Rt Hon DAVID CARTER (National): It's a pleasure to have a contribution in the Budget Policy Statement debate and particularly a pleasure to follow on from the Hon James Shaw, who correctly pointed out that the only thing the Government can do in this situation is control expenditure. So I suggest that the Hon James Shaw has a very quick word with his parliamentary colleague—in fact, his Cabinet colleague—the Hon Shane Jones, and starts controlling expenditure, because the revelation yesterday and again in the House today of over $1 million wasted by officials, going around the country, trying to solicit bids for the Provincial Growth Fund, trying to solicit bids for the slush fund developed by New Zealand First—absolute waste of money.