Doocey MattMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): I remember a time when this Government used to talk about mental health. Question No. 1 to the Prime Minister today: what actions and policies does she stand beside? Not one mention of mental health. And do you know what is cynical about a Government? It's when they sit on a report for months—a progress report that was critical of their mental health presentation. And do you know when they released it? On Friday. The day of the tsunami warnings and the level 3 lockdown announcements—the progress report of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission that was set up to scrutinise this Government. And let's not forget this Government they rode into power in 2017 on the back of many people's pain on mental health and they promised a lot and they raised expectation and they've failed to deliver.Even the chair of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Hayden Wano said the recently released mental health progress report stated People in the community and on the frontline are concerned at the lack of a visible plan and worry [Government] investment is ad hoc too slow and not targeted in the right areas." The mental health community was quoted in this report saying "You announce money our communities are thankful for money but money's still not gone out. And they keep saying to us 'Well you've got the money'. We've got no money."So it's about time this Government owned up that all they're doing is announcing money; $1.9 billion they announced in Budget 2019—$883 million of that was for Vote Health for mental health services. How much has that Government spent to date? Two hundred million dollars of that. Not only did they fail to deliver they can't even spend the money—announcing new services that they can't deliver. And what we heard today in the select committee with the annual review of the Ministry of Health: skyrocketing waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health services across the country. Here we have underspends of hundreds of millions of dollars while they sit and watch waiting lists for mental health services skyrocket.There we have a Government that raised expectations and failed to deliver to the people of New Zealand. This Government rode into power on the back of pain and mental health for many New Zealanders—promised big raised expectations initiated a $6.5 million inquiry. Thousands of New Zealanders attended those sessions and told their heartfelt stories—38 recommendations. You know how many of them have been implemented?Hon Scott Simpson: How many?MATT DOOCEY: Five—five. And do you know what those five are? An office a commission a strategy a group and a working group. That's the five that have been completed. Where are the new services that you raised expectation for and you promised New Zealanders? The flagship front-line mental health service—$455 million the roll out—where are we two years later? Thirteen percent of GP practices. The GPs are crying out for this service but what do we have? Announcements of funding but failure to deliver. Hundreds of millions of dollars are underspent while waiting lists are skyrocketing.Yet when they get their first progress report from the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission that was criticising their progress the Minister sits on it for months and on a day when we had the tsunami warning a day where Auckland was coming out of level 3 lockdown they push out that report quietly. Where are the patsies on mental health this week? No; crickets—silence. That's why their heads are down because they know they've promised a lot and delivered very little in mental health. Shame on them for promising vulnerable New Zealanders politicising mental health and now when you look like the track record again you've failed to deliver."