Smith NickHon Dr NICK SMITH (National): I want to speak to the amendment that's been moved in my name and tabled because I think it's important particularly when we are being asked to rush legislation through the Parliament that we keep it to the very narrow purpose that has been publicly stated. And if you look at the press release in the Minister's name if you look at both newspaper articles and media coverage this bill is meant to be all about providing for drug- and substance-checking services specifically for summer music festivals or concerts; yet this very part provides no such limitation. It says that the drug-testing service could be provided on Trafalgar Street on any day of the week or any other part of New Zealand.The reason I'm concerned is because when I hear the advocate for this bill Chlöe Swarbrick of the Green Party she makes absolutely plain that she indeed believes that this drug-testing service should be equally available for the P dealer or the meth dealer or the cocaine dealer that are selling drugs in our communities every day of the week and not just at music festivals and concerts. And so I seek the support of the committee for an amendment that ensures the bill only does what we say it would do and that is that this is solely a narrow bill that is going to provide for the testing of drugs at music festivals and concerts. Shouldn't we put in the legislation what we said?If that is the area that the Government and the parties that are supporting it around specifically providing that drug-testing service where there may be some level of risk let's do as we say and constrain Part 1 specifically to the issue of providing music festivals or concerts. Or is this really a Trojan Horse? Is this really about providing a far wider drug-testing service? David Seymour: He's on to them.Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Well I'd be interested does the ACT Party—is it your party's intent that for the dealer of cocaine or meth or ecstasy in Auckland Nelson Christchurch Dunedin—if you accept the logic that drug-testing services make things safer at the music festival do you accept the logic of the Green Party that equally it would make it safer if the drugs that are purchased anywhere else is also tested for impurities?David Seymour: Where could this informed choice thing go?Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Well indeed I would fear to know how liberal that party might go. But I'm just old fashioned and say that we should do as we say. If the press release says it's about music festivals and concerts if the members opposite in every one of their speeches says it's about solely providing this service at music festivals and concerts the explanatory note of the bill specifically says it's about providing testing at festival venues and for festival organisers well if that's what we're saying publicly let's do that with the law. Let's limit the testing service to those specific music festivals or concerts where people are concerned that there is risk.So I invite the Government who has used those specific phrases in its press releases and its comments and the explanatory note and the other parties who have all referred to that being a concern I invite them to support my amendment to clause 35DJ that says that a service provider will be limited to providing that service at such music festivals or concerts. And if members from the ACT Party or Labour or the Greens are not going to support that amendment in my name could they please provide an explanation as to why they want the broader testing service available?My view is that this country has a serious problem with drugs like meth not just at music festivals actually right through our country that we should not be providing the testing service for the general dealing in those drugs that we should limit it solely to those music festival events and I seek the support of the House for the amendment in my name that does just that.