Lee MelissaMELISSA LEE (National): Thank you Mr Chair. I would like to speak to a couple of my Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs) tonight. I begin with SOP 367 in my name. It actually amends clause 27(2) and I guess what I'm trying to say is that in any other area of life and law the law actually draws a clear distinction between natural death and unnatural death: murder manslaughter and currently assisted suicide is actually treated as a crime because they end life prematurely in an unnatural way. The line between natural death and unnatural death is unambiguous and makes it easy for all of us and society I guess to hold those to account whose actions in fact cause the death of someone unnaturally. In clause 27 Offences" in Part 2 this current bill talks about "(1) A person who is a medical practitioner or specialist commits an offence if the medical practitioner or specialist wilfully fails to comply with any requirement of this Act." and in subclause (2) it actually talks about "A person commits an offence if the person without lawful excuse—(a) completes or partially completes a prescribed form for any other person without that other person's consent; or (b) alters or destroys a completed or partially completed prescribed form without the consent of the person who completed or partially completed the form." It goes on to talk about the penalties. What my Supplementary Order Paper is actually trying to do is make it clearer so that the unnatural death is actually highlighted because we're not talking about a natural death; we're talking about an unnatural death and a wilful act of someone who is actually doing this. My suggestion is to insert "(c) undertake an act to end the life of a person without their consent; or (d) conspires to end the life of a person without their consent; or (e) initiates a conversation with a person regarding their choice to end their life in a way that directs them to decide to end their life; or (f) undertakes any other activity that unduly influences the decision of a person to end their life." As other members have earlier said the penalty that is prescribed in this bill is actually a three-month jail sentence and a $10000 fine for someone who is wilfully trying to end someone's life which is unnatural. They are trying to end somebody else's life unnaturally and it is not a natural death. To me a three-month imprisonment and a $10000 fine is not good enough. My proposal in my Supplementary Order Paper suggests that we actually go to an imprisonment which is actually much tougher of 14 years and a fine not exceeding $250000 which I think is actually much better than the current bill as it is written. I would also like to talk about my Supplementary Order Paper 364 where I am inserting: "(d) freedom of religion or belief or to manifest their religion or belief as set out in sections 13 and 15 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990." The reason I actually say that is that the act of faith the right of religion being denied to those who seek the terminal end—it is a terminal end; it is finality of their creation—is a heart-breaking matter. We cannot allow it to manifest by denying this amendment—their right to faith. The faith of the dying can be the strongest of all. The love of their families of their church and of their community is most at risk during the final moments and at the end embraces their being into eternity. We must embrace the second dying at the end; share the love of their final moment not consign them to the terror of the absence of their faith their spirit and their religion. I am adding that part into this bill so that they actually have that right. The denial of faith of our nation can be rectified in my Supplementary Order Paper 364 by inserting them clear as doubt—enshrining them into law before us. We by the passage of SOP 364 ensure that section 6 and not sections 4 and 5 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act of 1990 are upheld in the inevitable court cases to come with this shameful legislation. My Supplementary Order Paper I think is actually very clear. The right of the faithful actually does matter. The love of their religion does matter. Their community their customs and their life in fact do matter and above all their rights shall not be denied at the very end of their days when it's most needed. The manifestation of our faith is the most important thing that we have."