Government's new youth employment scheme seen as an admission of failure by the Opposition. John Key and Andrew Little dispute each other's figures, followed by Finance Minister, Bill English, having a similar argument with his Labour shadow, Grant Robertson, over statistics for income inequality. Government introduces colonoscopy figures as a measure of health of the health system. In the General Debate, New Zealand First's women's affairs spokesperson, Tracey Martin, calls on government to fund counselling for rural women.