For those migrants looking for a pathway to live and work permanently in New Zealand, they were disheartened by the suspension of the expression of interest programme, which closed off the skilled migrant category of residency. There are now more than 7,000 people waiting in that queue, and it's growing rapidly and going absolutely nowhere fast—talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Given that application wait times for just the existing skilled migrant category applications can exceed two years and is most likely getting worse, I think the Minister needs to be upfront to those waiting in the queue. Will they actually ever have their applications looked at, let alone processed to completion—I find it hard to imagine—or will the Minister have to face a reality of the calamity that he himself has caused? 