Scott Alastair; Tisch LindsayALASTAIR SCOTT (National—Wairarapa): Following on from Mr Dunne's contribution and endorsing every word the man says I would like to—you are going to hear me saying a few repetitive words: excessive and expensive". I am going to say that a couple of times and I am also going to use the word "credibility" a number of times through the next few minutes.Excessive and expensive are descriptive words of the Opposition's policies. It should whenever it recommends a policy run it past an "excessive expensive" test. Mr Robertson suggested to us this afternoon that there is plenty of Labour Party policy. But he has not run it past the "excessive" and the "expensive" test. If he had done so he would find that he would reject half of the policies. It would help that side of the House gain credibility—something that we have on this side. We have oodles of credibility because our policies are practical reasonable and affordable in contrast to the excessive and expensive policies of the Opposition. And it wonders why it polls at 20 percent. It is because of the excessive and expensive policies.I am just going to give a couple of examples. Reflecting on Mr Dunne's contribution just earlier let us talk about immigration: the immigration policy enunciated by Mr Little just a few weeks ago saying on Duncan Garner's show that he wanted to cut immigration by 50000 people—50000 people. It was all there in colour black and white—50000 people. That is just an excessive and expensive policy shooting from the hip. Excessive—how really is Mr Little going to do that? Is he going to put up a wall to stop Kiwis coming home? Is he going to kill off the international student market which is a multibillion-dollar industry? Is he going to stop students coming in from various countries on a working visa filling gaps in our peak tourism seasons? We of course have a reciprocal relationship with other countries—is he going to stop that from happening? Is he going to stop IT workers engineers or project managers from coming into New Zealand? They are the people whom we need to fill the gap to ensure that our economy continues to grow and continues to have opportunities for New Zealanders.So what is the answer? I tell you what; he has been listening to Mr Twyford. He is going to stop people with Chinese-sounding names from coming into New Zealand because he has got to do something to get 50000 fewer people into New Zealand—an excessive and an expensive policy. I do not know how the other members of the Opposition let him get away with it because it does not make sense.I am going to talk very quickly around a housing policy. These guys are going to build 100000 houses apparently—100000 houses. Contrast that with the practical reasonable and affordable policy enunciated by Minister Adams just a few days ago where 8000 existing properties owned by Housing New Zealand will be turned into 34000 houses. Mr Twyford wants to build 100000. That is excessive and expensive. That is a $50 billion project. Remembering that Mr Twyford hates speculators and property investors—he keeps talking about them and talking about what a poor job they do and what rip-off merchants they are yet he wants to be the largest one. He wants to be the largest property investor and the largest speculator in the country because he is going to have to go to the private sector to buy the land that he needs to build his 100000 houses. The effect of that will be higher prices in Auckland and across the country for properties—counter-productive excessive and expensive.I want to talk very quickly around the free tertiary education policy enunciated by the Labour Party—again. That would mean that my parents could line up and get a free tertiary education on I do not know the history of tiddlywinks funded by the taxpayer—excessive and expensive on that side; practical reasonable and affordable on this.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Sorry the member's time has expired.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed."