John Boscawen

There is much to commend in this Budget. One only needs to look at the reductions in marginal tax rates, which will drive incentives for New Zealanders to work, save, and get ahead. However, I will talk about the figures buried deep in this Budget that no one wants to talk about. I will talk …

I am motivated to stand up to take a very brief call, because I want to respond to Mr Nash. I notice that Mr Nash is walking closer to Mr William Sio. I suggest that Mr Nash actually have a chat to Mr William Sio because he may or may not be aware that Mr …

I was somewhat saddened to hear the speech from Phil Twyford this afternoon. I had the pleasure of campaigning against him in the North Shore electorate at the last general election. We heard the speech today of a very, very bitter man, and that is very sad. Mr Twyford has staked his reputation on trying …

Thank you, Mr Assistant Speaker—
Chris Hipkins: Here comes a speech on the ETS.
JOHN BOSCAWEN: I will speak on this bill. I had not been intending to speak, but I mentioned to that member’s colleague David Shearer that the speech he gave earlier this evening gave me the inspiration to speak on this bill, the Carter …

There is much to commend in the Budget. In particular, the tax changes that are incorporated into the Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill, which we are discussing this evening, are to be commended.
Let us start with the reduction in the marginal tax rates. There is a significant reduction in marginal tax rates. Those whose annual income …

I congratulate Carmel Sepuloni on her speech, because I think she is absolutely right. She said that we may have a honeymoon period for this Budget. Certainly, the commentators are saying that it is a good Budget, and I think that most New Zealanders perceive it to be a good Budget. But she said that …

What a great place that is to start from, because we have just heard from Mr Norman that the central greatest challenge that we face as a country is climate change. He reminds me of Kevin Rudd, who said just last year that the greatest moral dilemma facing the world was climate change. That is …

This is an impassioned debate. We have just heard an impassioned speech from the Hon Tau Henare, and earlier this afternoon we heard from David Bennett. This is an economic debate. It is a debate about employment. It is a debate about redundancy and redundancy provisions, and those things are very, very important. I think …

Well, we approach things with an open mind, I tell Mr Hipkins, but we are following the logic that Mr Gilmore outlined. He made the point that if we go back to the 1980s and 1990s, we go back to the debate between VHS and Beta. We go back to the debate between Microsoft and …

I was not expecting to take a call at this time but it looked as though the debate on the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products) Amendment Bill might have been coming to a premature close. I will start by saying that unlike many people who have spoken this evening who have acknowledged that …