Macindoe TimHon TIM MACINDOE (National—Hamilton West): Kia ora e Te Mana Whakawā. This is an important bill. I say that as the MP for Hamilton West in whose electorate the office of the Waikato District Health Board (DHB) is situated and of course the hospital is in my electorate overlooking the wonderful Hamilton Lake. But this debate and the one that has proceeded it this evening is an absolute disgrace and an insult to New Zealanders.Here tonight we see a Government that is absolutely out of control and has lost control over its own legislative agenda as a result of which they are padding out this evening a debate over which there is no opposition for which there has been a thorough explanation. And the only reason they are doing that—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): The member needs to come to the bill.Hon TIM MACINDOE: Mr Speaker I am commenting on the fact that this debate—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): No you're giving a commentary on the last debate and this debate. We're debating the bill so the member should turn his attention to the content of the bill. Thank you.Hon TIM MACINDOE: I certainly am doing that sir. I do want to thank the Minister because last night I asked him a series of questions when we went through the committee stage of this bill and the Minister did listen carefully and paid me the courtesy of responding to the questions that I put to him which were principally about the process.The reason I asked those questions was because I know it is important not only to my own constituents but to the people within my region that they understand how we've come to this point and why this decision has been made and that they are able to receive the assurance they are looking for that the democracy that we are not going to have in this year's local body election will be restored. So I thank the Minister for those answers and I do think he gave us a very thorough explanation. What however he failed to note was the fact that—as both the Hon Michael Woodhouse and Dr Reti have already commented tonight—under his administration deficits being faced by district health boards are out of control and the services that many are providing are falling woefully behind where they used to be when we had health targets that they all had to be accountable for in meeting. So this is a very serious worry.So I look forward to hearing that the commissioner who is widely respected—and I acknowledge Dr Karen Poutasi and our new chief executive Dr Kevin Snee who's coming up from your area Madam Speaker to join us and we look forward to welcoming him—and all of those who serve us in that region will be able to turn things around and ensure that the Waikato DHB is able to function well and deliver the services that we all expect. I want to acknowledge again Derek Wright who's done an outstanding job as the acting chief executive and all his team at Waikato Hospital. But of course a DHB is not a hospital board; it's a district health board. So I also acknowledge all those in the area of providing primary care right throughout all aspects of the health system. They serve us well in our region. They're not being served well by this debate tonight and I do look forward to being able to vote for our DHB again in 2022.