Lorck AnnaANNA LORCK (Labour—Tukituki): I rise tonight to speak in favour of this bill. Labour is the Government for protecting our borders. We have protected our borders through COVID-19 and we will protect our borders from biosecurity risks. As we know biosecurity is one of the greatest risks to our country. Before I go and talk more about this bill I want to reflect on the cuts that the National Government made in 2009—2009—to the biosecurity funding and in 2010—in 2010—we saw Psa arrive in this country with an estimated loss of $900 million under the National Government. That is what happened under the National Government. In a damning report in 2012 they said that the failure of this National Government—the party that claims to be backing farmers—to invest had shortcomings in biosecurity. When it comes to a Government that absolutely protects our borders Labour is the Government that does this. Now when I was thinking of standing and talking on this bill it gave me time to reflect back on some of the work that I've done at a grassroots level. In 2001 I was able to travel with a UK farmer across New Zealand when we ran a campaign around foot-and-mouth disease. We went and we toured the country and we talked to farmers about the devastation that happens with biosecurity risks and as we did that we learnt through farmers how public awareness is one of the greatest tools. Good communication is one of the greatest tools to absolutely educate the public. What we're going to see is we're going to have biosecurity videos under this bill that we are supporting being compulsorily played on every craft that enters this country. Public awareness is by far our greatest way to save us from the devastation that comes from biosecurity risks like the brown marmorated stink bug. Now that brown marmorated stink bug—I wonder whether Mr David Bennett the so-called spokesperson for the Agriculture Party" or the National Party even could say the word. He wouldn't know what goes on in a farmer's paddock or for the growers what they want. They want strong biosecurity and that's what the National Government failed at. The National Opposition seem to think that biosecurity and protecting our borders isn't important. In fact we don't even know from the other side of the House if they are ever going to even support this bill a bill that will protect our country from the greatest of enemies that we have for our growers and our horticulturists. Have you ever seen what the brown marmorated stink bug does? Well they are pretty stink over there. In fact I think that they should infiltrate the National Party because maybe if those members actually got together and thought about protecting our borders they might actually have something good to say because there's nothing coming from that side of House. You know let's say the brown marmorated stink bug because we know how much that little enemy that teeny little bug—that teeny tiny little bug—can do to our country. It is vital—it is vital—that we protect our borders. Let me say it again: under National they cut budget to the biosecurity. Under National in 2010 that's when we had a $900 billion loss to this country because a National Government does not protect farmers. They talk the talk of farming but when it comes to doing the walk when it comes to actually getting down there in the grassroots who's backing the farmers? Labour backs the farmers. We protect New Zealand's borders—DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired."