HELEN WHITE (Labour): It's a pleasure to speak on this bill, particularly after the passionate speech by Nicola Willis, because it does give me a little bit of material to work with. The first thing I must repeat from previous speeches that I have made is that it just strikes me every time that the speeches that come from the Opposition at the current time just utterly lack positive vision and leadership. When I hear those kinds of comments about emergency housing, I can't help but ask the obvious question that most New Zealanders will be asking: what possible excuse was there for leaving people in cars? For ignoring the fact that we had families at maraes, in haphazard dangerous situations, because they didn't have a plan at all? What was the possible consequence of that? What the consequence was was a mess. That is what Labour has been cleaning up. It's been cleaning up a mess created by a total lack of leadership and vision for quite a considerable length of time.