Lee Melissa: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLee Melissa: General Debate[Sitting date: 10 July 2013. Volume:692;Page:11871. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MELISSA LEE (National):There was something in CatherineDelahunty’s speech that I quite liked and I actually am going to use it. It was “back to reality” because obviously CatherineDelahunty’s reality and my reality are actually quite different.In a week while Labour has been suffering a leadership crisis or shall I say an identity crisis over that whole disaster over the man ban stance National has actually been getting on with managing the country’s finances and working hard to deliver a brighter future for all New Zealanders. In fact during Labour’s leadership crisis—and we have heard from previous speakers all about the Twitter feed and all that sort of stuff—we have been putting through clear plans to support and grow our economy.We have also been very very carefully listening to Kiwis and what they want. One of these demands has been for better transport systems in Auckland. People have been demanding better transport systems in Auckland because we have such a congestion problem in Auckland as well. Just last week our Government kick-started the next generation of Auckland’s transport projects. These projects will cost in excess of $10 billion and will make a huge difference to the congestion on our Auckland roads.One of the things that actually happened in Auckland last week while Labour was busy talking about the man ban and leadership challenges and all that sort of stuff—possibly with a letter going around their caucus—was I was wondering where the leader Mr David Shearer was on Saturday because it was the reopening of the Mount Albert train station. He is after all the MP for Mt Albert. Being the list MP I actually turned up to the blessing ceremony where the local iwi was blessing the new train station making sure that people who travel on the train are safe but he was nowhere to be seen. “Mr MP for Mt Albert” David Shearer was nowhere and you could sort of wonder whether maybe he was at home watching Sue Moroney perform onThe Nation to make sure that she said the right things about the man ban. Perhaps that is where he was. He was not actually present at the 10 o’clock opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting ceremony either. You sort of wonder how stressed Mr Shearer is and my heart does in fact go out to him. He is actually under a lot of stress worrying that there is this massive target on his back that his caucus will actually stick him with a knife and actually turf him out perhaps.We have got a clear view over this side. This National-led Government has a clear view as to how to manage our economy and how to make sure that New Zealand has a brighter future. But over there Opposition members are into only that whole Mickey Mouse thing within their own caucus as to who is going to lead them. Perhaps they have to worry because as previous speakers said it has been a long time since the Labour Party has had a real leader. Perhaps that is the reason that Helen Clark keeps ontweeting them andtexting them to give them some ideas on what to do. Maybe then they might actually have a real leader very soon.The debate having concluded the motion lapsed.