McDowall JamesDr JAMES McDOWALL (ACT): Thank you Mr Speaker. Well that was a pretty confusing contribution there. But nevertheless I thank all members for their contributions and airing their views. That's what it's all about that we can have this free debate without restriction. It's too bad that you know perhaps some of these views would not be allowed on university campuses which is actually what this bill is about.I just want to thank National Party speakers in particular. As Penny Simmonds said of course the existing legislation should be enough to deal with this issue. We should not have to debate this. But the reality is we do. De-platforming does happen under very bizarre pretences sometimes. The previous speaker Ingrid Leary spoke about where is the line? Well there already is a line in law with criminal activity and incitement to commit violence. These things already exist. One of the examples was somebody being racially abused which is horrendous but they were attacked physically attacked. Well obviously this bill has absolutely nothing to do with that. So I think the irony of most—if not all—of the Labour Party speeches is just the sheer quantity of misinformation coming from those benches.I want to further just point out because I think it's quite important people spoke tonight particularly on that side about terrorism about shootings. Several speakers spoke of the mosque terrorist attack in Christchurch the actions of a deranged individual who came here from Australia who never actually attended a New Zealand university. Somehow this bill will make others do something similar or had something to do with that. I think the comparison—and also talking about shootings in the United States—is utterly ridiculous and pretty disgusting actually. It probably falls under their own guidelines of what hate speech might be so anyway.All the talk of people feeling potentially unsafe and then people shouldn't be allowed to spread falsehoods on university campuses these are ideas. Who decides what is true information what is false information and what we need to regulate or don't. That's the point of a contest of ideas is that you can actually air these out. They do say sunlight is the best disinfectant.This bill is not about enabling bullying. It is to rein in bullying from university coordinators and vice chancellors who enforce their world view on students. I think it was Shanan Halbert I believe—the Kate Sheppard example was spoken about given I mentioned it earlier and the Springbok tour. Shanan pointed out that they didn't need these laws. Well look times have changed. Things have changed. Speech's actually gotten worse—well the freedom of speech has gotten worse in many aspects of our society. Again another Labour MP spoke of white supremacy an event in Hamilton at a community centre. They declined to host them. Well again a comparison to a university is just not there. You know it is misinformation I'm sorry.What I would say in the time that I have again I respect the views of everyone. I think there was some good contributions but also some very strange ones that were borderline defamatory as to my motivations behind this bill. I would say that we are creating a cohort of young people who are hypersensitive and no longer daring no longer prepared to basically think of the unthinkable. They're deprived of intellectual rigour and freedom on campuses. This was a chance to actually address that and put it through to select committee perhaps and actually take this seriously.David Seymour: They could still change their mind.Dr JAMES McDOWALL: They could change their minds you're right.So we shouldn't forget that universities are there to provide us with scientists doctors lawyers teachers and so on. They are not there to provide us with State-sponsored political activists. So it is a shame that the bill is most likely coming to its end now. But I'm glad that we had this debate. It seems I have potentially touched a nerve or two and started some sort of culture war; at least there's a culture war going on on that side. Anyway that's all for me. Thank you.