Webb DuncanDr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central): Thank you Mr Speaker. Firstly I apologise for my misstep earlier on but—SPEAKER: No. The member doesn't refer to points of order that have been dealt with.Dr DUNCAN WEBB: —there I go again—I was furious that the member on the other side who has just finished speaking Nicky Wagner suggested that this Government was closing schools when she presided herself in her former electorate over a school in one of the most impoverished communities and she said nothing. She stood by she let them struggle on for years by themselves and ultimately the last Government did close it down as it did a whole lot of other schools.Hon Member: We haven't closed one.Dr DUNCAN WEBB: We have closed no schools but this is not about that.This general debate is about what is going on here now and where we're headed into the future. This party and this Government is headed somewhere exciting under a real leader—a leader that brings a breath of fresh air. When I look over the other side I must say it's with some dismay. I can understand of course why they're down in the mouth.Hon Member: No look. There's Mr Yule.Dr DUNCAN WEBB: But for Mr Yule with his absolute optimism—which I worry about sometimes; he must be missing something—there's a real disappointment; there's a lack of substantive engagement. All they can talk about is the Order Paper. The fact of the matter is that this Government is making real steps. Now while they're just disorganised and as Dr Russell said fractured—they are shards flying everywhere; icy shards at that. Whilst some of them might be doing some organisation—there they go Mr Ngaro in the corner organising again—the fact is that this is a party and over there that party has forgotten how to make an argument. They've descended into petty squabbling.It was disappointing to hear from the Hon Gerry Brownlee earlier who was entirely misrepresenting the overseas investment legislation. The fact of the matter is we do want investment into building in New Zealand and if foreign investors want to build our houses for us to sell then that's a good thing and that's what the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill does. It's entirely appropriate. But you know when you do look at what we've got on offer on the other side it's a real worry. What a collection of awkward bedfellows. It's surprising they're a single party themselves. They're probably not. You look at what they've got: the queen of conservatism from central Auckland the emperor of individualism from Epsom—well the member based in Epsom anyway for now—and of course the prince of pro-life puritanism from Pakuranga. There's a tragedy. I suspect there are no big gay rainbows over the latter electorate any more. As for the leadership well this party has been speaking in broken English for five months you know and I can understand that—broken English.I wonder about the leadership debate that they've got on their hands. Is it going to be Bluffer" Collins? I don't think so. "Morticia" Adams? Probably not. "Bridges to Nowhere"? Oh you know maybe that's the best choice for you.SPEAKER: Order! The member will refer to members by their proper names please.Dr DUNCAN WEBB: Thank you sir. But this is to be expected. This is to be expected of a party that ran out of ideas. The fact is that that party ran out of ideas and ran down the country. That's what you'd expect of a party with an insidious ideology an ideology that really is Randism ramped up far. The fact of the matter is that this Government has got a lot of work to do because of the decay that happened.This Government is rebuilding families. The families package that is being passed by this Government will start there by putting money back in the pockets of genuine hard-working New Zealanders—not this dog-whistle hard work that we hear from the other side but people who are doing our cleaning people who are building our houses people who are driving our buses. They're hard-working New Zealanders and you know what? This Government's taking a leadership position on wages with looking at CEO wages in the State sector. We need to even that out. We need more transparency and we're focused on education from top to bottom. This is about real learning and real teaching in real classrooms. I'm very proud to be part of this Government. This Government is taking New Zealand on a leading role in the way it measures how we're doing and the way it engages with the world and I'm very proud to be part of it. Thank you."