McAnulty KieranKIERAN McANULTY (Labour): Well it truly is a delight to stand here and speak on the National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Bill (No 2) and I want to start by acknowledging most of the speakers from the National Party because for once on the whole we've actually said pretty much the same things—pretty much the same things. They have acknowledged that the initial bill was substandard and I want to acknowledge that and good on them for that. We acknowledge that even though you've got to start somewhere—you put proposals out and the select committee process is there to change bills and improve them—this bill has improved because of the solid contribution from most of the National members of the select committee. So on that basis I think that it is a great message yet again for the second bill in a row that the members of this House can work together on matters that are important. Of course you know we have overcome some pretty difficult situations. We have worked together despite having David Bennett as the chair of the Primary Production Committee. That man is so worried about his reputation now that he has cajoled his friends Nathan Guy Todd Muller and I think it was even Matt King who said something nice about him. I've been an MP for two years and I have never heard anyone say something nice about David Bennett. Now all of a sudden the focus comes on the chair of the select committee and three speakers in a row say something nice. Hon David Bennett: Deceitful. KIERAN McANULTY: Mr Speaker is it appropriate for a member of Parliament to call another member deceitful? I'm not sure it is—no. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Are you taking a point of order? KIERAN McANULTY: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. You know we all like a bit of banter in this House. We all like to poke a bit of fun but I think it's a bit unparliamentary to call another member deceitful.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): I didn't hear the comment myself and I don't know who it came from but if a member did use that word then I'd ask him to withdraw. Hon David Bennett: I withdraw. KIERAN McANULTY: Thank you very much. I appreciate that David Bennett. Thank you—thank you. You know it all gets a bit heated in the House so there's rules for a reason. There are rules for a reason. Don't look at David Bennett he's going a bit red—Beetroot Bennett" they call him. Anyway back to the bill. There are some changes in here that have come out of the select committee—and I repeat that that indeed is what the select committee process is for to improve the bill—and the one that I am actually really pleased it has improved is the obligations that were proposed to be on the carriers of livestock. The fact is that when you are in a situation where the country is facing something unprecedented like Mycoplasma bovis and the initial legislation is proven to be inadequate it is actually difficult to know where to start as to how to fix it. The crucial question here is where does responsibility lie when it comes to tracing because that is essentially what we want to do. We want to have a tracing system that everyone has confidence in and one where we can—if it's needed—trace back to the source of an outbreak of some disease like Mycoplasma bovis. But in fairness to both sides of this House the days of finger-pointing around Mycoplasma bovis are long gone. It started when we wanted to bring in a response but very quickly it stopped and I think that's good because both sides of this House recognise that what this Government supported by the Opposition is trying to do with Mycoplasma bovis is something that no other country has done before: eradicate something like that disease which has spread around pretty much the whole country essentially by tracing it back when there are gaps in the system. It is essentially those gaps in the system that this bill is trying to address. So the question that we faced was: where does the responsibility lie? Whose responsibility is it to ensure that at the point of cartage which is the key element here where it's tracing for the moving around of livestock—at what point in that transaction does responsibility lie? The question was floated: should it lie on the transport operators? We got submissions. I had submissions in my office in Masterton the most compelling of which was from Martinborough Transport who came in and said "Look we understand what you're trying to do. You need to pass this bill—it is a good bill—but we don't think it's fair for responsibility to lie on the carriers." and I agreed and actually the members on our side of the House in the select committee once we heard the submissions and heard what the submitters had to say agreed also. So I think it's a good move. It's a good move and it has improved this bill in terms of confidence in the system. We heard Matt King the one-term member from Northland. He said that—[Interruption] Well he's only served one term. He's only served one term. Jeez they're very sensitive aren't they? They are very very sensitive over there. Goodness gracious me! Anyway Matt King—he stood up and he talked about the difficulties—Hon DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I wonder if that member would explain if being a one-term member is more than that member is. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): That's not a point of order. The question is that the motion be agreed to. Those of that opinion—Kieran McAnulty: Mr Speaker—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): There's a vote going on. Sit down. Bill read a second time."