Hudson Brett; Rurawhe AdrianBRETT HUDSON (National): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. It is an honour to rise in support of the Arms (Prohibited Firearms Magazines and Parts) Amendment Bill. Quite often in standing in support of a bill I might say It's a pleasure"; however the circumstances of 15 March do mean that it is not possible to take pleasure in where we are and what we are having to do. But it certainly is possible to and I do acknowledge the importance of what we are certainly shortly to pass and it is with a sense of both privilege and a degree of pride that New Zealand and New Zealanders through their elected officials are about to take some action to help safeguard the lives of our people and to help to ensure that we have the sort of New Zealand that we all want to see. I acknowledge that privilege and take pride in being a part of these moments. Parliament decided—it was a choice and Parliament decided—to take the process we have with this bill to reach the point we have now and where I would predict we are about to get to. As adults in the room we can fully support that—those decisions those actions and where we are—and still critique the process which underpins it. There is certainly simply no way a select committee can address a bill of substance in such a short period of time and give it the same scrutiny that it could do if it had an extended normal or longer period of time. With all the will in the world and with all the effort of members and officials—and I acknowledge the hard work of all the officials—there is simply not in a shortened period of time sufficient opportunity to hear all of the voices to give all of the consideration to all matters raised to debate every point or to look at every possible alternative. Shortened time simply does not permit that. That doesn't mean that the outcome of the committee will be flawed or indeed that it's the wrong process. In fact I would acknowledge that through the work of the committee and with what we have returned to the House and are debating in this third reading the committee and the House have done a great job along with officials to get the very best possible bill that will deliver the objectives that Parliament and the Government have set out for it to deliver. What it does say though I contend is almost shouting out to members of this House a timely reminder that these truncated processes particularly these deeply truncated processes should not only be the exception for this House; they should be a very rare exception. But by no means does that indicate or suggest that what we have done over this past week or so was the wrong thing—quite the opposite. I endorse the decision Parliament took and it was Parliament's decision. The Government put forth a proposition to do this bill under an extremely short period of time but it was Parliament that agreed to do so. We now find ourselves in the last few minutes of a decision to rid New Zealand of weapons of firearms that no normal citizen needs but with enough careful consideration that where exemptions are warranted they have been granted with enough thought and consideration to help inform elements that might take part of the next phase of the firearms reform.The only call I would make to the Minister is: when we finish this tonight Minister I know that today the framework for the buy-back has been released—that is a great thing; it has helped to remove some of the uncertainty that responsible firearms holders would be feeling—please address the remainder of it if not exactly at the same haste certainly in the same good faith and with appropriate speed so that those remaining vestiges of uncertainty can be removed and our law-abiding citizens can easily comply with the law we're about to place upon them. It's the right thing for them and all of us. I commend this bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): This is a split call. I call David Seymour—five minutes."