General Debate

Every Wednesday we come along here in the hope that Opposition members will want to talk about matters of import. They never want to talk about matters of importance to the country. Their latest example is that they want to talk about the timing of a press release. They flatter themselves hugely at the thought that the Government actually bothered to think about them in terms of timing its press release this afternoon. They absolutely flatter themselves. What is their view on Auckland governance?

💬 Mr SPEAKER: I apologise for interrupting the member. I cannot hear what the member is saying. I believe there is public interest in hearing what the Minister of Transport has to say on this matter and I think there should be a little reasonableness in the interjections. I do not blame members for wanting to interject, but there should be some reasonableness because we want to hear what the Minister has to say. At least, that is what I thought the member wanted when he wanted an urgent question. So let us hear what the Minister has to say.

Debate interrupted.