Smith NickHon Dr NICK SMITH (National—Nelson): Thank you Mr Speaker. The Minister of Finance in Opposition said Judge performance by GDP per capita." The truth and the fail mark for that Minister is that every year that he has been Minister our country has gone backwards and it has gone to the lowest level in more than a decade.But this afternoon I want to talk about déjà vu of a slow-motion train wreck of another Labour Government over big secret donations to Mr Peters. We have a Deputy Prime Minister who has been caught out not complying with our electoral laws—SPEAKER: Order!Hon Dr NICK SMITH: —now lashing out—SPEAKER: Order! The member will resume his seat when I stand. The member knows that he cannot accuse a member in that way. He knows that he cannot. I'm listening very carefully to him as I listened to the member before and the Standing Orders will be applied strictly including to that member.Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I seek clarity Mr Speaker.SPEAKER: No the member will continue his speech.Hon Dr NICK SMITH: The language I used was identical to—SPEAKER: Order! Order! I said the member will continue his speech.Hon Dr NICK SMITH: The Electoral Commission has concluded that Mr Peters did not comply with our electoral laws.SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member will resume his seat. The member will withdraw that statement unless he can provide me with the writing in writing to that about that member of the House naming that member. If he cannot he will withdraw and apologise.Hon Dr NICK SMITH: I withdraw and apologise. The New Zealand First Party has been found by the Electoral Commission to have not complied with our electoral rules and he is now lashing out with ugly attacks on the media on his own previous party officials on the Opposition and even on respected institutions like our Electoral Commission. The worst part of this whole debacle is that neither the Prime Minister nor any member opposite will stand up for the core Kiwi values that underpin our democracy.Now Grant Robertson has made mention of the issues involving Jami-Lee Ross. I'll totally observe the ruling that you have just made Mr Speaker but here's the interesting part: why did the Labour Party substitute on to the Justice Committee on the issues of electoral law that member when such serious conduct was in question? And why does the Labour Party continue to exercise the vote for that member when frankly every member of this House—SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member will resume his seat. It's not generally the rule that the Speaker intervenes on matters of fact but when someone is making an allegation as to who is exercising votes in the House it is the obligation of the members to tell the truth. The member will—Hon Dr NICK SMITH: The whips for the Labour Party have been exercising the votes for that member. But let's go back to—SPEAKER: No. Look again it is not my role to make sure that the member observes the facts but when he is making incorrect statements—and he knows he's making incorrect statements—Hon Dr NICK SMITH: No he doesn't.SPEAKER: Well the member has been in the House hundreds of times when votes have been exercised for Jami-Lee Ross and if he cannot tell the difference—the member will resume his seat.Hon Dr Nick Smith: You're running a protection racket.SPEAKER: I call the next member.Hon Dr Nick Smith: Oh Mr Speaker. Point of order Mr Speaker.SPEAKER: No I've terminated the member's speech.Hon Shane Jones: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. The House has sat and tolerated that member blaming the New Zealand First Party not accurately reflecting that it is the foundation that is being studied. Secondly he has misrepresented—SPEAKER: No. Order! The member will resume his seat OK? I have dealt with Dr Nick Smith. He has made an exceptionally unparliamentary reference to me and I have terminated his speech. Is there another member who wants the call?"