Parmar ParmjeetDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National): This National Government is working hard to make New Zealand a better place to raise a family. We have a good lifestyle and we are known to be great for social progress. Yes worldwide we are known to be great for social progress and it is because of the hard work of this National Government because it is focused on delivering for families. I would love to give some statistics to support what I am saying because now the Opposition parties have learnt to respect statistics. They have learnt that statistics are done independently by Statistics New Zealand. If we look at the unemployment rate according to the June quarter unemployment is 5.1 percent. I am the National list member of Parliament based in Mount Roskill. Looking in Auckland the unemployment rate is 4.7 percent—the lowest since September 2008. This is because of the number of new jobs that are being created under this National Government. Jobs are the No. 1 priority for families to flourish. We have delivered free GP visits for children under the age of 13. We have increased benefits for families with dependent children—this was the first time in 40 years. These are only a few indicators of how well New Zealand is doing under this National Government. We are committed we are helping families to have better lives we are helping mums and dads we are helping children to have the best-possible start in their lives and we are helping young people to have better opportunities in their lives. This is possible because we are focused on managing our finances in a responsible manner we are focused on supporting our economy to grow and we are focused on delivering Better Public Services. We also know that there are areas where we need to do more work and that is why I am really proud of the work that the Minister the Hon Amy Adams is doing in the domestic violence space. The announcement by the Prime Minister the Rt Hon John Key and Minister Adams to change the family violence legislation and to bring in wide-ranging changes is about helping families. As a scientist and as a businesswoman I was also involved as a volunteer for around 10 years in the NGO sector helping victims of domestic violence. It is a heart-wrenching field. It is a field that people do not want to talk about. In migrant communities it is very difficult for people to come out and speak about family violence. Even families who are going through family violence do not want to speak about it; they remain in denial. That is why it is a very very serious issue and that is why we need to bring these changes to help families come forward. It is about awareness it is about intervention at the right time and it is also about crisis management. This issue of family violence is bigger than we can see because the data that we see is only for the incidents that come forward to seek official attention. We also need to note that this is not just an issue for New Zealand but an issue for the whole world. I am really pleased to see the pilot that is going on in Christchurch—the Integrated Safety Response pilot—and I am hoping that it will work and that we can expand it throughout the country. This is about sending a strong signal to New Zealand that family violence is not acceptable. The Government cannot do it alone as the Minister said; we need the support of the community. I want to commend the various community organisations that are already actively working in this field of family violence prevention. It is about thinking differently; it is about doing things differently. This National Government is prepared to think differently; it is prepared to do things differently. But if I look at the Opposition the Opposition is drowning. The Opposition is unable to swim. If one is unable to swim one looks for a source of oxygen. Yes the Labour Party constantly finds itself in deep waters looking for a source of oxygen. So it reaches out to the Green Party thinking that it will be its source of oxygen. But no what the Labour Party wants—[Interruption]Mr SPEAKER: Order!Dr PARMJEET PARMAR: —and what the Green Party is offering are not compatible. They are not compatible. The Green Party is not the oxygen the Green Party is not even carbon dioxide but it is going to be Labour's carbon monoxide. Why carbon monoxide? Because carbon monoxide is reactive and carbon monoxide is unstable. An example of that is house prices: the Green Party wants to slash house prices by 50 percent. That is being reactive; that is being unstable. Yes it is going to be Labour's carbon monoxide not its oxygen. The Green Party is now going to suffocate the Labour Party with its own agenda at the forefront of its intentions. That is going to hurt families. But on this side we will keep doing what it takes to support families. Thank you.