Hayes JoJO HAYES (National): Thank you Madam Chair. I want to carry on from where Dr Shane Reti spoke about suitable persons because when we look into our prisons we see 51 percent of our prisons are made up of Māori. When we start to dive down into those statistics we find 40 percent of those prisoners that are in jail have had some relationship to or some criminal background in marijuana and the misuse of drugs.So I stand quite shocked really at how wide and how loose this bill is. We need to have really strong standards around this bill. Why? It's because it is too open for it to be taken and misused amongst our population. I've listened to the location of where the growing of medicinal cannabis will take place the distribution the manufacture. I believe that strong licensing does need to actually occur. In many of the industries that I have partaken in there is a lot of licensing regime around the way that an organisation operates and this should not be any exception.When I look at some of the comments that were made by the Minister David Clark towards Dr Shane Reti I felt that he insulted the integrity and the qualifications of Dr Reti and the work that he has done in this Supplementary Order Paper 178 to do with the eligibility and suitability of responsible persons. I feel that it was uncalled for. I think that for our caucus Dr Reti gave us a very good oversight into this bill and where we should be going with it and this Government should actually take note of some of the things that he has actually said.I think that it's one of those bills where this Government once again is saying Trust us. We're from the Government; we know what we're doing." Well I'm afraid they don't know what they're doing. This is highly dangerous. I listened to the contribution from the Hon Michael Woodhouse around drug-driving and the way that—you know it's like everything; you push one button and then there is one of those concertina effects that goes right throughout the industry. Drug-driving along with drunk-driving is one of the worst things that happens on our roads and people that are caught drug—well as the Hon Michael Woodhouse says if the person dies then it is found THC is in their blood.So all of these things once this bill gets across the line—which I believe it will because we don't have the numbers to actually bat it back. We don't have the numbers to bat it back but I know that the people of this country are looking at this side of the House to actually make sure there are strict regimes around the suitability and eligibility of a responsible person. I look at the very areas that I come from and the results that marijuana has had on my family within the community that I come from—the results of that. This to me is going to open a gap for those that think that they can get in there to grow marijuana for medicinal purposes. I believe that we need to actually put some very strict criteria around that.All the criteria around who should not be involved in this industry are clearly stated in clause 5. However there are some areas within this bill that do not speak about the duration of the licence. How long should a person or an organisation hold a licence for? What are the criteria around the modification of those licences as time goes by? These are some of the questions that I'd like the Minister to answer. How does one apply? How long is the licence for? What is the regime for modification of those licences and who will do that? We're all talking about the Director-General of—I assume—Health that will take on this role but at the end of the day we need a broader group of people that are going to be part and parcel of this licensing regime.When I look at the areas around storage undertaking activities in a specific location which I covered slightly and the cancellation of a licence—what are the rules around the cancellation of a licence? I don't think that the Minister has actually traversed this area well. Thank you."