Muller Todd; Tisch LindsayTODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you Darroch for your autobiographical account of New Zealand First The Good the Bad and the Ugly". That is a great way to kick off the year from my perspective.I want to contrast what we have heard through this debate from the two sides of the House and particularly the National Government and the Labour Opposition. On this side we have a clear plan and a united caucus that in my view you can summarise with the words "competence coherence clarity and cohesion". This is a party that is working and that is delivering. And when I look across at the other side—what an absolute mess! What an absolute mess! It is a disparate angry frustrated group of politicians who have not yet realised that there is absolutely no substitute for discipline there is no substitute for hard work there is no substitute for deep policy thinking and above all there is no substitute for actually listening to New Zealanders and responding to them in a real and meaningful way which this Government is doing.No amount of angry shouting rhetoric from the leader of the Labour Party is going to cover the inadequacy of the visionless lot that I look at on the other side. The Labour Party is divided it is shallow to the core and it is an emaciated version of its history. When it celebrates 100 years—as it has over the last few months—in my view it looks more antiquated and more out of touch than ever. A great example of this occurred in the last hour. When we were listening to a tremendous speech by Amy Adams and she was talking about our social investment model and how that is turning around lives in this country as we speak she mentioned the word "customers". "Customers!" Labour members shrieked. And they did—go back and listen. They shrieked at that use of the word "customers" as if somehow that is a toxic word to use in the context of public service.Well this party does not resile from that. We believe that the most vulnerable people in our communities should be treated as customers. That is the philosophy that we have brought to this approach. These people are vulnerable. They need actions. They do not need more rhetoric from the other side around spending money. They need investment and activity that will work turn them around and actually make a difference in their lives. I thought that was particularly telling—the way Labour members reacted to the use of that word because the idea of seeing people as customers of actually adding value is so foreign to their absolute being and ethos on the other side and that is why they are struggling as they are at the moment. They are struggling particularly in the context of a social investment model that has delivered as we heard from the Prime Minister's statement 50000 children who are no longer living in benefit-dependent homes. That is real change to people and families in this country and it should be acknowledged.In the document that the Prime Minister spoke to when we began this debate—the Prime Minister's statement—you can turn to any page and see an action plan that is delivering real value for New Zealand. On the first page we start where we must if we are going to deliver as we are a country that is moving forward: an economy that is performing. Some of these statistics are quite extraordinary. Annual economic growth is expected to grow over 3 percent and is expected to beat that over the next 4 years. We need to look back to the 1960s and perhaps further back in our history before we see another such long line of strong economic growth—and that is in front of us. That is to the credit of the New Zealand people who have worked hard to get us into this position and it is also to the credit of a Government that knows how to manage the books and get the fundamentals in place to enable that achievement to actually deliver for people and their families.Unemployment will drop to 4.3 percent by 2021 and over the same period another 140000 jobs are expected in this economy which is an extraordinary outcome. And when you put on that that the average wage will rise through that period to $66000 that is a Government that is absolutely working.As I have been around the electorate of Bay of Plenty over the last few weeks I have heard from person after person a view that this economy and this country are heading in the right direction. They know that you have to get the platform of economic performance working first which we are doing and from that platform invest in the areas of health education and law and order with the proceeds of that success.Their work and our hard work are working together to deliver real value for our communities and I am very very proud as the member for Bay of Plenty to stand on this side of the House and support that attitude of achievement and ambition and I am very proud to be able to support the Prime Minister's statement on behalf of my community. Thank you.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Maureen Pugh—5 minutes."