Patterson MarkMARK PATTERSON (NZ First): Thank you Madam Chair. I'll just take a brief call just I think to step back from this a little bit and look at some of the context because I think there is a little bit of misunderstanding about how important bringing in these provisions is as we see in Part 1.I just want to go back to a previous contribution by the Hon Gerry Brownlee who seemed to be under the misapprehension that these powers weren't particularly needed because there would be other ways of finding this information—that there would be some transport records or some other records that we could go through. Now is he not aware that there are utes and trailers and bobby calves getting taken all round this country and the response from the head of the Ministry for Primary Industries Geoff Gwyn outlined this quite clearly during the select committee process.Hon Amy Adams: We haven't had one. That's the point. There hasn't been a select committee.MARK PATTERSON: Well his appearance before the select committee previously. This has been a widespread occurrence and this is why these powers are going to be necessary. We have to give these National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) officers the tools that they need to effect their role.Hon Amy Adams: Then have a select committee.MARK PATTERSON: There is some urgency around this. As we've heard we've started the spring milk testing. This is going to be the key part of our response to find out if indeed this disease has spread outside the cordon of known outbreaks. So this brings milking-testing processes under way. We need to have our officers with the powers that they need to respond to the results of that test when they come up. It is quite clear. So these are to the member who's just sat down the Hon David Bennett special circumstances. This is a response that we need to make.I just want also to go back to the Rt Hon David Carter and the observations he made about the select committee appearance by Operational Solutions for Primary Industries New Zealand (OSPRI) this morning and particularly Michelle Edge the CEO. It was an absolute exercise in denial and I think it showed us what the Minister is now having to address. There has been a systems failure. We do need urgently to tidy this up and get it under control. Michelle Edge told us that it is sort of an international norm it does take a while for these things to settle in and there are other countries that have had this longer that maybe we are not looking so bad against. Well I've got news for Michelle Edge. We expect to lead the world. We don't expect to follow the world in these things. This is what the Minister of Agriculture is doing. He is putting in place the provisions that we need to make this response and to get ourselves back to leading the world and getting our reputation back on track. So this is not a measure that is taken lightly.We do know that the powers that we are asking for were ones that were originally intended as outlined by the Minister's re-presentation of the select committee report at the time. The Search and Surveillance Act—the very people that are now railing against it are the people that brought it in. So if you're that concerned about that particular Act it will be because you guys the previous National Government brought that particular Act in. So if that is not appropriate that is an issue that you need to address in reflection because we are having to deal with what you've brought in and that's what the Minister is doing because we do need some action.So just in conclusion—Simeon Brown: Appalling speech. Appalling speech.Hon Gerry Brownlee: No. It's up to expectation.MARK PATTERSON: Just in—no. Just in conclusion you've got to take a step back and realise why we are doing this. This is a serious biosecurity incursion. We've got an $886 million bill. We've had a denial from OSPRI. We've got a Minister that is looking to take some action. We need to have the powers made available to him under this provision and we need to give our NAIT officers the powers to respond. This is walking the talk. So we in New Zealand First will back this provision and we will back our Minister to make the changes that he needs to make. Thank you.