11. Police—Resourcing and MethamphetamineSTUART NASH (Labour—Napier) to the Minister of PolicePolice—Resourcing and Methamphetamine11. STUART NASH (Labour—Napier) to the Minister of Police: Does she believe that the Police have enough resources to implement their part of the Prime Minister's 2009 promise to use the full force of the Government's arsenal to confront the P problem" given that P is cheaper and as easy as it was to get in 2008?Hon JUDITH COLLINS (Minister of Police): As the member well knows I am supporting the police to get the resources they need going into the future because I always support our New Zealand Police unlike that member. In terms of meth although there is always more to be done this Government has made excellent progress tackling the problem including just today the announcement of the seizure of an estimated $3 million to $4 million worth of methamphetamine being manufactured in rural Kaukapakapa following a month-long investigation. So actually I would like to take this excellent opportunity to congratulate the police on keeping a further substantial amount of methamphetamine off the streets. Well done the police.Stuart Nash: Does she believe that P being cheaper now than in 2008 means that the war on meth has failed; if not was the Prime Minister wrong when he said that the mark of success would be the price of P going up?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: I have always found that the Prime Minister is never wrong and that is a good piece of advice to give to that member. I would also say that there are two issues when it comes to the price of a product like methamphetamine or any price of any product and that is both demand and supply. According to the New Zealand Health Survey the demand for P has gone down from 2.2 percent of New Zealanders to 0.9 percent.Stuart Nash: I seek leave to table a National Drug Intelligence Bureau document dated 11 July 2006 which shows that the price of methamphetamine has actually dropped since 2008.Mr SPEAKER: I will put the leave. Leave is sought to table that document. It is relatively old. Is there any objection to it being tabled? There is objection.Stuart Nash: Who is right: the Police Commissioner who said that he was "very concerned about the availability of methamphetamine." or the Minister who said to One News recently that she is not concerned?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Obviously we are both right. But I would have thought that my comment would have been about any comments that that member has said and that would be right.Stuart Nash: How can she expect the police to turn around the increase in meth when the police 4-year strategic plan signed off by both the commissioner and her less than 3 months ago forecasts no increase in police numbers?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Quite easily. As I have told that member many times—including members of the media—we are working on a plan for future resources.Darroch Ball: Why under this Government do we have 208 ghost stations where not even one officer on duty could be achieved over four consecutive Fridays and Saturdays?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: I am not aware of any ghost stations. I am certainly aware of some people who do not turn up with their full quota in Parliament but certainly not in the police stations.Darroch Ball: Why under this Government in the first 6 months of 2016 did 73 police locations have no rostered officers in townships like Carterton and Kawakawa?Hon JUDITH COLLINS: Police actually allocate their resources according to demand. Certainly Carterton ever since the wonderful member Mr Ron Mark was the mayor has always been a very good town with a very low crime rate.Darroch Ball: I seek leave to table two documents from the police both under the Official Information Act dated 24 June 2016. The first document has the total number of police officers by location at 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. in December 2015 and January 2016. The second document is the total number of police rostered stations used in the last 6 months.Mr SPEAKER: Those two documents are sourced under the Official Information Act. I will therefore put the leave. Leave is sought to table them. Is there any objection? There is objection."