Doocey MattMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): Thank you very much Madam Chair. Look I must admit I did take a bit of time out of the debate. So I just wanted to check back in and see if the Government had backtracked on any other parts of the bill since they told us they weren't going to have a rural strategy. But we heard from the Minister tonight that a few weeks after the select committee where the Labour MPs sat on their hands and didn't say anything he spoke to one of his Labour rural MPs and they said Hey have you thought about putting a rural health strategy in?" And the Minister said "Great idea! I haven't heard of that.—even though I've been in the media saying we're not going to do that." It might have been the morning after a poll I think—the morning after.But well done to rural New Zealanders for standing up and having a voice because rural New Zealanders know that under this bill their voice will be taken away because bureaucrats in Wellington will be deciding healthcare in rural and regional New Zealand. And do you know why the Government backtracked on the rural health strategy? It's because the rural Labour MPs squealed; they felt the pressure of their constituents. And we got told in the House it was Labour that stood up for rural New Zealand. In fact it was actually the Opposition that got this win over the line tonight.This is emblematic of this failed socialist experiment that wants to centralise time and time again—polytech mergers three waters now we've got healthcare and they think that if you just get the title and you just put the word "healthy" in it that will make a difference. Because if you say "healthy" it must be healthy! A bit like fair pay. If you say "fair pay" it must be fair pay! And then they think "Well if you say 'healthy' and just throw money at it"—billions of dollars. But here they were; they invested $1.9 billion—or they announced $1.9 billion; I'm not sure they actually put it in. They announced $1.9 billion and the report came back the scorecard and said "No material improvement for $1.9 billion." Now they're saying "Let's put more money into health and trust us. We will make a difference." The Minister could never state through this whole process one health outcome that would be improved in the first 12 months. So how do we have "healthy" in the title when you can't name one health outcome that will be improved in the first 12 months?And what is the real kick in the guts by this bill in the final debate tonight? I think this Government needs to apologise to the thousands of vulnerable Kiwis that turned up to their mental health inquiry told their traumatic and often personal stories; and yet they turn up and we've got a once-in-a-generation health restructure and they wouldn't put a mental health addictions and wellbeing strategy in. But the submitters called for it. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission said mental health was invisible in this bill. The Mental Health Foundation said not having mental health in it demonstrated the Government's lack of commitment to transforming the mental health system. Every mental health submitter turned up and said "If this bill is about health if this bill is about equity then it's equity when it suits them. What about the population group that has one of the most serious health inequalities: mental health?" People with mental health die 20 years shorter than the average Kiwi. Do we hear of a mental health and wellbeing strategy in this bill? No because Labour knows best!They will centralise the health system. They know best! Their bureaucrats know best! And that's why people in regional and rural New Zealand know exactly what is going to happen because bureaucrats in Wellington don't know what's best for regional and rural New Zealand. And well done them for sticking up tonight and making sure their voices were heard because what it was tonight was electoral pressure; electoral pressure on this Government that's waking up that people are realising they are not doing what they want. And well done to the Opposition for sticking up for regional and rural New Zealanders."