Doocey Matt; Robertson GrantMATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. Happy New Year. I rise on behalf of the National Party in the debate on the Prime Minister's statement where I rise in support of the Leader of the Opposition—the leader of the National Party Christopher Luxon—with his motion That all the words after 'That' be deleted and replaced with 'this House has no confidence in this Government that returns to Wellington at the start of each year with more promises it has no intention of keeping and fails to deliver.' "I do want to start with one acknowledgement and that's for Hon Grant Robertson. I want to thank him from taking time out from his ivory tower in the Beehive to come down and listen to me and this important speech today. I also want to say: 2022—game on. National is back and it starts this year. This is a Government that is tired. This is a Government that has run out of ideas. This is a Government that is increasingly out of touch—a Government that is a failed socialist experiment; that wants to run the country out of Wellington. It's intrinsic in this Government's DNA. It's about running the country out of the beltway of Wellington. Bureaucrats know best.Whereas on this side of the House we know different. We back hard-working Kiwis who this year—in 2022—need a Government that will back them. And the first thing I'd raise: what a kick in the guts to South Islanders. What a kick in the guts this Prime Minister's statement was to Cantabrians to mainlanders—what was in it for them? Look at regional roads. What was announced for the South Island? Zip de nada zilch forgotten. South Islanders are fleeced and forgotten paying exorbitant rates at the petrol stations exorbitant rates through their road user charges and they're fleeced and forgotten as this Government raids the National Land Transport Fund yet again for their pet projects in Auckland while Cantabrians and mainlanders have to sit back and take it.Look at a regional road in my electorate: the Woodend Bypass announced by the National Government in 2017. This Government came in and cancelled it. Traffic volumes have increased 25 percent in that time—a State highway that runs through a small town that's got a primary school on one side of it. And you know what's galling? When I asked New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) about the latest update they said there's no commitment to it. The Woodend Bypass would have cost—it was costed by NZTA at $120 million—$120 million yet these guys have wasted $50 million on consultants for light rail another $50 million on a business case that will go nowhere $50 million on consultants for the cycleway. That's $150 million this Government has wasted on consultants. That could have paid for the Woodend Bypass to keep my constituents safe.This is a Government of wastage. They're fleecing and forgetting hard-working South Islanders. What did we hear about three waters today? Crickets. And they all keep their head down. Zip. De nada. Erica Stanford: It's not a winner.MATT DOOCEY: Exactly. Erica Stanford said "It's not a winner." because they know three waters has gone down like a cup of cold sick. In Waimakariri 95 percent of ratepayers are opposed to it. This is an asset grab. These guys will forcibly seize community-owned assets this year because they know best. Running New Zealand out of the beltway—bureaucracy before New Zealanders. This is 2022. New Zealand is waking up to this blind ideology of this failed socialist Government. Centralisation Labour knows best ride roughshod over local people.And probably one of the worst parts of the Prime Minister's statement when she said "We have made progress on building mental health services in New Zealand." Three years ago they announced a front-line mental health service. It's only rolled out to 28 percent of GPs after three years—at a time of a pandemic where there's increased mental distress. That's 72 percent of GP practices that are not providing the new front-line mental health service after three years. They announced a free counselling service for 18- to 25-year-olds years ago. It hasn't gone past Greater Wellington yet. One authority out of the dozens in New Zealand.And then of course there's the mental health facility rebuilds. And yeah David Clark he's putting his head down because he knows where this is going: 2018 2019 not one is opened. Do you know what? Not one's even got a shovel in the ground. They had budgeted $443 million; they haven't even spent $18 million of that yet. It's about 5 percent they're all still in the design stage. A year ago Health Minister Hon Andrew Little said he was extraordinarily frustrated so he had a review. You know what he did? He asked his mate Grant Robertson to hold a review with the implementation unit. They came back and said "Oh good progress. Good progress."We're seeing in New Zealand in our young people research out of the Auckland University last year reported higher rates of young people trying to access eating disorders as a direct result of the pandemic. The Ministry of Health released data for last year which showed a disproportionate increase of antidepressant prescribing amongst our young people in the first year of the pandemic. The St John annual report released last week: disproportionate increase in under-14s calling up with suicide attempts and mental health. Australia is calling it a "shadow pandemic". In the UK they are saying they cannot respond to the increased waiting times. The surgeon general in America has warned of the devastation of young peoples' mental health caused by the pandemic.I wrote to Andrew Little highlighting this a week ago saying "Let's get the best people around a table: young people with lived experience advocates academics researchers mental health professionals." Zip de nada zilch nothing. We are facing a tidal wave of mental distress in our young people caused by the pandemic and this Government is sitting on its hands. It needs to respond urgently—to understand and leave no stone unturned; how we look at every new idea every development every innovation that will open up access and decrease waiting times for young people in this time of a pandemic.And yes the Prime Minister says "Oh we've provided mental health support for small business." Well I'll tell you about that because on 15 September Radio New Zealand ran a story when I called on the Government—I gave them the policy: a $10 million mental health small business policy to be delivered through BusinessNZ. Hon Stuart Nash came out said "We're not planning a specific fund for this." Two months later they came kicking and screaming and finally announced a policy for our small business owners.Fine they've pinched my idea. But the thing is we could be doing it now. We could be responding now. This Government is becoming increasingly tone-deaf. They are out of touch. Name one Minister that's been in to North Canterbury let alone the Prime Minister. None in four years. They do not get out of Wellington. And in the Prime Minister's statement once again—like 2021—we start the year in 2022 with a kick in the guts for mainlanders. Nothing in it for them and a Government that wants to run the South Island from Wellington.Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Deputy Prime Minister): I move That this debate be now adjourned.Motion agreed to.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): This debate is adjourned and is set down for resumption next sitting day. Members the time has come for me to leave the Chair for the dinner break. The House will resume at 7 o'clock this evening.Sitting suspended from 17.59 p.m. to 7 p.m."