Rurawhe AdrianDENISE LEE (National—Maungakiekie): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. One of the benefits of participating in the Budget debate a little lower down the list is that you get to see read and hear others' reactions to the Budget and what the Government has put on offer. We all know that a Budget sets out the spending agenda and it's where this coalition Government once again attempts to put its collective heads together and say in a spreadsheet kind of way This is where we want New Zealand to go. This is what's important to us. This is what leadership looks like. This is New Zealand's future." We also know that this Budget is like no other. We're in one heck of an unparalleled crisis the COVID-19 crisis—one that we will never again see in our lifetimes. We have been a little bit scared of what lies ahead—the uncertainty—and so we've looked to the Government for leadership and for certainty. What did we see? No plan and no substantive direction. When we've got $60 billion of net debt which will head to $200 billion and 150000 losing their jobs over the next few months what we got was an incoherent set of announcements using big numbers—eye-watering numbers. For instance the Department of Conservation and the conservation job scheme for weed and pest control: $1.1 billion; $3.9 billion for health sounded large but actually it was only business as usual and barely enough to cover deficits. And how about that kicker: the $20 billion slush fund—unallocated? So what New Zealanders were asked to do was believe that big numbers equals big plan—that's what New Zealanders were asked to buy into—and what of those reactions that we have now the benefit of reviewing because we're a couple of weeks down the track from the Budget delivery? How about that former Labour treasurer in the Australian today that said that this Government has "no idea whatsoever" except to throw money around? Then we had Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) here in New Zealand where they said "in many key areas Budget 2020 appeared to be missing in action particularly stimulus related recovery investments … it leaves"—good one LGNZ—"those looking for further detail on how the Government intends to get the country truly back onto the road to recovery wanting." Shamubeel Eaqub: "There is still a need for transformative change." Now all politics is local and I traipsed up and down my local retailers as soon as we could in terms of lockdown levels to get their reactions. Now granted they did accept and were grateful for the wage subsidy extension but they then went on to say that it doesn't fundamentally address cash flow as a business. They all said the same thing to me one by one by one "Are there going to be other announcements for us? Is there going to be more? What's coming next?" because what was there and what is there is not fundamentally enough. So to the Government today I've focused on—very briefly in my five-minute call—their lack of plan. But let's face it: even the best plan means nothing if you can't execute it. I wish this coalition Government very much good luck because their track record isn't too crash hot. KiwiBuild: 100000 is now—what?—390. Light rail is now no rail. Child poverty targets: most not met. Mental health: lots of talk; no delivery. What we need and what we needed from this Budget is logical streams of coordinated spend and a direction that ties us together. Where was the coordinated front-bench effort bringing their best in our worst of times? What we needed was for the front bench to bring their best in our worst of times. New Zealanders deserve better because never have we been in more need than we are right now and I'd like to thank Todd Muller for his exceptional line on 17 empty seats because nothing screams louder than 17 empty seats than looking at this Budget 2020.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): I call Dr—[Interruption] Order! I call Dr Parmjeet Parmar—five minutes."