Guy Nathan; Mallard TrevorHon NATHAN GUY (National—Ōtaki): Thank you Mr Speaker. Can I respond to the ministerial statement this afternoon. The National Party acknowledges and supports the decision that the Government has made but I have some very important questions that are worthy of discussion this afternoon. If we think back to seven herds being culled prior to December—that was the support that this side of the House wanted to see continue but then the Minister and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) decided because of new information—and maybe because they ran out of money—to stop the culling at that point and then actually compensation dried up because the Labour coalition Government didn't get in a huddle in the Cabinet room quick enough and get the funding confirmed to provide certainty to farming families up and down the country.I acknowledge now that they have made the decision. Of course they went to the industry with the begging bowl and generated $11.5 million which I think actually shows the importance of this cattle disease to not only the dairy and beef cattle industry in New Zealand but the wider New Zealand economy.This ministerial statement has a very important caveat near the end of it. It says that Cabinet has still to decide if full eradication will take place and if indeed it's economically viable. That is a get out of jail" card for the coalition Government. Yes they have made a commitment yesterday to cull 22 herds but we want to see this continue. I guess they're waiting to see some further evidence that may pop up when animals are indeed under stress.My heart goes out to those 22 farming families who will now have their farms depopulated. That is a hell of a thing for these farming families to actually go through. There is quite a period of stand-down where animals—particularly bovine animals—won't be allowed on these properties. You can imagine the livelihood that these farming families have built up with genetics over time. All of this is now going to be put at risk. So my challenge back to the coalition Government is be fair with your compensation and make it fast because previously in the last few months it's been too slow. Farmers have been contacting me overnight saying yes they appreciate the decision because now they've got some certainty but they want the compensation to happen quickly. They want to get on with it.The other important factor is providing the emotional support around these farming families and I acknowledge the Minister this afternoon praising rural support trust who have done a huge amount of work supporting MPI through this process at the moment but you can imagine those farming families now that have to deal with the culling of stock that they have brought up over many many decades to get to this point. That's why the challenge back to the Government is make sure that compensation is fair and fast.Also I'm very keen to see the tracing report that many stakeholders have been waiting for a long period of time for. If I was the Minister I'd be putting out the tracing report and the National Animal Identification and Tracing review this week so that everyone can have a big discussion about it. What the tracing report will tell farmers and all New Zealanders is that they don't know how this disease got into New Zealand it's inconclusive and it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Let's have the debate about the National Animal Identification and Tracing scheme. We should be having that debate because farmers haven't been doing well enough in particular tracing their stock between farm-to-farm movement. So this is a real wake-up call for industry.But importantly where is the extra funding going to come from? Because this $85 million is just about the start and we know the constraints that this coalition Government has on their Budget for 2018. So are they going to be supporting farming families in the future? Or is this just a one hit because the ministerial statement that we heard this afternoon gives me a great deal of caution and some doubt. So in summary—SPEAKER: The member's time has expired."