Dean JacquiHon JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): Thank you Madam Chair. I want to support the Hon Nathan Guy's call for a review of the commencement date and to have that date pushed out for a very good reason: it is my belief that farmers are being left behind as a result of this legislation.They are being left behind first of all because they're not being consulted. They're not being consulted because this bill is being passed under urgency. Why is this bill being passed under urgency when the impact on farmers and lifestylers and people on vineyards who will be impacted by the changing regulations and requirements of National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) and reporting—why aren't they being consulted on these major changes? Least of all now is the ability for NAIT officers to enter a property without a warrant. Those are stronger powers to NAIT officers than are granted under the search and surveillance legislation.How can that possibly go through this House under urgency without at least a weekend or a week? I'd come up to Wellington and sit on the select committee that was considering this bill. I'd put everything aside to come and sit on the select committee if there were a select committee process because what I would be doing—and I can guarantee Andrew Falloon would be doing the same and I can guarantee that Stuart Smith would be doing the same—is hearing from and listening to those farmers who are being considerably impacted by this legislation.So I want to see—and I call on the Minister of Agriculture and I call on the Government to tell the House to tell the people here today to tell the people watching and listening from their farmhouse kitchens who are very concerned about this because it will impact on them just why it is that this bill is going through under urgency and is not giving them a chance to have a voice. The farmers are not only losing their voice; they're also losing some rights. They are losing the right to be masters in their own homes because now a NAIT officer can knock on the door—I presume they'll knock on the door; they don't have to because they don't need a warrant. These powers that NAIT officers have been given are more substantial more far-reaching than the search and surveillance legislation. Is Labour happy? Are the Greens happy with this? Don't I recall the Greens being the party that marched in the street around the search and surveillance legislation? Why is it different for farmers? That is why we need a select committee process and that is why I would like the Minister and the Government to tell the House why the commencement date shouldn't be pushed out.I want the Green member Gareth Hughes to stand up and explain to the House why it is that they marched in the streets against the search and surveillance legislation? I remember it well. They marched in the streets against the powers. Well are they marching today? No. They're like little lambs now that they've had a little taste of power aren't they? Their principles have been completely put aside and now they are actively arguing for—Gareth Hughes earlier in this debate—and voting for stronger powers for NAIT officers than are allowed for in the search and surveillance legislation. How can that even be Green Party?The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Anne Tolley): Title and commencement.Hon JACQUI DEAN: I would love the party to stand up and explain that in the context—Madam Chair and thank you. My view is that the commencement date of this bill should be pushed out. It should be pushed out to allow for a comprehensive—don't mind if it's truncated don't mind if it's weak. I know David Bennett will put everything aside so that his select committee can hear from—Rt Hon David Carter: He's got nothing in his diary for the next two weeks anyway.Hon JACQUI DEAN: Yeah—can hear from the farmers. We are prepared to put everything aside—we don't care—just for a week to hear from those very people for whom this Draconian piece of legislation is intended.