Strange JamieJAMIE STRANGE (Labour): I'm proud to be part of a Government who are taking a lead on this issue around meth. Unfortunately we do have meth in our society—methamphetamine—around 31000 people per year which is 0.8 percent of our population which is certainly very concerning. The Government passed a bill recently—a customs bill—which aims to stop methamphetamine coming into the country. I'm very pleased with the work that was done there supported across the House but the reality is we have methamphetamine in New Zealand. It's important that we work out how we're going to deal with this issue and particularly tonight we're talking about when it relates to housing. There's certainly been a lot of uncertainty among landlords about how to deal with methamphetamine contamination. I'm pleased that this bill provides a practical regime that's flexible enough to address some of these health risks.It is an area that can be fraught at times. I recently had an apartment that I was selling and the person who was planning to buy it asked for a meth test. The meth test was done. It came back saying there was meth in the bathroom.Dr Duncan Webb: Explain that Mr Strange!JAMIE STRANGE: I don't know. I'm not passing any comment but it came back that way. Now we got a second test done. The second test came back negative. So which company is to be believed? Unfortunately landlords have been caught up in this aspect because there are I believe a few cowboys in the meth industry. In a way they're fleecing the landlords because they're doing a test and they're saying the landlords then have to rip off all of the Gib from the building when in reality they may not have to.So it's important that there's some certainty here for landlords because it's an asset that the landlords have. I've mentioned previously that I've been a landlord myself. As landlords we want to look after that asset. As tenants tenants deserve to live in a house or an apartment that is healthy and that doesn't have methamphetamine in there. So it's important that this bill is before the committee tonight to bring that certainty.I do have a question for Minister Faafoi which is about the regulation of these meth tests. How do we know which companies are to be trusted and which aren't and what's happening in that space or what maybe has happened in that space in order to bring about that certainty there? Because there is no doubt that some landlords have been fleeced in this area.This is a bill that we are taking very seriously. In fact there are I believe six Ministers in the House tonight and that's just a sign of—Andrew Bayly: Seven.JAMIE STRANGE: Oh seven Ministers. That's a sign of how important we're taking this bill because methamphetamine is a blight on our society and we are taking this bill seriously—[Interruption] I do wonder how many former Ministers are present. Any former Ministers? I'm not sure there are any but we are taking this bill incredibly seriously tonight. And that's just an example of that.So the bill inserts definitions of contaminant methamphetamine which is defined as a contaminant. There are just a couple of aspects there: that the landlord must comply with all requirements in respect of contaminants imposed by regulations. Here's the key point: to not provide premises to the tenant if the landlord knows that the premises are contaminated until they have been decontaminated. For the Minister just sort of following on from that question before: where is the certainty around and the regulation for landlords to know that the company that they use is a trusted company—that the results are genuine? There might be an example of what happened to me previously where meth was recorded by one company and not recorded by another. So just adding that aspect to it; I'd just appreciate a comment from the Minister because that certainly adds to that aspect of certainty which is really what this bill is all about. I'm very proud that the Government are taking a stance on this issue of meth. Thank you.The question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 254 in the name of the Hon Kris Faafoi to Part 2 be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Part 2 as amended agreed to.ScheduleThe question was put that the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 254 in the name of the Hon Kris Faafoi to the Schedule be agreed to.Amendments agreed to.Schedule as amended agreed to.Clause 1 agreed to.Clause 2The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 254 in the name of the Hon Kris Faafoi to clause 2 be agreed to.Amendment agreed to.Clause 2 as amended agreed to.Clause 3 agreed to.Bill to be reported with amendment presently.