SpeechHon DAVID BENNETT (National): Thank you Madam Speaker. Well it is a very short speaking list from the Labour Party isn't it? And it just shows that they're not really doing anything to keep this country from the economic decline that it's facing at the moment and small bills like this are all that they can put up at this stage. We need to keep our borders safe; there's no doubt about that and it's important that we are up to date technologically and that offences do reciprocate for the nature of the issue that can happen—and New Zealand being an agricultural country that relies heavily on biosecurity needs to make sure that the customs and excise system is something that is effective. However in saying that the Labour Party really should be looking at—and the Government should be looking at how it keeps those borders safe at a time where travel is starting to open up again the risks are starting to come through for incursions and we know that there's a greater risk at a period of time when probably our infrastructure hasn't been as tested during COVID and now it is back to being tested and is slightly stretched. And everyone can talk about the queues they hear about at Auckland Airport and the inefficiency they see there and that no doubt will lead to potential mistakes at our borders due to the stress that this Government has put on the system and not being ready for an open border as the rest of the world has been for some time. So it's important that we do keep up to date in this area but really what we do want to see is actually the Government invest some serious money and resources into our biosecurity. They talked about it over the last two election campaigns and really tried to promise everything but haven't done anything and there's been no significant increase in biosecurity that I can see. And the nature of what's happened under Labour is that we've got a very strong risk profile building up. Imagine the stress on those Customs officers that are at our borders now because of the queues that are being created; the inefficiency in the system that's there at the moment. And it's no doubt that there will actually be a breach at some point and that's to the detriment of our New Zealand economy. So it's important that we do update but at the same time there were hollow promises by the Labour Party in the last two campaigns around biosecurity; their Minister hasn't delivered. They are just hoping nothing comes up before the election to demonstrate the inefficiency and incompetence that they have shown in most of the areas of Government and it's no doubt that you'll see the same in the biosecurity—and they may shake their heads but we all know what they've done and anybody that's talked to somebody that's been through the borders at the Auckland Airport will know how inefficient it is at the moment and that anecdotal evidence is something the Government should be acting on because it's going to be a precursor to something happening. Bills like this are important but the real obligations that are out there haven't been dealt with and we look forward to the Government actually doing the proper thing in this area.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): Members the time has come for me to leave the chair for the dinner break and the House will resume at 7 p.m. this evening.Sitting suspended from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.