Russell DeborahDr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour—New Lynn): This debate started with Mr LunchMoney: I've got mouths I've got to feed. I've got bills I've got to pay. It's work work work every day." On this side of the House we take those lyrics to heart and as a hard-working Government we do something about the mouths that people have to feed and the bills they've got to pay. So exactly what are we doing about the mouths that people have to feed? We've got lunches in schools literally putting food into the mouths of children. I visited Glenavon School in my electorate last week and had a bit of a yarn with the principal. They get the lunches in schools there. The principal there John Hunte said it was fantastic. It worked brilliantly. The kids got fed. They came to school they were happy and they were enjoying themselves at school. And it was helping the parents' pockets. So that's the first thing we've done in terms of schools.Another thing we've done in schools to help those daily physical needs is we've got period products at schools—free period products for girls and young women at school. That's a cost that women between the ages of about 10 and 56 57 or 58 have to bear every month—the cost of products so that they can manage their periods. From time to time it keeps girls out of school because their families simply cannot afford to pay for period products. What have we done as a hard-working Government? We have paid for free period products in schools so that girls can get their education and we've relieved a cost on the families.While we're still talking about schools there's the schools donations package we have. We made sure that if schools went for voluntary donations then we would put money into schools—$150 per student. Again it's something that directly saves costs from parents' pockets and puts money where it was needed—into the schools. In terms of "bills I've got to pay" that's exactly what the cost of living payment is about. It's an extra bit of money to help people pay their bills. We know that times are tough out there so what are we doing? We're giving them a little bit extra to help them through these tough winter months. It's the same thing with the winter energy payment. It's an extra bit of money to ensure that people can pay their energy bills in winter and stay warm. All these things are helping people to feed the mouths they've got to feed and to pay the bills they've got to pay.When fuel prices were rocketing up recently we looked at the impact on families. We looked at the impact on working people and we said we needed to help. So we cut the fuel excise. We knew that energy prices were going up because of the war in Ukraine because of supply chain issues. We decided to help people through the peak of it. Energy prices are dropping now and that helps a little bit but in the meantime we've had the cut to the fuel excise. Alongside that we've had half-price public transport making it cheaper and easier for workers to get to work for kids to get to school and for people to get about the towns they live in. So we've put in place all these measures that have helped people's back pockets. All those things we are doing. Yet all the time that we try to help New Zealanders what do we hear from the Opposition? Nothing but tax cuts and scaremongering around taxation. They complain that we are addicted to spending addicted to spending addicted to spending—I don't know how many times I've heard that. It is their one line. But let's talk about what taxation actually pays for. I refer the members of the Opposition to page 21 of the Inland Revenue Department's annual report—the 2021 annual report; the 2022 report will be out soon. It tells us there what we spend our money on. We spend $24 billion a year on health keeping New Zealanders healthy. We spend $16.6 million a year on New Zealand super $16.3 billion on education. We spend $6 billion on transport and communication. I challenge the Opposition every time they say they want tax cuts to tell us which services they would cut. Tell us which New Zealanders will have to do without health. Tell us which New Zealanders will have to do without education. Tell us which New Zealanders will have to do without welfare. That is the corollary of tax cuts and it's chicken-hearted to scream for tax cuts but not say where they will cut services. Be honest face up to the reality of what the Opposition is prescribing for New Zealand: austerity nastiness and people in trouble. That is why I am proudly part of this Government."