Andersen GinnyGINNY ANDERSEN (Labour): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. It's great to have the words of both those referendums now available which pretty much put to bed the bulk of the arguments we've heard today about there being uncertainty around where this bill is heading and what the purpose of it is. So what has been frustrating is that through the course of the debate on this bill—and we are now at the third reading—we have had the same two issues raised by the Opposition time and time again. I think they may have their taringa turned off because there have been several responses from this side to explain the two main issues. The first being why is this bill time limited? And the second being where are the words for the referendum? So now that we have answers to both of those I look forward to the sheer moral panic and cries of the unconstitutional nature of this bill that are completely unfounded. What we have is a bunch of panic monkeys that are really quite fixated on trying to make a problem out of absolutely nothing. It is interesting to see that the lead primate in this area has in fact returned from Nelson so it's great to see that we'll have even more rigour in this debate as the freelancer has returned to discuss how much New Zealand's constitution will be brought into disrepute as a result of New Zealanders being able to vote Yes or No on two very important issues. Just to reiterate for the umpteenth time let's go over the two key issues and the responses to those issues for the benefit of those New Zealanders at home so they will not be unnecessarily panicked by the false words being uttered from the other side. The first one is around why this bill is time limited. It's really important to state that the Government has committed to holding a referendum on legalising the personal use of cannabis alongside the 2020 general election. As we all know there has also been a bill passed in this House that enables New Zealanders to now vote on the End of Life Choice Act. The reason why this bill is time limited is that a far more comprehensive piece of policy work review and legislation would be required which would be far more complex than the current bill and that would take far more time and it would risk New Zealanders not being able to have their say on this in the next general election. And that's it—that's it. No Matt King there is no ulterior motive or wider agenda here. It's to enable New Zealanders to have a vote on two key issues of which I'm sure there is a great level of interest in New Zealand to be able to do so. So if we want to be able to proceed without doing quite an extensive piece of work from the legislative framework required to review things like the Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000 and the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993 it would also need to have all of those issues addressed. By doing this and having it time limited it still leaves room for that wider piece of work to be done in the long term. And that can be done. The second issue that's been raised as well is that we don't have the wording for the referendum available. It's great to see that in fact we do. Let's read it out now. It says Do you support the proposed Cannabis Legislation and Control Bill?" And you say "Yes I support the proposed Cannabis Legislation and Control Bill." or "No I do not support the proposed Cannabis Legislation and Control Bill." They are the words that will be in the upcoming referendum at the next 2020 general election.Attached to that will also be a draft bill that is able to be viewed and commented on and also a very interesting informative website where people can log on right now—it's live—and find out further information about how that operates. So I am lost to understand why there is an issue here. We have a good healthy thriving democracy that is able to go out and exercise their vote in the next general election alongside two key issues that every single New Zealander who is 18 years or over can now vote on including prisoners who are in prison for under three years as well—thank you very much. It will be up to New Zealanders to vote on and I think it's incredibly important that we have the opportunity for these debates. By having all that information up front by enabling New Zealanders to go into the election informed about the referendums the Government is committed to a well-informed impartial referendum process and therefore Madam Speaker I commend—Mr Speaker; sorry you've changed.SPEAKER: Well I haven't changed.GINNY ANDERSEN: I commend this bill to the House."