Grigg NicolaNICOLA GRIGG (National—Selwyn): Thank you Madam Speaker. I rise just to make a few short comments on the Biosecurity (Information for Incoming Passengers) Amendment Bill and to add further congratulations to the member Steph Lewis for having this drawn and having it passed through into law this evening—well done.Like many have observed we do understand that biosecurity information is already provided to inbound passengers that enter New Zealand through those—some might say God-awful—Air New Zealand videos; others may call them communications systems. There are various ways and means to communicate the very important laws that we have to protect our borders and our biosecurity border more specifically—those are generally run by the Ministry for Primary Industries. But this bill as we've heard seeks to further strengthen that protection against any threats of incursion by making provision of this information a requirement. So I'm sorry to read into that that those Air New Zealand videos look like they are here to stay.But National does support this bill for many reasons. We do think that biosecurity is of critical importance to this country primarily due to our really special really unique island-based ecosystem and of course our economic reliance on the primary sectors and the tourism sectors which we hope very much will be coming back to their former glory sometime soon.New Zealand has a very unique island ecology very different to other island ecologies around parts of the world in that ours is in some parts tropical and other parts alpine. Because of that we enjoy such an enormous diverse range of flora and fauna. I understand that about 80 percent of the 2500 species of native conifers flowering plants and ferns of course aren't found anywhere else in the world so that does give us even more reason to protect and preserve where at all possible.With climate change of course our country is warming our waters are warming. I understand from listening to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment quite recently that what they're noticing is foreign pests and diseases in plants are moving from the North further south and equally they're moving from the flat lands and foothills up higher into the mountain ranges as those climates warm. Of course we must do our absolute best to protect those that are native to New Zealand by preventing the incursion of those imported species—that is the best way that we can do that.But of course as much as we are pleased to have our borders open and we welcome those tourists coming back into New Zealand they do bring an increased threat of a biosecurity incursion. It's those incursions that I think are particularly making our primary industry sector very vulnerable at the moment. We've talked a lot actually in the Chamber this afternoon and this evening about the importance of our primary industry sector and we've all talked about the $52 billion that its exports are bringing to our economy. That is 60 percent of this country's total export earnings so to that end we must protect those export earnings and that means we must do everything humanely possible to prevent any further diseases coming here. We've seen the devastating impact that the Mycoplasma bovis incursions have been causing for at least five if not six years now at a cost of well over a quarter of a billion dollars and to enormous heartbreak for so many farmers and landowners involved. We've seen the Psa outbreak cost New Zealand $800 million and it's estimated that if we were God forbid to have a foot-and-mouth outbreak here it would cost our economy well over $15 billion.So as we all know biosecurity outbreaks can result in New Zealand losing access to really important markets and that's why that foot-and-mouth threat is so so terrifying really and must be dealt with by all means necessary.So this bill of course is a very common-sense way to deal with these things by all means necessary. It just adds a further layer of protection a further layer of education to those travellers coming into this country; it's why we support this really because it's just one more measure to cover off all possible avenues. It will pull us in line with Australia which I understand has a similar law. We like these sorts of solutions; it is a low-cost way to enhance our biosecurity system and reduce the risk of further incursions. With that I commend this bill to the House.