McClay ToddHon TODD McCLAY (National—Rotorua): Mr Speaker thank you. I'm very pleased to speak in this legislation because as with other speakers I believe it is extremely important. I'm not going to take a long period of time because I think it's very straightforward and it is something that all parties in this House should be able to accept and support—vote for—very quickly. There are many international events around the world that New Zealand takes part in and we can be very proud of the role that we continue to play in them. But in as far as our ability to host international events or meetings APEC is one of the larger ones that New Zealand has the ability and will have the opportunity to host. So it is fundamentally important that New Zealand in taking on the hosting of APEC—that we take our responsibilities seriously and we do absolutely everything we can to make sure it is a resounding success and that all of the guests and visitors that come here are safe and are treated properly to make sure it's an absolute success over the 12 months that we will be the hosts the chair of APEC. As my colleague the Minister for Trade and Export Growth said there are many different events that are important to New Zealand but I would say none more so than the trade discussions that the trade Minister will chair and host as we move forward. Indeed it was the APEC meetings in Vietnam some years ago where New Zealand was able to work with other Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries to stitch together the deal that became the revised TPP that New Zealand exporters are now benefiting from. And if not for APEC it may well have been very difficult for those other countries to come together for New Zealand to play a role along with Japan and Australia who showed great leadership for there to be a trade deal that is important to New Zealand. So in taking our responsibility seriously it is the case that we need to make sure the rules that are in place are such that we can keep these visitors safe that we can make sure they can you know move around the city and can ensure that in doing so the tools that the New Zealand services will need—may require—will be there. I've got to say that I am deeply disappointed that the Green Party have said they won't be voting for this. And I'm a bit surprised because this legislation has been in place previously in New Zealand and is very infrequently used. But in the case it would have to be used we need to make sure actually that we are able to meet these responsibilities. I am quite surprised that the Green Party are not supporting this legislation yet the terrorism bill that was voted on in Parliament just a week or two before they gave the Government the votes that were needed to ensure I suppose that New Zealand is safe from terrorists. So I don't know why it is that they have voted for the terrorism legislation but in this case they won't support this.One of the challenges we've got—and I want to give an example of why this is so very very important. In the terrorism legislation National took a position that actually when a New Zealand citizen arrives at the border if they are deemed to be a terrorist we think that under certain circumstances the police and others should be able to hold them for 72 hours. So in the case of the legislation that is before us today for APEC if a terrorist a known terrorist from overseas came to New Zealand they could be detained at the border so that our visitors and all New Zealanders are safe. If that person was a New Zealand citizen with a passport unless the Greens do actually what's proper in giving Government support to get the terrorism legislation through that New Zealander who turns up at the border who has been a terrorist overseas would not be able to be held for 72 hours and that means our visitors may not be safe. The point I'm making is there is a conflict in the two pieces of legislation and I think that the Greens should make sure that the terrorism legislation that they are supporting is fixed and they should be voting for this as well. This is not weighty legislation. It's not something that's going to harm the freedom of New Zealanders. It's going to make sure that they and our visitors are safe. And that's very much the reason that National is supporting it and joining the Government and other parties in doing so. Thank you.