Allan Kiritapu; Williams PotoKIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour): It's a privilege to be able to stand and give a contribution this afternoon on the 2017/18 annual review of the Ministry for Primary Industries as the deputy chair of the select committee. I must say before I turn to my remarks about the actual annual review it's been an ongoing disappointment to operate in a—Kieran McAnulty: I raise a point of order Madam Chair. I apologise to my colleague but I know she won't mind. The role of a chair as you have ruled is to outline in neutral terms what is in a select committee's report. I've just checked and the speeches that are allocated to chairs of select committees are not a part of the allocations given to parties. Given the nature of that speech by Hon David Bennett I would ask you to reflect on whether that should be included in the allocation.KIRITAPU ALLAN: I think that one of the challenges that we've had in our select committee has been that we haven't been able to really give due consideration to some of the matters that impact all of our communities. Now I know that there's a ton of rural members of Parliament over that side of the House; there's a ton on this side. Basically our task as members whether it's in Opposition or as part of the Government is to give due consideration review the substantive matters that come before us and where we can work to create better laws and refine the policies and really put our colleagues that are working within these ministries to task.So it's been challenging because of the behaviour of the chair more frequently than not that we have been unable to get to the real ngako as we'd say or the issues that are before us because what I want to talk about is the role that the Ministry for Primary Industries has played in the last year. They have played an absolutely incredible role for all of our communities both on that side of the House and on our side of the House in responding to a whole range of issues. In particular I want to acknowledge the work that they've done in the area of biosecurity.Biosecurity has presented a number of challenges for our rural communities and also for our trade and export markets. We've had the incursion of the brown marmorated stink bug. We've had obviously the ongoing and very challenging Mycoplasma bovis. For both of those biosecurity incursions what the Ministry for Primary Industries under the leadership of the Minister for primary industries Hon Damien O'Connor has been required to do is work closely and collegially with industry and the key components of our primary sector.Now the way that we go about doing that is not by giving ranging rampant political debates and turning everything into a political point-scoring football to kick around. It's actually by turning to how we can work together to ensure that our people within our communities who are supporting the backbones of our industries are being protected and provided for. So look I hope that we can change the tone of the debate a little bit tonight when it comes to the way that we consider our primary industries—CHAIRPERSON (Poto Williams): I apologise to the member. The time has come for me to report progress.Debate interrupted.House resumed.The Chairperson reported the Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2) with amendment and progress on the Appropriation (2017/18 Confirmation and Validation) Bill. Report adopted.The House adjourned at 9.56 p.m.