Shaw James: Border Processing (Arrivals and Departures) Levy Bill — First Reading Second Reading In CommitteeText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeShaw James: Border Processing (Arrivals and Departures) Levy Bill — First Reading Second Reading In Committee[Sitting date: 21 May 2015. Volume:705;Page:3905. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JAMES SHAW (Green):I have got a couple of questions that I would like a response from the Government side about one of which is the question of the money. There were three press releases relating to the levy and there is a question about whether this replaces existing money or whether it is actually new money. One of the press releases was talking about how biosecurity funding will be boosted by $24.9 million over 4 years plus $2 million of capital funding. A second press release talked about how the Customs Service would receive a $4.7 million operating funding increase. The general release about the airport tax said that the Ministry for Primary Industries and Customs Service currently spend about $100 million a year and that the airport tax is expected to raise about $100 million a year. That would imply that the new airport tax would raise an equivalent amount to what is currently being spent.I just wanted to check with the Government. The $24.9 million boost over 4 years and then the $2 million capital funding for biosecurity—does that come out of the $100 million—Hon Nicky Wagner: No.JAMES SHAW: —or is it additional? And the same with the $4.7 million—is that out of the $100 million or is that actually new money?Hon Nicky Wagner: New money.JAMES SHAW: OK.And then the second question was around the Customs Service press release. This is relating to the privacy concern that we flagged in my first reading speech. I just wanted to read it and then get a response. “ ‘The officers will use the targeting techniques that Customs currently applies to arriving international passengers to identify departing passengers of interest who are unknown to security agencies or not on an international watch list’ Ms Wagner says. ‘Customs officers will take appropriate action at the border before a person of interest leaves the country. This could include stopping them for questioning or alerting other authorities in New Zealand or abroad. Extended-risk screening for departures will complement the existing automated and face-to-face passport checks and the alert system already in place and will provide an additional source of intelligence. The aim is to counter potential terrorist activity maintain New Zealand’s low risk status and contribute to international efforts to combat terrorism’ Ms Wagner says.”From a Green Party perspective we have a pretty strong civil liberties kind of strain in the Green Party and some of that language there flags some concerns. So I would like it if at some point during the course of the debate the Minister would not mind just saying a little bit more about that and describing any new technologies or any risks analyses that have been done on what the implications are for personal privacy and security.And then the one I guess that everybody is waiting for. In the Ministry for Primary Industries release it does mention that it will be “Expanding our biosecurity detector dog capacity”—I am speaking to particular constituents here obviously—“to manage risk at the border.” The Government has made a great deal about the number of people who are returning home from Australia. I just wanted to check whether those dogs are going to be beagles or alsatians because I think beagles will be a great deal more attractive and bring more people back home.Hon Nicky Wagner: Labs. Customs likes labs.JAMES SHAW: OK. Thank you.