Lees-Galloway Iain: Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill — Instruction to Committee In Committee 
Lees-Galloway Iain: Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill — Instruction to Committee In Committee 
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IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Labour—Palmerston North) 
: 
 I rise to take a brief call on this motion on behalf of Labour. We very much support instructing the Committee to debate Supplementary Order Paper 257 in the name of Rahui Katene. We think this is an important issue that requires debate— 
Jo Goodhew 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I feel that perhaps the member is under the misapprehension that we are debating the whole Supplementary Order Paper. 
Mr DEPUTY SPEAKER 
: The motion from Rahui Katene asked for an instruction. If we look at Speaker’s ruling 79/3 and Standing Order 172(2) we see that any member has the right to seek by way of an instruction for the whole House to recommend to the Committee as a whole to include an amendment. This is not an amendment that would be done in the normal process of the Committee stage; it is an amendment that adds value in the member’s view. It is debatable and any member can seek a call. At this stage the call has gone to Iain Lees-Galloway. I remind the member as I reminded the mover of this motion that this debate is very narrow. It is not a debate where we get into the details of what is in the amendment that has been tabled. 
IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY 
: Thank you very much Mr Deputy Speaker and I hear what you just said. As I said I rise to speak in support of the motion to instruct the Committee to debate Supplementary Order Paper 257. 
Although the issue is clearly outside the scope of the Smoke-free Environments (Controls and Enforcement) Amendment Bill hence the motion being moved by the member it is a matter that came up a number of times in submissions to the Maori Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the effects of tobacco on Maori in New Zealand. A range of different options were offered. One was to license tobacco retailers and the other was to have a register. I think it is a valuable debate that is worth having. Although it falls outside the question of advertising which is what the bill is about I think the member made the very very good point that one of the unintended consequences of the removal of tobacco displays is that tobacco can be out of sight and therefore might not be watched as closely as we would prefer. This is one mechanism by which that close scrutiny could be achieved. There are a number of mechanisms that might be appropriate but this is certainly one mechanism by which that close scrutiny could be achieved. 
We on this side of the House think that this is a valuable debate that needs to be held. There will be arguments—I have no doubt—for and against such a measure but it would be unfortunate to not take the opportunity to have that debate. I congratulate the member on bringing this matter before the House. I for one would like to see this issue debated at the Committee stage. I would like to have that on the record for the member so that she knows that Labour is absolutely behind her and that we would like to see this debate occur.