Smith NickHon Dr NICK SMITH (National—Nelson): That member Ginny Andersen needs to explain to the people of Hutt Valley why she is breaching her word that she gave to her constituents that on 1 July this year doctors visits would be reduced by $10 per person because trust is at the core of good government. I have not seen since the days of the Lange Government that breached its word over Rogernomics or the Bolger Government that breached its word over the issue of surtax a Government that has so blatantly breached its contract with the people of New Zealand. You see the lesson from that era is that breaking promises is political suicide. The successful Clark and Key Governments understood that and went to extraordinary efforts to ensure that they said what they meant and they did what they said. Let me recite the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's exact words: The cost of visiting a doctor will drop by $10 for every New Zealander on 1 July next year." She didn't just say it once. She and the Labour Party said that thousands of times. It appeared in Labour Party ads. It was used in the leaders' debates.Hon Andrew Little: How many?Hon Dr NICK SMITH: But Mr Little it was electoral fraud. That was electoral fraud because now this Government is saying—he's laughing. It's a laughing matter for Mr Little to tell electors to vote for him on the basis of a policy and then to rat on that word. You see they said "Vote for us and this is what we will do." We're old-fashioned. We think it's like a contract. We think that when you promise electors to do something you should do so. And I am surprised by the giggles the laughs that are occurring opposite because members opposite do not seem to understand the way in which this erodes the trust in our political processes.Now this is the insulting bit. A year ago our Government the National Government made an announcement of reducing doctors visits to $18 for all New Zealanders and Labour within a week promised to outbid—Hon Andrew Little: They got booted out.Hon Dr NICK SMITH: Yes you did. You promised Mr Little to do better and what we now know is on 1 July this year New Zealanders will pay more for going to the doctor than what they would have if National had been Government. Let's look at the track record. In 2011 National promised that it would provide for free doctors visits for under-fives. It said it would do so by 1 September and it did what it said. And when financial circumstances allowed and we had the financial room to extend that to children up to the age of 13 we campaigned in 2014 on doing that and we did what we said. The ink is hardly dry on this new Government. Nine months into office and it's tearing up its pledges to New Zealanders and saying something very simple: New Zealanders cannot trust the word of Jacinda Ardern. Jacinda Ardern will tell you anything to get your vote but when she chairs Cabinet she will go back on her word and back on issues that matter to over 2 million families in New Zealand. So I challenge the next member to get on their feet and to explain why they are breaking their promise why New Zealanders should ever trust the Labour Party again when they can so blatantly—so blatantly—breach their pledge to the people of New Zealand."