Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH (National) (remote): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I'm coming in from my house in Auckland, having finally had the COVID catch up with me and having some time to recuperate. But we're here to debate Budget 2022—the "backwards Budget", we've called it, because it confirmed that New Zealand is going backwards under this Labour Government faster than ever. The Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson, needed to focus this Budget on helping the squeezed middle to overcome the escalating cost of living crisis and to stop Kiwis falling further and further behind, but it is clear he has failed. Instead, what we've seen is the "backwards Budget" of 2022.