Lees-Galloway Iain: Border Processing (Arrivals and Departures) Levy Bill — First Reading Second Reading In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeLees-Galloway Iain: Border Processing (Arrivals and Departures) Levy Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee[Sitting date: 21 May 2015. Volume:705;Page:3891. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Labour—Palmerston North):Finally we have confirmation from the member Stuart Smith that this is indeed a new tax. It is appropriate—Hon Member: One honest National Party member.IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: Yes we have found the honest National MP—he will not go far. We have sat through this Budget legislation over the last 3 days and many of us have been in the House for a lot of that time. The culmination of the legislation that has been passed through this House demonstrates to New Zealand that this is a Budget of broken promises and sneaky taxes.It is so appropriate that this bill is the finale because this is a bill that passes not only a broken promise but also a sneaky tax. You may be wondering how it does that in light of National’s promise at the last election. The sign I am holding says: “No new taxes”. Read my lips—no new taxes. That is what the National Party members promised to the people of New Zealand at the last election—no new taxes—yet that is exactly what they have done. They have brought legislation to this House in this Budget and introduced a bevy of sneaky little taxes because they cannot find a way into surplus.I will give them points for sincerity though because it says at the top here: “A strong economy means” and then “no new taxes”. So fair enough—they cannot build a strong economy. They have not got the faintest idea how to build a strong economy so that is why we have ended up with a bevy of sneaky little taxes and broken promises. This legislation is all about broken promises and sneaky taxes.I am very concerned about the inflation rate on this tax. When Nicky Wagner and Nathan Guy announced it just a couple of days ago it was going to be around $16 for people coming into the country and $6 to leave—Hon Nicky Wagner: No no.IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY: Do not disagree with me Nicky Wagner because it came from your press release. If you think I am wrong check with the communications team to make sure that your messages are getting through. So she said it would be about $16; today it is $20 or thereabouts. Nicky Wagner is looking confused. Read the Hansard of your own speech Nicky Wagner because this is what you said. It is already $20. That is a 25 percent increase in just a couple of days.This tax is going up faster than Auckland house prices and that is a scary thought. But hey maybe it is not a tax. Maybe Stuart Smith was wrong—no he was not. He is right. He is right—it is a tax. But if we accept for just a second National’s line that it is actually a levy that does not instil an awful lot of confidence because we know what National does with levies. What does it do with the ACC levies? It keeps them artificially high so that it can try to get the books back into surplus. So maybe the fact that it has gone from $16 2 days ago to $20 today to goodness knows what when it is actually implemented is actually about the Government’s plan to build up and overcharge on yet another levy so that it can try to get the books into surplus.We know what this is. It is a departure tax. I want to advise the Government members that we used to have a departure tax at Palmerston North Airport and the people hated it. The people absolutely hated it. They are going to hate this and they are going to see right through it. They are going to know what this is. This is just another broken promise and another sneaky tax from this sneaky National Government.