Patterson MarkMARK PATTERSON (NZ First): Thank you Madam Assistant Speaker. It's a pleasure that I rise here on behalf of New Zealand First to support this bill. I just also note my former woodwork teacher the Hon Gerry Brownlee when he described going straight to the third reading; it was a little bit like our classes when we went straight from making the bottle openers to trying to make a chair. He sort of skipped through the processes pretty quickly straight to the staff room.I will note that this is actually a very important bill and it does require the oversight of the House. In fact there was actually some commendation from our caucus this morning around this bill. We will note the National Party's contribution to drafting this bill. I understand that it will require some tweaks here and there but it is worth noting that this bill was in its current form passed in 1996. Some of these provisions are 50 to 100 years old and it is well time that we simplified this bill for business—the rapid advances we've had in technology and the way that we do commerce. Of course there will be much more commerce coming under our new regional development strategy the billion-dollar-a-year regional development strategy. The produce will be pouring out of the regions over these next three years.It has been quite an increase in trade. I haven't got tonnages but in 1996 there was $41 billion worth of two-way merchandise trade. That now sits at $105 billion and although those are nominal terms it does give an idea of the scale of the increase in our trade. Of course that is going to increase further when we introduce some of these very wise and measured new-age trade deals—not the old ones that sold New Zealand out and sold young New Zealand farmers and first-home buyers out. This new Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement with its extra provisions to protect the interests of New Zealanders will again be boosting trade much further.Also we have to note the increase in tourism—in 1996 barely a million tourists to these shores. In 2017 we're just sitting on—the latest figures: 3.7 million tourists and forecast to increase 5 percent year-on-year to be sitting at nearly 5 million tourists coming into these shores by 2023. So we need to give the Customs Service the tools they require to execute their duties. Also this is not a nice world—1996 seems a long time ago. This is a world full of dangers and perils and some of the provisions in this bill addressing national security public health and safety and international law enforcement are welcome and due for an update and I would imagine that will be supported across the House.Also I think there have been some questions raised by some of the previous speakers around some of the oversight. We note the Privacy Commissioner's oversight and the fact that the Privacy Commissioner has been intricately involved in drafting the bill to make sure that the powers that we are seeking are properly overseen. There's the disputes resolution process as well—giving a preliminary step to importers or exporters as they seek to negotiate their way through this new bill: streamlining the system and taking some costs in the system.Hon Shane Jones: Get rid of red tape. No more red tape.MARK PATTERSON: No more red tape under this Government. We also note that the select committee process added some flexibility within this. We've got some provisional valuation mechanisms that will allow revaluation and corrections in a much more flexible manner. So I think that will be welcome and is welcomed by the business community that submitted on this bill.So on that note I will commend the Minister on bringing this bill forward. This is an important bill. It is one that we support as New Zealand First. I note the support across the House and we look forward to helping you progress this bill towards legislation. Thank you.