Kaye NikkiHon NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central): I am very pleased to take a call on this piece of legislation but I do take a call on this legislation and say that I am the most deeply conflicted that I have ever been in nine years as a member of Parliament. Can I acknowledge Chlӧe Swarbrick and can I acknowledge Julie Anne Genter. You've done amazing work. You're intelligent passionate and strong women and thank you for the work that you've done on this legislation.Can I also acknowledge the National caucus. One of the reasons that I am a National member of Parliament is I deeply believe in freedom. As many people within the public gallery will know while this is not a conscience vote for us we have been given the ability to vote for this legislation if we want to. So let me put that on the record this evening.I want to mention that as well because I do want to make reference to the waka-jumping legislation. I say it not to be political but to say that one of the most beautiful aspects of this House is to see conscience votes in train or to see the freedom of MPs to healthily debate issues. And one of the reasons I'm a member of my party is because we have through conscience votes on local issues—whether it's me standing up on Great Barrier mining or issues like this—the freedom to be accountable for our actions and to speak freely as to what we believe.With that privilege comes huge responsibility. The reason I am deeply conflicted is that on the one hand I have been in severe pain—I've had breast cancer—and the thought that I could possibly deny people who have chronic pain and debilitating illnesses access to potentially medicinal cannabis that could help them is abhorrent to me. However on the other side I have had family members—as I mentioned in my maiden speech—deeply affected by drugs and as a former Minister of Education and Minister for Youth a number of young people came up to me and said that their journey in the criminal justice system started as a result of being addicted to drugs.So I am faced with two bills that have come before this Parliament. Both of them are flawed. One goes too far and one does too little. So that is the dilemma that I have and I actually believe there are many members of Parliament in this House that have the same dilemma. This is why I am conflicted.I want to acknowledge the work that you have done. I will not be voting for the legislation this evening but what I am committed to doing with other members of Parliament—I know from the conversations that I've had in the last 24 hours and I'm not going to cross the floor on a bill that I know even with my vote from the National Party we don't have the numbers for. But what I will do is I will work with Chlӧe Swarbrick I will work with the Prime Minister and I will work with those other members of New Zealand First that want change around those people who have chronic pain or debilitating conditions to provide greater access for either cannabis products or loose leaf.I think we can do that with the existing Government bill and that is what I will be campaigning for. I commit to working with you Chlӧe and other members of the House to try and deliver that. It has been one of the toughest political decisions that I have ever had to make.I want to then finally speak to the people in the gallery but also to the people that are watching tonight. It's very easy to look at parliamentarians and think they don't care. That is not my experience of this place. People do care. There is a pathway through and I'll be fighting for that.