 my friend Simeon Brown says and I think that's right because we see that there is nothing happening—nothing happening. So this Government I believe—our accidental Government—is full of broken promises—Simeon Brown: And lots of accidents. KANWALJIT SINGH BAKSHI: —and lots of accidents—and I hope that soon this Government is thrown out and a new National-led Government takes over this country. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): This is a Green Party call and I understand this is a split call. I call the Hon Eugenie Sage—five minutes."