Simpson Scott; Borrows ChesterSCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): At the beginning of the parliamentary year I would like to acknowledge you Mr Deputy Speaker and the other presiding officers and fellow members across the House and welcome them back to what is going to be an election year of stark contrast. We have seen that already. We have seen already in the first couple of days of this parliamentary session the stark contrast that is going to be presented to the voters of New Zealand later this year in September.On this side of the House we have had a great prime ministerial statement from the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Bill English. It was focused clear optimistic and aspirational for New Zealand setting out a clear plan and pathway for the future direction of New Zealand. It was aspirational for New Zealanders. What a contrast we saw on the Labour Party side—Andrew Little with a party that is in open revolt civil war total disunity and with backbench MPs from the Labour Party hiring public relations firms if you please to take a public sideswipe at their leader. It is unheard of in an election year. It is unheard of—that ill-discipline in that party that once great proud party which in its own right used to seek to lead the Treasury benches but now has to be propped up by the left-leaning former Alliance Party and the Green Party and Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all. They will be I think punished at the polls later this year for their disunity for their lack of focus and for their doom and gloom and negative view of all that is so good about our country.I want to just acknowledge the Prime Minister and thank him for giving me some extra work to do this year in terms of my new role as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and the Minister of Conservation. So what it means is that I am going to be working even more closely than I already do in my role as chair of the Local Government and Environment Committee with the two key Ministers who are doing such a good job in terms of protecting the environment the natural conservation estate of New Zealand.This is a Government that has done more in the last 8 years to protect enhance and ensure the future prosperity of our natural environment than any Government in the previous history of New Zealand. We can be proud on this side of the huge commitment that Maggie Barry and Nick Smith have made to ensuring that our natural heritage is protected for all time.In the Coromandel electorate we have had a great summer. The weather has been warm the wind has been up a bit and we have had a fire that was devastating for a number of people who lost their homes. But for tens of thousands of New Zealanders they have had a wonderful stunning holiday and vacation in the most beautiful part of New Zealand where the weather has been good.Then to top it all off not only have we had a great summer but we have had a couple of terrific announcements that will benefit the good people of the Coromandel. There are two in particular that I would just like to highlight. In terms of policing we had this announcement last week of a huge increase of 1125 more police coming into our policing system. It is communities like mine around the Coromandel that will benefit the most from this—rural policing provincial towns where there will be more cops on the beat a higher visibility and things like mobile policing units that will really help in communities around my electorate. Also we have had news that we are going to have this new 24/7 non-emergency police contact number an 0800 number that is going to help people who do not feel that their need is sufficiently urgent to ring 111 but they still want to talk with a local police officer about something that is important to them in their area. This is a very very good idea.The second really good announcement that has come out this year from this very good National Government is the announcement relating to the phase two roll-out of ultra-fast broadband. There is a $300 million investment that is going to see 12 townships and communities around the Coromandel electorate getting fibre and that is going to be life changing for the people in those communities. It means that they will be able to connect with the world in a way that they cannot do already.This year we are faced with a stark contrast between the divisive and open revolt that is occurring in the Labour Party and the clear aspirational goals the optimism and the positivity of Bill English and the National Party team. This is a good Government. It is going to be a great year. I am really looking forward to all that it brings.Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER: A 5-minute call to the National Party—Jono Naylor.