Smith Nick; Rurawhe AdrianHon Dr NICK SMITH (National): Thank you Mr Chairman. I too want to comment on Part 1 of this bill and reflect on the extraordinary situation that we are in urgency debating measures announced this morning we've got a Supplementary Order Paper with over 400 clauses in a complex area and it's intended to be law by Saturday and what sort of mickey mouse legislation we have. How do we reasonably expect this Parliament to give proper consideration to hundreds of clauses when MPs have had access only a few hours ago to the legislation we're debating in this committee stage? This specific clause may seem small but it is the $38 billion clause. It's the clause that authorises from Parliament the collection of all income taxes for the new tax year. That impacts on every single New Zealand household—an impacting on all of that $37 billion. I'm one of those that wants to share the view that we should acknowledge about where that tax burden is falling. I hear all the time in the speeches from members of the Government about how unfair and inequitable our society is. Well I want to point out the facts on clause 3 of this bill. It says that the 10 percent of New Zealanders who earn over $100000 a year are going to pay 50 percent of the income tax—10 percent of the people are going to be required under this clause to pay 50 percent of the income tax. To give some sense we've got 50 percent of the population—taxpayers—who are going to be required to pay 13 percent. Now I share with David Seymour the previous speaker a view that we should acknowledge that the heavy lifting of funding Government and Government services is being carried by those people that are working hard doing the overtime earning the income to actually—Chlöe Swarbrick: What about nurses Nick?Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Well actually there are nurses that are earning $100000 a year and I hear a hundred speeches from Green members about how the upper-income earners are not carrying their fair share of the burden. My question for the member for Auckland Central: 10 percent of the taxpayers are paying 50 percent of the tax but have I ever heard that member acknowledge those hard-working New Zealanders that are paying 50 percent of the costs? I would just love to hear the Green Party or any member of the left in Labour acknowledge that over 50 percent of the tax is being paid by over 10 percent of the people. Is that something that the member for Auckland Central or members of Labour—maybe the Minister in the chair the Hon David Parker might acknowledge that huge contribution. The reason it's relevant is because every single day I hear the members of the Green Party and members of the Labour Party saying that these people that are paying 50 percent of the tax bill need to pay more. In fact with this bill we're going to whack all of those people with a whole lot more tax. That's what this bill is all about. What we're going to be ramming on to New Zealanders in the next few days as we debate this bill is more taxes.The last little challenge I'd have for the Minister in the chair the Hon David Parker: I heard word for word Labour members promise No new taxes." I heard the Minister of Finance give an absolute commitment that there would be no more taxes. So why are we under urgency ramming a tax bill through that does the opposite to what Labour members got a mandate for at the general election last year? It is just another example that you can't trust Labour—[Bell rung]CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): The member's time has expired thank you. Before I call the Hon Gerry Brownlee I just want to make a comment on Part 1. There is nothing new in Part 1. It isn't altered by any of the tabled amendments or Supplementary Order Papers. [Interruption] Thus far it hasn't come to my Table. So the debate is only about what's in the bill."