Radhakrishnan PriyancaPRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN (Labour): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. It is indeed a pleasure to rise and speak in support of this bill. As we've heard from speakers who have taken calls on this bill earlier today it is a significant piece of work. However I want to start by addressing a few comments made by members opposite—first by the member Simon O'Connor who rather hesitantly expressed a little bit of surprise that on this side of the House we were supportive of this bill and also had a little bit of a jibe and implied that we had no other legislation which was why we were supporting this one. If I were to go into all the pieces of legislation that we've actually initiated and passed on this side of the House Mr Assistant Speaker I'm sure you'd shut me down and direct me back to the bill so I won't even attempt that.However what I will say is that this is a good bill. We've heard a lot about how this is a good bill and why it's significant to a nation like New Zealand where we are reliant largely on trade and the revenue that it brings as well. On this side we are not so churlish that we'd throw out a bill that is actually good for New Zealanders just because it was initiated by the previous Government. We actually give credit where credit is due. I'll even go so far as to thank the previous Minister of Customs the Hon Nicky Wagner for the work that she did to bring this bill to the stage that it has been. It's gone through due process. It's been finessed at the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee and here we are at the third reading to sum it up and get on with it so that it actually benefits us as a nation.The other comments that I will very quickly address of course is the scaremongering by the member David Bennett who claimed that the Labour Party is deliberately stopping migrants from coming to New Zealand when all we are doing really is stopping exploitation.Hon David Bennett: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. That member has made an—[Interruption] Sit down. It's a point of order.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): E noho.PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN: Oh I have to sit—sorry.Hon David Bennett: So that member has made an accusation and I wish her to support it with proof that the Labour Party has not directed immigration to actually restrict the renewal of the work visas. So would you be able to provide that proof for your statement in the House today?ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! [Interruption] Order! That's a debating point and in reflection of the three warnings that I did give the member when he was speaking it was always likely to cause a response. So I'll ask the member to resume her speech and come back to the bill. Kia ora.PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN: Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker.Kieran McAnulty: That's an atrocious attempt to waste time by that member.PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN: Absolutely when all we were doing was stopping the exploitation that the previous Government did.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Get to the bill.PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN: But back to the bill—back to the bill. So what does this bill do? Basically it's a large significant piece of legislation that will bring the customs revenue system into line with changing trade patterns. That's part of what it does.It's also about greater scope and flexibility to address things like smuggling to address national security concerns. It increases transparency around customs obligations when it comes to information sharing. It actually promotes information sharing between customs and a number of other Government agencies as well. It streamlines sections—now this is actually a really old Act—or rather this bill will replace the Customs and Excise Act which is over 20 years old parts of the Act are over 50 years old and over a hundred years old. So it streamlines sections of that Act that have been repeatedly amended and that are archaic. It modernises the structure of the legislation as well and makes it user-friendly. It balances national security with individual rights and that was a part of the bill that was finessed during the select committee process. So at this point I thank the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee and the members and the submitters for going through that process and making it a better bill.So it is user-friendly and I mentioned that. It allows businesses and customs to adapt to changing technology. It brings things back into the 21st century as it were. It improves assurances over revenue collection makes it easier for traders to do business and actually this bill is in response to requests by traders who have asked for things to be made a little bit easier for them to get on with their business as well.In terms of the transparency—and actually I might just focus in the last 40 seconds about the national security because the information sharing that it does—it's about disclosure of information on people and goods that are crossing our borders for national security reasons for law enforcement for public health and for safety reasons as well. It supports economic development it promotes the implementation of Government policy as well and actually it does a whole lot of other things that unfortunately I am running out of time to describe or to delve into in any great detail but what I will say before I sit down is that it's a good bill it's strong and I commend it to the House.