Smith NickHon Dr NICK SMITH (National): There are three key concerns that I have in respect of the Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Bill the very first bill to be passed under this new Parliament. The first concern is that this is a law that's being passed under urgency and it only arrived yesterday. What an awful precedent we're setting with the very first bill—to ram it through overnight—and I say to all those new members of Parliament whose job it was to come here and scrutinise legislation that they are neglecting their duty. I bet you the bulk of them have not even read the 34 clauses of this bill.My second concern is a lack of respect for the referendum in which New Zealanders rejected the liberalisation of our laws. I have to say to Chlöe Swarbrick and the Green Party that they sound horribly like President Trump in respect of their view of the referendum result. New Zealanders said no to liberalising drug laws and that has not been registered either by the Government or by the Green Party.The third part for me is a contradiction of mandate. There was only one commitment from Labour in their manifesto on the issue of drugs and that was to respect the outcome of the referendum. Andrew Little prior to the election was specifically asked if drug testing would be legalised by a Labour Government. He said it would not and the very first bill we have contradicts that position. Now the key premise on which this bill is based is that people are dying because of impurities in illegal drugs being used at music festivals. Here's the evidence: 392 deaths in Australia from party pills; not one from impurities—not one. Every one of those deaths was caused by the ecstasy the cocaine or the P not from any impurities.My last point is this and it's about priorities. It is a matter of evidence and fact that 107 New Zealanders died last year as a consequence of drug-impaired driving. We on this side of the House have tried and tried and tried to get the Parliament to pass a law to introduce roadside drug testing and the Labour and Green parties have come up with every excuse not to progress that. In contrast there has not been a single death in New Zealand from the use of party pills. We have repeatedly asked at each stage of this debate why the Government is giving enormous priority to ramming through legislation over the issue of party pills when there has been no documented evidence of death in New Zealand but is dragging its feet and doing everything it can to slow the introduction of roadside drug testing something that we know will save dozens of lives—it's costing two deaths every single week. The truth is that this Government is soft on drugs and the contradiction in its approach to the issue of party pills and testing and in respect of the issue of roadside deaths actually says that it's just about its agenda of wanting to soften the laws.My very last point is that I don't doubt that there is a uniformity of concern in this Parliament about protecting young people from the use of drugs. The difference on this side of the House is that we say that actions speak louder than words. Members opposite can say to young people as much as they like Oh we don't really think you should take ecstasy or cocaine or P; it's just that we want to test it to make sure it is safe." Young people are not foolish. They know it is actions that actually speak louder than words and the action of saying that these pills have been tested and they are safe runs a very real risk of increasing harm. I say to members opposite that if there is an increase in use and an increase in fatalities or harm from this bill it will rest on your conscience for rushing through legislation on an issue that poses a very real risk to New Zealand."