Muller ToddTODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker.Hon Member: Fresh from Poland.TODD MULLER: Thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to talk briefly on this legislation and follow the good contributions that we've had from all our committee members. In the spirit of Christmas can I also acknowledge the festive season particularly the presiding officers and everyone in this House and of course particularly our select committee who I agree actually I think on balance collectively bring some good judgment to the table.I was actually going to reflect and I still will in the spirit of Christmas you know what one could wish for in terms of a Christmas outcome. I was following Kieran McAnulty's vehicle into Parliament this morning and on the back of his ute he has got his promotion but he's completely lacking the back end of his ute. The glass has shattered. It's no longer there. He's basically got an empty sort of frame. I was suggesting that that perhaps could be something he could put up for a Christmas wish that he perhaps could get his ute fixed.I see David Parker—Hon Scott Simpson: It's a metaphor. It's a metaphor.TODD MULLER: Yes it's a pretty clumsy one but there is a metaphor there. David Parker—it's a shame that he has not yet contributed. I very much enjoyed his contribution last time where he accused us all of being statists. That's one of the highlights of the year your contribution around statists. I know I wish the member a merry Christmas as well. Hopefully you can perhaps get an electric fence from Santa and can actually see what one does on a farm in terms of protecting our waterways from our stock and how effective that is applied across nearly all our farms. It'd be a good education for you.But back to this bill. The Minister when she gave her contribution said that this bill as introduced was not controversial. Certainly from our side of the House we echo that. At its core was a sensible intent where we provided a more fit-for-purpose capacity for the Department of Conservation to assess when there was a breach and ensure that there was the right response for that particular breach. Had it stayed there—had it stayed as a sensible addition for the Department of Conservation to be able to do their job effectively—we would have supported it. But typically this Government decided to overreach and as you've heard very well stepped out by Sarah Dowie and Scott Simpson decided to expand those powers to provide for Fish & Game officers to also have those powers. That point is essentially the key difference here in terms of whether this side of the House supports this legislation. At the core were some good ideas. But in their zest to overregulate our natural resources and community this Government has fallen for the in my view poor judgment of suggesting that Fish & Game officers should have that power. So that is essentially why we resist it. Otherwise we would be supporting it. Unfortunately they have included that in the legislation so we can't.I look forward to a bit of a break. I'm sure many people do here. We know from an Environment Committee perspective that we have much in front of us next year. Certainly in my area in terms of climate change I look forward to those conversations. But until then that's my contribution. Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. To everyone listening have a great Christmas and New Year. Thank you.