Woodhouse MichaelHon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE (National): Thank you Madam Speaker. I understand nobody wanted to take the second five-minute call so if I drift into a 10-minute call I'm sure I can trust you'll indulge me. Is that all right?ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): You're going to have to put that again I'm sorry. Point of order?Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE: I am not seeking to take the second five-minute call of that slot so I will trust you'll indulge me if my contribution takes longer than five minutes.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Thank you.Hon MICHAEL WOODHOUSE: Thank you. It probably won't be much but there's a few acknowledgments. I think Damien Smith in his contribution described Ian McKelvie as heading down the home straight" "hands off the reins" and "doing something of a victory pose". I don't get that; that's not my perception: in fact I think Ian McKelvie is holding on tight to the reins as he rounds the bend seeing one last hurdle. In fact I'm beside him stride for stride supporting him in the one-one as we get to the end of this process that I know if it is passed if it achieves the support of this House will clarify an element of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act and won't increase harm.Is it the third or fourth member's bill Mr McKelvie has had? I must confess and this isn't going to be a valedictory but this is one of the many things—for Mr McKelvie that is! I'm not announcing anything today by any means; in fact quite the opposite. I am so jealous of the fact that in my 15 years in this place I've never had a bill pulled out of the tin that I'm going to stay here until I blimmin well do. Now given that I expect that I'll be a Minister again in 4½ months' time and then that for nine long years I predict now that I might be here till about 2033 or 2034—by which time I'll still be younger than Mr Ian McKelvie so there's plenty of time to get that member's bill out of the ballot. So I'll send him a telegram when I do!But this is a really good day and I think this is an example of a couple of things: a good idea by member and a select committee that worked very cooperatively and I think were sensitive to the concerns that a number of the submitters had.I want to acknowledge Ms Sosene for a passionate but I think slightly misguided contribution on this bill because one thing we will agree is that there is harm in our communities from alcohol. But the reality is: it is not happening at these small summer race carnivals.I was actually privileged to move on Mr Ian McKelvie's behalf the second reading of this bill on 7 December. Then we headed off for our summer breaks and as is the ritual in my family Madam Speaker it was to among other things two racing carnivals in places parts of the country that are well known to you.Firstly I think it was about 2 or 3 January at Central Otago Trotting Club in Ōmākau a beautiful day and the largest crowd the Ōmākau races has had probably for about 20 years. I spent probably more money on coffee than alcohol. But the large crowd was incredibly well behaved. It was the first time probably in the last two decades that there was no checkpoint at the gate because—and again Lydia Sosene's comments about police resources being diverted—they manage risk where it occurs. There were a couple of police who I think chose to be there because it's a great day out but there was absolutely no trouble. Hasn't been for the—well I've probably been going there for 40 years since I was a child—certainly for the last 20 years regularly.Then a few days later at the Wyndham Harness Racing Club in Cromwell which is another area I know Madam Speaker knows well. The weather wasn't so good; in fact a massive thunderstorm hit at about race eight or nine and headed said people scurrying. But again absolutely no behavioural difficulties whatsoever.Now in fact over the years I probably spent more money on the tombola than I have on bottles of wine or beer because you know—or some obscure cuddly toy or game that my daughters insisted that they had to have. That's run by the Omakau Volunteer Fire Brigade. That's the sort of event we're talking about and it's been great to hear from other members right around the House about their experiences of that.I want to actually acknowledge Graham Sinnamon the president of the Central Otago Trotting Club because he brought a reality to what we are doing with his submission. I touched on it briefly at our second reading but he had data and he had photographs and he had police reports and doctors' reports going back over a very long period of time. And this is one of the largest small carnivals in the South Island at Ōmākau. So to Mr Sinnamon and the members of the Central Otago Trotting Club we listened we empathised we understood and it brought I think a reality to the two things that we wanted: to make sure that there was a benefit but not an increased risk. I think that submission very much satisfied those two elements.I think I'll leave it there. I know there were a number of members who were concerned but prepared to support it at first reading probably less concerned at second reading when there was a significant support of this House and I hope that we will continue to have this support because our summer carnivals the Kiwi traditions that Mr David Bennett talked about will be better for its passage."