Doocey Matt: Budget DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeDoocey Matt: Budget Debate[Sitting date: 27 May 2015. Volume:705;Page:4050. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): Talofa lava. It is great to be a New Zealander. It is great to live in New Zealand. I know that many other people who live in this fine country know it is great to be a Kiwi and great to live in New Zealand. The reason I know this is because of the recently released New Zealand General Social Survey the biggest social survey outside the 5-year census. It shows that 83 percent of people are highly satisfied with their lives. That is between eight and nine people out of 10 who are highly satisfied with their lives. And 87 percent of people have a high sense of purpose in their lives. That is fantastic news but there is a lot more to be done and that is what this National Government is doing.It is also great to be a Canterbury National MP and it is great to be part of a team of Canterbury National MPs. We have increased the Budget for the Canterbury rebuild from $15.5 billion to $16.5 billion. That is an extra $1 billion for the Canterbury recovery and that shows the faith that the voters put in us in the last election because of course this National Government won the party vote in every electorate in Canterbury. A lot of the credit for that needs to go to our Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery the Hon Gerry Brownlee. It was great to see the opening of the bus exchange in Christchurch on Monday morning another great anchor project opening in the recovery. We are committed to the recovery and this Budget proves that. It is one of our top four priorities.I remember campaigning in the last election when I met many voters who were voting National for the first time. They had voted Labour all their lives but they were voting for National because National was working hard for New Zealand listening to New Zealand and working for the working people of New Zealand. I come from a background in mental health which is about making a difference in people’s lives and this Budget is making a difference in people’s lives. I am proud to be part of a Government that at the first opportunity for this term stood up in this Budget debate and supported children and families. This will make a big difference in people’s lives.The $790 million child hardship package will give working families up to $25 a week. That is over 50000 families who will get up to $25 a week. People also said to us that they wanted us to support the vulnerable and that is why we are increasing the benefit by up to $25 a week. That is the first uplift since 1972. I was born in 1972 so beneficiaries have not had an uplift like this in my whole lifetime. It took a National Government to deliver that. It is about making a difference in people’s lives and this National Government is delivering.This National Government cares. We care about New Zealand and in New Zealand we have a mixed economy of care. We have State provision we have private provision and we have community provision. It is not about a small State; it is about big communities and it is about this Government backing communities. To all those creative community-sector organisations we believe in you—we believe in you to make a difference. This mixed economy of care is about flexibility and choice. This was demonstrated in our social housing reform where our legislation will allow an extra 3000 people to access housing support.To those 3000 people tell them that the Labour Party said no the New Zealand First Party said no and the Green Party said no but that it was this National Government that said yes to them. And to all of those tenants with high complex needs—like mental health and drug addiction—the Labour Party said no to extra support the New Zealand First Party said no to that legislation for extra support and the “Red Green Party” said no but this National Government said yes because at the end of the day this party is working hard for New Zealanders. We are listening to New Zealanders because the National Government is the working people’s party. Thank you.