Butterick MikeMIKE BUTTERICK (National—Wairarapa): Good evening Madam Speaker. I previously spoke about what this bill was really about. Firstly it was about risk and management of it should a mass arrival occur—that risk that could potentially manifest itself as a threat to our own national security and also the risk that could very well be a reality to those that may arrive. I also talked about due process and the need to have a fair and equitable process in place and about the need to have a plan to enable timely access to legal advice to allow for fair representation and applications to be considered and I also spoke about how this Government is practical and sensible enough to change our position. We'd previously held a position of opposition to this bill. However once we were able to access what was previously considered confidential information we did change our position and now support this bill.Although there's a low likelihood of mass arrivals to New Zealand we're living in a false paradise to assume that a mass arrival won't occur. Who are we kidding? You've only got to look at what's happening around the world—the political unrest the conflicts the persecution—and you very quickly realise that there is an elevated risk of a mass-arrival event occurring here and a failure to anticipate and plan for this would be a mistake. A failure to plan would simply be a plan to fail.This bill's not about imprisonment or incarceration as some members on the other side of the House would have us believe; nor is it about saying that immigrants are dangerous to this country. I'd reiterate the value that immigrants add to our communities and to our economy with the culture and the values that they bring with them and I'd acknowledge all that they add—certainly in the many recent visits I've had in the Wairarapa in the Tararua in the Hawke's Bay with many many groups. They've been nothing short of inspirational and I'm incredibly privileged to have been welcomed into their families their lives and their communities.This bill is not about scaremongering and misinformation. It's about one thing only: having sensible pragmatic legislation that allows us to have a balance—a balance between detaining any mass arrivals while ensuring they also have a right to access legal advice and representation to support their applications.I spoke previously about allowing extra time. That's not a negative; it's common sense. This bill is about protecting those arrivals' rights along with ours and having a right to put forward a case to remain in New Zealand—again in the unlikely event of a mass arrival. The current time frames are entirely impractical. Security and health-screening checks are likely to need significantly more time to complete and allowing more time will ensure that judicial decision makers are afforded all the information that they need to make a fair and considered decision which has taken into account every relevant piece of information.To finish I'd like to reiterate that whilst initially as a party we didn't support this amendment bill we've made sure to now expedite this process. As my colleague Carl Bates mentioned before the previous Government that introduced this bill had the means to pass it and had the ability to deliver it into law but they didn't. Well we will deliver it. We are the Government of delivery. We'll finish the job. We're back on track. I commend this bill to the House.