Peters WinstonRt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): For the benefit of those people in the gallery and those watching on television or listening on the radio that was the speech by the former Minister of Agriculture who was in charge in all senses of the word when this biosecurity breach happened: 170 under his watch. There were 170 biosecurity breaches and he gets up this man and gives us his bucolic road to Damascus experience. When did he have that? Then he had the effrontery to start screaming out about funding. For nine years he and his colleagues did nothing about it at all and he had the effrontery to get up there perhaps to pose to his backbench members about his proficiency when he showed what a capital H" word man he is. That was the worst example I've heard of irresponsible behaviour in a long political career.Can I say their response was pitiful woeful half measures half-hearted and they did nothing whatsoever. Well let me ask that former Minister: when it happened did he move to shut down transport over the Cook Strait for stock? No.Hon Nathan Guy: Stupid idea.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh a stupid idea? So it breaks out in the South Island but you're going to make sure it could happen in the North Island. That's a silly idea? Well that demonstrates you know about the old English saying the malady of the ignorant is being ignorant without knowing it. Secondly when it came to cattle tracing what for nine long years did he do?Hon Members: Nothing.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Doughnuts and he gets up here in this House and poses and ponces around here as somebody who's a leader. Now can I ask this question as well: why weren't those animals culled immediately to contain the problem? [Interruption] No don't look at my colleagues. We inherited the problem. We inherited it from who? You.SPEAKER: Order!Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: No not you Mr Speaker.SPEAKER: No.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh no you'd have been far more responsible. You would have acted with urgency and unction. No no that man's all talk all words all hype and all propaganda. We had over 170 biosecurity breaches and on not one occasion did they take responsibility. Did they put the money up for customs control border security? No and he gets it. He's hardly out of Government he's hardly got used to the embittered experience of catching an ordinary cab and now he's in a malingering way blaming the successors who have picked up this nonsense.Hon Nathan Guy: You voted against the border clearance levy.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Oh give me a—Hon Nathan Guy: Yes you did! Yes you did!Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Ha ha! You know Minister can I just say this. Very shortly—[Interruption]SPEAKER: Order!Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: Yes. Very shortly my colleagues and the Minister of Agriculture will produce the total response that's required when it comes to these sorts of breaches to the discovery of who did it—and by gee when we find out who did it if we do find out we're going to throw the book at him. We're not going to run around and talk about compensation alone. No we want a bit of responsibility. But I think it's best evinced by the Federated Farmers' statement and the farming community statement today in support of the Government on this matter. But let me please tell you this. We've got the gipsy movement coming very shortly. You know what that is don't you? It's not the National Party backbench. It's not the National Party front bench. The gipsy day cattle movements are right upon us so it's critically important we have this problem solved. And also we have the autumn cattle sales happening as well and no preparation in the last nine years was made for this whatsoever.So I want to thank my colleague the Minister of Agriculture for showing—unlike that member—that he understands farming in its full way in its full capacity. He understands that farming's in the regions and we're the party for the regions—not just when it suits us; all the time. I also want to say that when the Budget comes very shortly then the people of this country will see and those listening today to this debate that there is a Government that does understand its responsibility and they will have given the people who are there as our first line of security the resources for the first time in nine years to do the job."