Upston LouiseHon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): It is December and of course we are heading into the silly season. I think that speech just said it all—quite embarrassing quite tragic. Yeah absolutely the silly season may be here but also I would've thought that there's still the opportunity for speakers to do well in this House.But it's also in the silly season time for people to be considering—and perhaps the Prime Minister to be considering—who's on the naughty and who's on the nice list. Actually I think she'll be struggling to find any Ministers that are actually delivering what the Government has promised because as we've heard today the Government's out there furiously announcing stuff. Announcement does not equal delivery.I want to specifically focus on the area of social development because one of the Ministers who's clearly not going to be the pick of the list for the Prime Minister is the Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni because not only has she failed to deliver improvements for some of the most vulnerable New Zealanders in our communities; actually she's made their lives worse. How do we know that? Because the results speak for themselves: 22000 extra people on jobseeker benefit and unfortunately nearly half of them are Māori. This is a Government who talked up about delivering for Māori about delivering for our most vulnerable and guess what? The results for them have got worse. If you look at the Ministry of Social Development's annual report and their impact indicators nearly every single one is going in the wrong direction. All three employment indicators are going in the wrong direction.But I want to speak specifically about young people who are unemployed because actually I think if there's any crime in this country it is not giving young people opportunities. Under this Government—oh actually they have delivered something: they've delivered 5500 more young people on to the dole. That is outrageous. That is absolutely outrageous and you want to compare it to the previous Government? We tried different things we worked incredibly hard and we got 1500 young people into jobs—into jobs means they're in the driving seat of their lives. They have the opportunity to take home a pay packet each and every week. It gives them opportunities in life. That side—yep they've all got their heads down because they know what I'm saying is right. This Government is failing to deliver for vulnerable New Zealanders. They are breaking their promises around making lives for vulnerable New Zealanders better.Mana in Mahi: the Prime Minister announces it to great aplomb in August 2018; 4000 places—oh no it's not 4000 places; it's 2000 places. Oh and by the way that's in 2023. So actually the number of young people who have become unemployed under this Government's watch in only two years is nearly three times the number of places that they're offering for Mana in Mahi. But what did we find out today in the annual review? Oh guess what? They're not recording what happens to those young people. They're not recording whether they go into training they're not recording if they are going back into education because guess what? They don't care. They actually don't care. They want to make these announcements they then have no plan and no action to back it up and what does that mean: every single time failing to deliver for vulnerable New Zealanders.Young New Zealanders under the age of 25 actually deserve a job and under National when 10000 jobs a month were being created in this economy they had that opportunity. Unfortunately with this Government—Greens New Zealand First Labour—they are failing to deliver employment opportunities for young New Zealanders. Interesting: the Prime Minister again makes the statement: 263 employment specialist case managers—oh but actually no we heard today there are only 170. So not only is the announcement wrong; the facts are wrong and that's another broken promise.But I want you to focus for those who are watching this debate—I want you to focus on the lives of the people that matter the most to us because actually they're the ones that are being ripped out and ripped off from opportunities that this Government should be and said they would be delivering and aren't delivering because this Government is breaking their promises—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired.