Nash StuartHon STUART NASH (Minister of Police): I remember two years ago sitting in Opposition where those MPs are sitting now and listening to the deputy leader of the National Party speak and they were behind her. They were cheering. They were yahooing. At the moment I listened to the deputy leader of the National Party just talk—not a word. But worse than that there were 33 National MPs here and I counted 20 of them on their phones. Twenty of them were on their phones. They weren't even listening because they know she's gone. They don't need to get behind any more—they're out of there. Chris Finlayson the most capable National Minister in the last nine years—he was there applying for a job or writing his book. There's just no energy any more. The life has been sucked out of the National Party and it's fantastic and it's over here.I've got to congratulate Grant Robertson: 3.9 percent unemployment. That is absolutely fantastic. In fact as the Deputy Prime Minister alluded to the last time that happened was when Labour and New Zealand First were in Government. We're back and it's on the right track again. Wages are up by 3.3 percent—fantastic. It's all going really well. Those over there who said it couldn't happen it wouldn't happen—they're wrong. Not only are we making it happen; we're driving it forward in a way that is making a difference for all Kiwis. The thing is that I know they don't like it but the fact that we're not only getting along as coalition partners—we're all mates anyway. It's all good fun and we're getting along really really well. I'm sorry about that but that is the reality that they don't like.Let me talk about police—let me talk about police. We came in with a promise. We came in with a promise a New Zealand First - Labour coalition promise to deliver 1800 more police. The reason we did this is because Ron Mark and I had gone really hard in Opposition because we knew that between 2012 and 2017 police numbers actually dropped by 70 over those five years. In the meantime P had gone through the roof gangs got organised and out of control and we were in real trouble. Burglary rates were through the roof and resolution rates were down.I can inform you that since we have been in Government 852 new officers are out in our communities preventing our crime and keeping us safe—852. I have been to every single graduation—Matt King: Funded by us.Hon STUART NASH: —except one and I can inform the House that the graduates who have chosen the New Zealand police service for a career are phenomenal. They are absolutely phenomenal. I must get you out there Mr King. I must get you out to the Police College one day so you can have a look.We made the promise—we made a promise to the people of New Zealand. When we said 1800 police over three years one thing we did say is we would not drop the standard of recruits. That was our promise. What I'm seeing now is no drop in the standards—in fact an increase in the standard. It is going brilliantly.One of the other things I would like to say is that since we got into power the prison numbers have dropped by about 850. What we heard is that if prison numbers drop crime's going to go through the roof and people aren't going to be safe. Well I can tell you prison numbers are down by 850. Do you know the number of victimisations that are down since we've been there?Hon Members: Tell us.Hon STUART NASH: Over 10000 less victimisations in the year that we have been in Government. Over 10000 less victimisations—SPEAKER: Fewer—fewer.Hon STUART NASH: —fewer than 10000 victimisations. Now that is progress. That is developing a police service with the resources and the capacity and the competencies to keep our communities safe—not out there fighting fires the whole time but keeping our community safe. I thank New Zealand First for the commitment to this. It has been absolutely brilliant because we are delivering and making a difference for our communities right up and down New Zealand.There's just one area I'd like to talk on and it's something that I'm very proud of. In the tax area we passed a bill. It was called the Taxation (Neutralising Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Bill. It gets quite complex but what it's actually about is ensuring that all the multinationals who operate out of this country pay their fair share. One thing that we know really gets under the craw of New Zealanders is when people rip off the system. One thing that we really know is that when multinationals don't pay their fair share when everyone else does it is fundamentally wrong. We've changed that. The base erosion and profit shifting bill means that everyone is paying their fair share of tax.Well we could also talk about the R & D tax credits. That is going to drive growth and—we need 15 minutes not five. That's going to drive growth in a way that we haven't seen for a long time. It is an absolute privilege and a pleasure—SPEAKER: Order! [Interruption] Order! The member's time has expired.