This is a Labour Government entering its second term in office and it's worth remembering that because we heard very few new ideas in today's Speech from the Throne. In fact, this Government failed to deliver on so many of its promises from three years ago, it was as if someone had picked up a copy of the 2017 Speech from the Throne, blew the dust off it, added a COVID section, deleted the KiwiBuild section, and that's what we heard today. The hardest thing for me today was to keep a straight face while I listened to it. The Labour Government promised in 2017 to address New Zealand's housing, child poverty, and transport issues. And what's happened? Well, they all got worse and that was even before the COVID-19 pandemic. House prices rose 25 percent nationally under the Labour Government before COVID hit, and now it's up to 37 percent. Under Labour, the State house waiting list doubled. It's now trebled. More New Zealanders are becoming victims of crime. The number of children leaving school with basic numeracy and literacy skills is in sad decline. The Prime Minister cannot point fingers in other directions to explain her failures; she must own them. 