Woodhouse Michael: Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Bill — Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeWoodhouse Michael: Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Bill — Third Reading[Sitting date: 23 July 2014. Volume:700;Page:19377. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE (Minister of Immigration):I want to thank my colleague and friend Scott Simpson for the opportunity to share this call and I also give acknowledgment and congratulations to Dr Cam Calder not only on getting this Summary Offences (Possession of High-power Laser Pointers) Amendment Bill through to the finish line but also on his contribution to the National Party caucus and also to the class of 2008 of which he is such a valued member who will be missed. One of the things we will miss I think is his erudite articulation his ratiocination and the extra-large words he is able to inject into his speeches.He is a member of the parliamentary sports club the Parliamentary Rugby Team. We will miss him rising like a salmon from the middle of the line-out leaping for and catching those balls for the half back to spread wide and as our colleague Chris Tremain said for those twinkle-toed wingers to get all the glory. What we will not miss are those embarrassing things that poke out the bottom of his shorts and that he calls legs which skinny sparrows would be embarrassed to call legs. Nevertheless somehow they do eject him into the air and he can catch the ball with such aplomb.At the risk of injecting a little bit of negativity in here I want to add my voice to the rejection of the criticisms that somehow in the Committee stage of this bill there was filibustering of the worst sort. I will say two things about that. Firstly it is the chairman’s prerogative to decide the length quality and quantity of the debate in the Committee stage no one else’s. Secondly if there was a textbook written about filibustering it was written by the Labour Party in 2011 at the end of the 49th Parliament in the Committee stage of the Royal Society of New Zealand Amendment Bill. Those in that Parliament will remember the Royal Society of New Zealand Amendment Bill. It was not filibustered for a day; it was not filibustered for a week. We spent about 9 months talking about a bill that did not matter so that that party could avoid a member’s bill in the name of Heather Roy being passed in that Parliament. It was unsuccessful—Sue Moroney: It wasn’t against families.Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE: Oh! See there is the moral high ground. It was not as noble as Sue Moroney’s bill. There we go. It is the arrogance of the noblesse and I do not accept it. I do not expect we would agree with that at all.I want to just touch on Darien Fenton’s comments because she spoke with a note of sadness I think of the fact that she had had four bills drawn out of the members’ ballot but was not able to get one passed. I just want to remind her that she will go down in the history of the 49th Parliament as the first member for 88 years in this Parliament to have a member’s bill defeated at the Committee stage. She was the unfortunate victim I suppose of the fact that the Government had changed between the second reading and the Committee stage of the bill she had. But she will be noted for that. I certainly acknowledge her for her efforts and we will hear her valedictory tomorrow I think.It is time as we come to the end of the 50th Parliament to acknowledge the contributions of all members. I particularly want to talk about Dr Calder’s commitment to Manurewa because I know as much as anybody how hard it is to be a list MP in a red seat and to act in all respects like a constituency MP. It is a thankless task. “List MP” is a pejorative term amongst some. But I have seen his effort his energy and the commitment he has made to the people of Manurewa and the people of New Zealand. I think he can hold his head high and describe himself as one of this Parliament’s best list MPs in serving the community that this party this caucus asked him to serve. I think that of all the things he will be remembered for it will be this bill it will be his collegial support of this great Government and it will also be his commitment to the people of Manurewa. For that Dr Calder you can hold your head high. I commend you and I commend the bill.Bill read a third time.