SpeechBRETT HUDSON (National): Thank you Madam Speaker. I'll just address a couple of the issues that were raised over the course of this debate and then I'll finish with an acknowledgment.An early speaker mentioned that this bill wasn't comprehensive enough. Perhaps that member hasn't been around sufficiently long to realise that most members' bills are in fact very tightly defined on to specific issues. But I'd also note for that member and his colleagues that the Government claimed themselves to put up a comprehensive firearms bill recently and never has there been I think in the history of this Parliament a so-called comprehensive bill which missed the mark so widely because all it did was place more rules regulation and cost on law-abiding firearms and do little of real substance around genuine criminals and gangs.What little it did do actually remarkably enough—because a number of their members have said about licences and Gang members don't have firearms licences"—they actually included the provision that we had in our firearms prohibition orders bill that being a member of a gang or an associate a prospect are grounds to be denied a licence. So they felt it important enough to include that. We actually agreed with that particular provision.The heart of the bill is not about licences and whether the gang member is licensed or not; the heart of the bill is saying that if the Commissioner of Police believes that a prohibition order should be in place that person if they possess or are near a firearm are subject to very very stiff penalties. The nature of the prohibition orders helps the police with thresholds to undertake search and seizure powers that they possess. I just want to finish on the element of contributions with Mr Seymour and I thank ACT for their support. I just make a note on his comment about locking these people up and what does it achieve—well it certainly achieves fewer victims over those many years that they would spend in incarceration. On the point of the criminal proceeds I noted recently a video circulating of a new motorcycle club—Mongrel Mob motorcycle club of all things—in Hawke's Bay. I looked at this row of Harleys and I suspect that each one of those would probably meet the threshold for the current law around criminal proceeds. But you know should good fortunes return us in a position to have that meaningful discussion Mr Seymour I'd be very happy to discuss with ACT the idea of looking at that particular Act as well. I just want to finish off with a second acknowledgment of New Zealand First and their decision to place public safety ahead of politics. I acknowledge the comments that Mr Mark made but I acknowledge also his caucus colleagues for agreeing to progress this bill to select committee. As I said in my first contribution there are things that will need to change partly because of course the Government themselves have put a bill through that changes section numbers amongst other things. There are things that we could look at to further improve and to satisfy all parties that would be in the 53rd Parliament where we can. But this is a measure that is important to add to the tool box—not to replace things not to fix entire systemic issues but an additional tool in the tool box for police to help keep New Zealanders safer. I thank and congratulate ACT for their support but also particularly New Zealand First for signalling theirs. I commend this bill to the House."