Belich CamillaCAMILLA BELICH (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. It's a slightly unusual situation today with this bill because often when we're debating bills they're bills that we want to see enacted because we think the enactment of the law will improve the legislative situation in New Zealand. But I think we're all agreed across the House that this bill is one that we would all like to see never have to happen.We don't want to see people smugglers coming to New Zealand putting vulnerable people in harm's way and we certainly don't want to see them put through further distress. But unfortunately although—as many members have reflected on in this particular case—this is a situation that hasn't occurred there is not a zero risk of it occurring. So that is why this bill is in front of us.I think we can all reflect on the current instability globally at the moment—due to conflict due to climate change—that may result in more mass arrivals not just in New Zealand but in other countries where we do know they are grappling with these issues. I know that this is a controversial piece of legislation and I want to acknowledge that. I think it's really good that we have a democracy where potential pieces of legislation which do come across important human rights issues are challenged and that there are submissions and involvement by civil society and also with parties across the House making sure that when we do place some limits on people's freedoms even people who have just arrived in New Zealand these are balanced and necessary and are not stepping too far over lines that they shouldn't do in relation to human rights because it is that serious.We also face a difficult situation because of the low probability of this occurring—although not a zero probability—in terms of being able to resource for such a situation. We heard that there are issues in resourcing I acknowledge those. I think we would all like to see more resourcing in our courts. We would all like to see the amazing work at the Māngere Refugee Settlement Centre be supported. I know that they do incredible work and I've seen that when I visited there. I also think it just provides quite a challenge for us when we don't know where or when the situation would occur to be able to—even if we're in that position to resource it properly it'll be very difficult.I think that there are a number of changes that have been made to this bill which do make it a better bill than when it was first introduced and I know that that came through some measures that Labour took in Government and also some that have been brought through the House under Erica Stanford as the current Minister. I think those are commendable changes. I will briefly touch on them: making sure that someone is detained for the least amount of time making sure that the detention meets the obligations under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 making sure that it meets New Zealand's obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention making sure that there's a report to the court at least weekly making sure that the judge has overview of the location and also very importantly making sure that a prison or a police station is not used as a form of detention. This is absolutely not about punishing people who might arrive due to the actions of people smugglers; it is about making sure that they're treated with dignity and respect if they do arrive.I am disappointed that the amendments put forward by my colleague Phil Twyford weren't accepted. I think those are amiable and would have further improved this bill ensuring that families be not separated. We've seen that overseas—I don't think that is acceptable. Also inserting a third-party organisation to monitor terms and conditions. And also limiting—I think his final one was limiting the amounts of time for detention based on the size of the group. I think those would have further improved this bill and I would look to Governments on both sides of the House when they are in the position to make changes to consider those further changes. I think if we did have a mass arrival we should revisit this piece of legislation and make sure it is fit for purpose.So I think we all take this very seriously and I take on board the criticisms of this. We will be supporting this bill but would recommend that it's monitored very closely—especially in the situation which I hope never occurs that it may be utilised.