Willis NicolaNICOLA WILLIS (National): Labour's so-called wellbeing approach is a hoax and it is completely proven by that last speech. Here we have a Budget Policy Statement that claims to be about child wellbeing to be about reducing child poverty to be about growing social capital and yet what we have in front of us is a Minister who is overseeing the biggest number of children living in motels in this country that we have ever seen in our history. And that Minister knows because I have read the advice that she's been getting for two years—I've read the advice Minister I've got it under the Official Information Act and you've been advised for more than two years that those children those families those New Zealanders living in motels are not being given the support they need. They're not in stable accommodation. That Minister has been told by her officials that her department can't ensure the quality or safety of the accommodation providers that she is letting thousands of children be raised in. And they're not being raised in these motels for seven days or so no because now the average length of stay on Minister Sepuloni's watch is when someone turns up to the Government and says I'm in desperate need I need a house." Minister Sepuloni says "I'll put you in that motel there and on average you'll spend 12½ weeks there." But don't worry you could be one of the hundreds—the hundreds—of people that on Minister Sepuloni's watch have spent months and months living in a motel.But Minister Sepuloni came into Government promising that she had a solution for all of this didn't she? And we'll see it continuing to be reported in here and the solution was really simple in Opposition wasn't it Minister? KiwiBuild. That's right New Zealanders were promised 100000 KiwiBuild homes and that was going to ensure that children weren't living in disgusting circumstances. But instead what we have seen is that we are now in a situation where we are spending a million dollars a day putting kids up in a situation where in questions I have asked that Minister I have said to her "What health and safety check do her officials do of these accommodation providers?" I have said to her "What wraparound support"—Hon Carmel Sepuloni: I don't think National did any on cars.NICOLA WILLIS: You can keep defending it Minister; it's indefensible. That Minister knows that her officials have been advising her not for months but for years they have been saying to her "Minister putting people up in motels at up to $450 a night is not only more expensive than building houses or putting them in transitional housing it also doesn't provide those people with the wraparound support and services they need to get back on their feet. And that Minister has received briefing after briefing memo after memo that has said to her "This Government must exit from the motels. It must build houses."And so they failed on KiwiBuild. So then what they like to say is "Oh well we're going to build 18000 houses."—that's what they like to say. So let's actually analyse that shall we? Because I think what that Minister also knows because she's been receiving these briefings too is that they're running well behind schedule on that because it turns out they're not actually that good at building things—12 progressive homeownership homes so far.Hon Michael Woodhouse: How many?NICOLA WILLIS: Twelve—792 KiwiBuild homes when 100000 were promised. It was a hoax—it's a disgrace.Now I want to say to that Minister what New Zealanders have been saying to me. They're saying "If this Government actually cares about kids if this Government actually cares about value for money wellbeing social capital why don't they take that million dollars a day that they're prepared to spend on cheques for motels—take that money and get some houses built with it?" Minister right where you live VisionWest the Salvation Army they have begged me. They've said "Just tell the Government to take that money they're spending on cheques for motel rooms invest it in us the community housing sector; let us build homes for our people. Let us support them back on to their feet." But no this Government thinks it always knows best. You can't just talk about wellbeing you have to deliver. And when thousands of New Zealanders and 4000 children are living in unsupported motels it is not delivery.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Order! This debate is interrupted. The House is suspended until 7 p.m.Sitting suspended from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m."