O'Connor SimonSIMON O'CONNOR (National—Tāmaki): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. Look there is no higher duty for the Crown to protect the subjects or citizens of the Realm. So it's really important to find that bipartisan—if you will—support across the House. And can I echo Willow-Jean Prime who's just sat down that it is actually really good to hear that all the parties as far as we've heard are going to be supporting this bill which enhances our national security and importantly our ability to respond to terrorism and also to try and prevent terrorism.Look terrorism is nothing new unfortunately. How we learn and adapt to it is something which is always evolving and changing which amongst other reasons is why we support this bill. We do see this as an improvement. But to echo others as well it's positive that this will go to select committee so that some experts can look towards it.New Zealand's unfortunately suffered terrorism: particular communities—and we think particularly of our Muslim brothers and sisters who suffered so tragically in Canterbury then in more recent times the attack in New Lynn.Sadly terrorism across the globe continues to be a major major problem. Islamist terrorism remains the biggest—particularly in Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa—but we are unfortunately seeing in the West a growth of what could be put as far-right or white nationalist terrorism. While not anywhere near the same numbers its invidiousness in society is a significant significant problem. And as I say we've experienced it here so New Zealand finally has understood that we're not exempt from it.Look this law does two positive things through two pieces of legislation. One is through the Terrorism Suppression Act and long and short it basically says you no longer have to be part of an organisation. So often we think of terrorists we think of the likes of—I put the Taliban Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for example. You don't have to be a member of an organisation anymore; an individual who does terroristic acts. I think it's going to be important to tease out in select committee. I think there should be rightly always a nervousness in this House where in effect a law—an aspect of the law—looks towards just a singular person. And the nature of terrorism is also quite specific although very difficult to define but it's an action that drives a political means. So it'll be really important to understand and I want to really stress: it's good that we capture individuals. We think of the person responsible for what happened in Canterbury; we want to capture that but we want to make sure it doesn't go too much broader.The terrorism suppression control orders are also being updated—or proposed to be updated—here really importantly to make sure the person is not simply in prison. We understand a number of people who could require control orders could be on a community sentence or otherwise and I think it's important to capture that. I think the heroism of all those involved in New Lynn shows that there are still learnings and gaps that this intends to fill. So this is a positive step forward.I will just make a plea though in the broader sense to the Minister and to the Government seeing we are talking about counter-terrorism terrorism and designations. It's well past time that New Zealand put the political wing of Hamas on the designation list along with the military wing. And in light of recent events in Iran—the oppression of the Iranian people particularly of women—and also the Iranian sponsoring of drones which are terrorising Ukraine I want to make the call very loud and clear that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps should be placed on the terrorist designation lists in New Zealand. While this potentially is outside the scope of the bill I think it's important at this first reading to renew that call from myself my constituents those in the community that I represent across New Zealand who do want to see New Zealand step up like other countries and place as I say the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps onto the designated list and also Hamas—as I said not just the military wing but the political wing. These are terrorist organisations and they should be called out as such in New Zealand legislation.And with that I am very pleased to commend this bill to the House.