Clark DavidHon Dr DAVID CLARK (Minister of Health): Poppycock! That was an interesting speech. Looking around the House looking around opposite and seeing the faces of the members opposite when Simon Bridges tried to announce that in 2½ years he was hoping to take back the Government benches there was not a single confident look in the Opposition benches. The only ones looking a bit cocky at that point were Judith Collins and Amy Adams who think their chance is coming. That is an Opposition in disarray and a chief rooster who's going to be a brief rooster in my view.We know on this side of the House that we have inherited nine years of neglect. They eventually got the Government books back into surplus during their time. It took them a jolly long time. In fact they borrowed more on that side of the House than any previous Government in New Zealand history. That is the biggest-borrowing Government in New Zealand history—those people sitting opposite that were a part of that Government. We now have the opportunity to rebuild our economy. The only way they ever got to surplus was through building social and infrastructure deficits. We now on this side of the House form a Government and we have the backfill to address. We need to make sure that we address those nine years of neglect. We need to make sure we address the housing crisis that built up under their watch. We need to make sure that we address the health system under huge strain after their nine years of underfunding; an education system that's been struggling; inadequate transport; joblessness in the regions—the list goes on—and rising crime.This Government is determined to turn that around and make sure not just that we're—SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seat. I'm now going to remind members that speeches during the general debate are not to be read—at all.Hon Dr DAVID CLARK: Mr Speaker I'd happily give you these notes because they do not contain full sentences. This Government is going to turn around those nine years of neglect and be absolutely clear that we're going to build an economy that works for all New Zealanders. We're not just going to achieve surpluses; we are going to build an economy that works for all New Zealanders. We are going to rebuild housing. We are going to get KiwiBuild under way by 1 July. We're going to start rebuilding Dunedin Hospital a project that was delayed time and time and time again. When I asked Tony Ryall in 2014 when that hospital rebuild was going to start he said decisions were going to be taken by the end of the year—in 2014. This Government is finally getting on with the Dunedin Hospital rebuild and the citizens are happy about it.We're going to make learning more affordable. This Government has introduced free tertiary education. That is a landmark decision. This Government has made the biggest change in redistribution of incomes through the Families Package since 1991. That is going to mean tens of thousands of children are brought out of poverty. This is a Government that is already delivering for New Zealanders after so many years of neglect. We've got the provincial growth fund and I think we're going to hear a whole lot more about that. A billion dollars a year—a billion dollars—is going to make a significant difference in those neglected regions. As I've travelled round the country in my prior role as regional economic development spokesperson I've heard from those regions. They were feeling the squeeze under the former Government and now this Government has a plan to do something about that: to invest in the regions invest in jobs invest in incomes and invest in the livelihoods and infrastructure needed in our regions so desperately.Of course all of these things will take time. We will not fix every problem built up after nine years in one Budget and I think New Zealanders understand that. We can't fix nine years of neglect in one Budget but we are already making significant progress with the KiwiBuild project with the paid parental leave with the increase in police that we're looking toward with the Superannuation Fund contributions restarting with the State house builds and so on. This is a Government that is already delivering despite those years of neglect. And what have we got on the other side of the House now? We've got National MPs publicly fighting—publicly fighting. We have Todd Muller attacking Simon Bridges' transport plan. I look across the House for Mr Muller and these days I have to look a long way back—a long way back. He's not a happy man in this Government.We have Amy Adams humiliating the leader—humiliating the leader—over the value capture proposal. She knows her time will come. She's confident she'll win the next round of the leadership. I can see her there. She looks happy hearing it. She knows she's in next time when the leadership change happens. She's the next one off the block.Judith Collins though already thinks she is there. She's undermining him too. She is the real public face of National now: Judith Collins. She's sniping at Simon Bridges though for his under-investment in local roads.