Simmonds Penny; Dean JacquiPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Mr Speaker. I will bring perhaps a slightly different perspective. So I speak in support of the Plant Variety Rights Bill in this its third reading which of course replaces the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 which really hasn't kept up with the changes in plant breeding in technology and in science. Now being so heavily dependent on our wonderful successful world-leading primary sector New Zealand has of course been at the forefront of particularly developing plant species. So this bill is an important one because it supports the industry that really is the heartbeat of this nation. I was pleased to see the Minister the Hon Dr David Clark wearing his Federated Farmers tie although many might—perhaps unkindly—say that that's the only support that this Government has given to any of our New Zealand farmers. However the plant variety rights are an important form of intellectual property rights for our plant breeders providing exclusive rights relating to reproductive materials and of course mainly sought for fruit crops arable and vegetable crops pasture plants ornamental plants and fungi.I think when we're on this important subject it really behoves me to mention and acknowledge those wonderful organisations that we have in New Zealand that help so much with our plant development and that is Lincoln University and Plant and Food Research. While this bill concentrates on the protection of New Zealand intellectual plant property rights I do want to acknowledge what an enormous part both Lincoln University and Plant and Food Research play not only for development in New Zealand but also on the world stage. If I can refer to some recent collaborative research that Lincoln University and Plant and Food Research have been doing with a Netherlands university and a research company and also a Japanese breeding company to identify ways to produce plant seeds that are genetically identical to the parent plant—this is incredibly important work on a world stage and the impact that it will have for subsistence farmers needs to be acknowledged. I really think it's important for us to talk about these things in the House because in the House last night I heard a Green Party member knocking our primary sector loud and clear so it is really important that the people in this House and the people of New Zealand understand just how much the New Zealand primary sector and our research institutes and universities working in that primary sector space contribute not only to the developments that occur in New Zealand but also to the leading science and technology that assists agriculture worldwide and see the impact that this joint research that they are doing will have on subsistence farmers and their ability to produce more food in particularly areas where there is food scarcity. We should be very very mindful of how good our primary sector is. So in the context of this plant variety bill I do want to acknowledge those incredibly important research entities that we have contributing to the development work that we do here in New Zealand and worldwide and I hope that the Green Party will get out of their fairy land and understand how scientific and technologically advanced our agricultural developments are in New Zealand and stop bagging our important primary sector.I know that I've moved a little broader than this Plant Variety Rights Bill in the third reading but it's an incredibly important thing for us to realise how well we apply science and research to our agricultural sector to be world leading. Thank you Madam Speaker.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Terisa Ngobi—five minutes.