Bishop ChrisCHRIS BISHOP (National—Hutt South): Well that was an interesting speech from the Minister of Justice Andrew Little who's clearly got used to the trappings of being a Minister very early on in the sense that he's used to the 10-minute calls and he's had to take a call on a member's day in order to speak on the Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill. It was sort of hard to know if the Labour Party is going to support this bill or not because if you listened to his speech it was a laundry list of reasons as to why the bill shouldn't pass but yet we've got this strange hybrid coalition relationship between the New Zealand First Party and the Labour Party. So the Labour Party is going to vote for it.I'm going to make a prediction—I'm going to make a prediction. I've made a few predictions in the last couple of weeks and they've all been proven correct and I'm going to make another one: the Labour Party—Hon Dr Megan Woods: What about the polls? Are you picking the next poll?CHRIS BISHOP: I'll make a prediction. I'm going to make a prediction Megan Woods. Power prices are going to go up and you guys are going to lose the next election—OK?—largely due to your own incompetent management of the portfolio. You have no idea what you are doing in the portfolio.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! [Interruption] Order! Don't bring me into the debate and secondly can you address the bill please.CHRIS BISHOP: Sorry Mr Assistant Speaker. Mr Assistant Speaker probably would do a better job of managing the power portfolio. But I'm going to make a prediction which is that the Labour Party will not vote for this bill when it comes back to the House for its second reading and it certainly will not vote for it at third reading. I predict this bill if it does pass into law will only pass into law with the support of the New Zealand First Party and the National Party because Andrew Little gave a list of reasons as to all the reasons he did not want to vote for the bill: all of the existing offences in the Crimes Act all of the various things that could already be done to recognise crimes and protections against first responders in the Summary Offences Act 1981 and the Crimes Act 1961. He knows—and Mark Patterson's sitting there grinning next to Clayton Mitchell—and they know what I'm saying is true.I actually think it will be the first bill if it does pass that passes with New Zealand First and National Party support and that will be actually a bit of a totemic day for the New Zealand First Party and actually maybe the Labour Party will be a bit upset about that. They may come to rue the day that they allowed this bill to go through.But anyway here we are—Darroch Ball's bill. He's unfortunately absent but I know that he would be very pleased and I want to congratulate him on—Hon Iain Lees-Galloway: Not supposed to do that Chris.CHRIS BISHOP: Well I'm just congratulating him; I'm not passing judgment on him. I just want to congratulate him on his bill being drawn from the ballot. We will be supporting this to select committee because we think the intent of the bill is good. Actually I do have to say I do partly agree with some of the points—Hon Clare Curran: Three minutes and he tells us what he thinks.CHRIS BISHOP: Oh Clare Curran goodness me. That member over there is really not one to critique speeches. I sat in Government as a Government backbencher for three years at this time of night and I watched Clare Curran come down to the debating chamber and give the world's worst parliamentary speeches about a succession of legislation that that member had no idea about for month after—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): That would make a really good general debate speech but this is not a general debate.CHRIS BISHOP: It would be a good general debate speech. Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker.Look as my friend and colleague Mark Mitchell said we are fully supportive of our first responders. In particular in the last couple of weeks we've had cause to reflect on that in quite a serious way actually—if I could make a serious point—in the House. We've reflected on them in the last two weeks both in this Chamber but also as MPs go in and around the community and the vigils and the memorials. Actually I think it's coincidental but it's actually also appropriate that the bill in New Zealand First's name has come to the House at this time because more than ever before New Zealanders are thinking about the great job that our police officers have been doing our emergency health fire services and our corrections officers have been doing as well. So we're going to vote for the bill to the select committee—Jamie Strange: What's the name of the bill?CHRIS BISHOP: The Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill Jamie Strange. You don't actually have to read out the bill's name to make a speech. One of the things you learn in third form debating Mr Strange is you don't have to read the title of the debate out to have a debate about it. You should know that as a school teacher. We'll be voting for this at first reading and we welcome this bill to the House.