Parmar ParmjeetDr PARMJEET PARMAR (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. On this side we have no confidence in the Prime Minister's statement and we have a very good reason for that. The reason is that the Prime Minister is very good at reading out statements—yes exactly; reading out statements—but when it comes to delivering she is a failure. Actually she is the biggest failure. She made big promises before the last election before the general election in 2017. Did she deliver anything? No. Then last year she said that that was going to be the year of delivery and what did she deliver? She delivered more people on benefits. She delivered more people on the waiting list to get into a Housing New Zealand house. She delivered higher rents. She delivered the Auckland regional fuel tax. She delivered low business confidence. She delivered more gang members. She delivered more violent crime. I am based in Mt Roskill. Mt Roskill is a very small electorate. It's one of the smallest electorates in the whole country—so you can imagine the area of Mt Roskill. In Mt Roskill we have had since that Labour Government took office four gun-shooting incidents and just very recently over a very short span of time—just three days—we had two gun-shooting incidents. Every kind of crime is serious but with this one and the first gun-shooting that happened recently three people were injured; they were hospitalised. Now the situation in Mt Roskill is such that people don't want to talk about those gun-shooting incidents. Why? It's because they fear that those incidents were gang-related. So nobody wants to talk because they fear that if they talk about it something might happen to them or their families. They are scared; they're feeling really anxious. There is no excuse for this kind of violent crime going up. On this side of the House we understand the importance of safer communities and safer families and we will deliver that. In my portfolio area in research science and innovation again it's painting a very depressing image—a very depressing international image—of New Zealand's ability to support innovation. In a very recent international innovation index ranking—the Bloomberg Innovation Index ranking—New Zealand dropped by five places. New Zealand is the biggest loser in this innovation index ranking. It sounds harsh but this is the reality. We dropped by five places. Out of 60 countries that are published by the Bloomberg Innovation Index ranking New Zealand is the only country that has dropped by five places. This is the biggest drop. Now New Zealand has the lowest ranking since the Bloomberg Innovation Index ranking started. When Labour came in we were at 18—yes when we left office we were at 18 and now we are at 29. That's what they have delivered. These international rankings matter—yes they matter—because these international rankings are important for us to attract international investment. We are a small country; we need people from other countries investing in research and development here. We need that investment to support our entrepreneurs here in New Zealand. We also want to see that more people are able to collaborate with other researchers and entrepreneurs overseas and these rankings matter because when you go out to collaborate with other scientists or innovators they want to collaborate with somebody who is at that equal level. But New Zealand doesn't look like it's doing well because if you see the countries that are behind New Zealand now in this recent innovation index ranking—no it's not looking good. These innovation index rankings clearly show the health of our economy and the ability of our economy to support innovation and it's not looking good. I want to give a message to Shane Jones. Shane Jones is repeatedly making comments that are directed to stigmatise the Indian community. I want to say to Shane Jones: stop targeting the Indian community. Our Kiwi Indian community is feeling unwanted; they are feeling isolated from the rest of the country. I say to Shane Jones: stop creating racism for your political gain—yes stop creating racism for your political gain. Thank you Mr Speaker.