Young JonathanJONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth): Before I make my remarks I too like others would like to extend our thoughts and support to families who right now are grieving and in uncertainty and also express our thanks and admiration to the first responders and to the community of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Whakatāne and other areas who are supporting the people surrounded by these events. Our thoughts go out to them.The previous speaker the Hon Eugenie Sage talked about policies that aim for the long-term wellbeing of New Zealand. I guess that's what every Government wants to do but I would have to say when I look at the beautiful region of Taranaki that some of those policies aren't working out and the environment is paying a price and the economy is taking a hit. I would call this a failed social environmental and economic experiment in terms of what this Government is doing.When I think about the unemployment figures that came out on 30 September this year which put Taranaki as the worst in the country at 6 percent I look back at one year prior to that when it was only 4.1 percent—and prior to that one year prior 4.9 percent. We had come through two years ago a slump in commodity prices internationally around dairy produce and of course the price of petrochemicals. We had been coming through it from 4.9 down to 4.1 and then bang we're at 6 percent. I wondered why that was because there's a lot of vibrancy in the region where I live. You know construction is quite busy. There are lots of other things that people are turning their hearts and minds towards but as I talked to businesses they said that uncertainty has been rife in our region because of Government policy and Government decisions.I know the Hon Megan Woods in an opinion piece in response to my criticism of the Government's agenda applauded the people of Taranaki for leading the transition in this country. I'd have to say that Taranaki did not choose to do that; it was forced upon them. Many people still disagree. There was no consultation with the people of Taranaki. They received a phone call the night before—whether that was industry civic leaders iwi groups community groups or whatever. So the transition which I think we have been undertaking in terms of energy transition for decades now being one of the best countries in the world for renewable primary and electricity generation came as a great surprise. We had the promise Don't worry; this will be fine. This is not going to happen for decades to come." Well we understand we who live in that city and in that region that businesses stopped employing people who were applying for citizenship and had owned homes left the country and companies left. There is now uncertainty right across the sectors not just in agriculture and petroleum exploration but in all the service sectors that support them.We get criticised by the Government for being negative. Well actually we are just attached and connected to our constituencies. We just say what's going on. And by the way the Green Party will be disappointed to know that there's been a significant reduction—well they might be happy at this—in the use of natural gas for electricity generation but in the meantime we've had to rely on more coal which is twice the emission level. In fact we are now burning double the amount this year than we did last year and I would say that is a failed environmental experiment. Not only have this Government's policies created higher levels of unemployment and uncertainty fewer people getting jobs more young people not knowing whether their future exists in Taranaki or not but now we actually have more environmental issues to face as well. Because of that we see the wholesale price of electricity increase by 50 percent over the last 15 months because it actually has a reliance—natural gas underpins this. So we see actually a failed economic experiment as well and it's all gone backwards.I just wish this Government had listened to people but they don't and they box on and they push ahead. They think they are right—Hon Maggie Barry: Arrogant.JONATHAN YOUNG: They are arrogant and unfortunately arrogance only breeds ignorance—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired."