Tisch Lindsay: Holidays Amendment Bill — In Committee 
Tisch Lindsay: Holidays Amendment Bill — In Committee 
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LINDSAY TISCH (National—Piako) 
: 
 As this debate draws to a close we find that quite— 
Hon Richard Prebble 
: If you want a call that is no reason to close down the debate. 
LINDSAY TISCH 
: Well I am standing just in case the member did not notice. This is a serious matter. I have been astounded to hear this evening that a party that is meant to stand for small business and says that it is the party of common sense will vote against a bill on one occasion vote for it the next time and on occasions decide to abstain. That is the United Future party. 
Simon Power 
: What does the member say? 
LINDSAY TISCH 
: He said: “Yep. That’s what has happened.” Well I say this to the United Future party: “It is your party Mr Adams that could stop this nonsense here tonight.” 
I want to quote what the member said on 16 December last year in  
Hansard 
 Volume 614 at page 10742 in respect of the Holidays Bill: “If we accept that 99.9 percent is good enough then members should consider this which I found on my cereal packet—it always pays to read one’s cereal packet when having breakfast because one may learn something. … I do not believe that close enough is good enough.” That is what he said. 
Hon Maurice Williamson 
: Did he know what that meant? 
LINDSAY TISCH 
: I do not know whether he knew what it meant but his party voted against the legislation. What is it doing tonight? It has come round and is now saying: “Ah there have been some minor changes so we will sacrifice the business community.” The United Future party will sacrifice the workers who are employed in the small businesses of New Zealand—600000 employees in 292000 small businesses—yet it is meant to be the party that advocates and champions small business. 
Let me just continue to quote and this refers to some of the other businesses which have been mentioned tonight which United Future said that it supported. The member said: “I mentioned that the Government was comfortable basking in the glory of  
The Lord of the Rings 
 films but that it was not prepared to listen to the five companies involved in the films all of which have said that the bill will make it harder to make movies in New Zealand.” 
Hon Maurice Williamson 
: Are you from Hobbiton? 
LINDSAY TISCH 
: I am from Hobbiton. I’m the “MP for Hobbiton”. The member continued: “I touched on Federated Farmers’ warning about increases in costs. I touched on the Hospitality Association’s calculation that the bill will add $63 million to the operating costs within its industry. Does this Government care about the work-life balance of wage-workers only and not bosses? How many here stand up for what I believe is one of the most neglected sectors of our nation—small-business owners the small-business men who work long and hard and have families to support? … This legislation is not a good Christmas present for those small employers.” 
 That is what United Future members said so how can they come round now and say that they are going to vote for it and for those changes? In Part 1 the member stood up and said he was voting for Dr Wayne Mapp’s amendments but then he had to stand up and seek leave from the Committee because he had got it wrong and wanted to abstain. If one does not believe in something one votes against it; if one believes in it one votes for it. But what has United Future done? It has sat on the corner and wants a piece of each pie. At the election on the hustings next year I will be saying as my colleagues will be saying that United Future is the party that sold out the business sector.