Uffindell SamSAM UFFINDELL (National—Tauranga): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise to speak in support of this bill. Look we've had far too much gang-related crime over the past six years and we've seen it get out of control under a Labour Government that was soft on crime—very soft on crime. The good news for the people of New Zealand—and I can see people on the on the other side of the House smiling at the good news that the Comancheros are no longer in the South Island. That is because our Government has worked very hard to make sure that they know they're not welcome anymore. So we've got a Government that is tackling them and this Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill is another piece in that armoury to make sure that we can do what we need to do.Look there have been some concerns on the other side of the House about you know what this may do to those households where police do come in and go through and search and concerns I heard from the Hon Dr Duncan Webb about it happening at any time of the day. I do understand where he's coming from on that but I don't necessarily agree that it should prohibit them from being able to do that because at the end of the day we are talking about gang members.Now look I know people on the other side of the House tend to be a lot more sympathetic to gang members than we are over here on the Government benches. But at the end of the day you have to have committed a crime to be admitted to a gang. These are not friendly people. Yes they have often had a very hard upbringing and faced challenges and there are a number of reasons that people do join gangs so I'm not discounting that at all. But at the end of the day gangs are out there peddling meth and peddling misery throughout New Zealand society and it is often the most vulnerable members of New Zealand society that fall victim to gangs. So to take the cushy soft approach that the previous Government took—look what we saw. We saw an over 50 percent increase in gang numbers—an over 50 percent increase in gang numbers—over the previous Government. We are taking a different approach. We are saying Look if you want to be part of a gang you do that but don't expect any sympathy from us. And we are going to come after you. We are going to take your firearms. We are going to take your patches. We are going to make sure that you cannot associate with other people who you are engaged in or potentially engaged in criminal activity with. You don't have a place operating like that in New Zealand—if you want to we will hold you accountable." That is what we are doing.We have already seen the Comancheros disappear—Hon Scott Simpson: Bye-bye.SAM UFFINDELL: Bye-bye—from the South Island. That is right the Hon Scott Simpson they are out of the South Island. And I can see Duncan Webb trying to conceal a little grin over there.Hon Scott Simpson: He's thrilled.SAM UFFINDELL: He's thrilled. He's going to have a beer at the airport after this on his way back to a safer South Island.Hon Dr Duncan Webb: It's actually misleading to say that.SAM UFFINDELL: Well you can stand up and take a point of order if you would like and you can do that. But you can stand up and take an issue with it if you want but I would like to think anyone in the South Island would be happy that the Comancheros are no longer there.What a great appearance we have now—the Hon Mark Mitchell the Minister of Police coming in here. Well done Minister—that is very good; we are very happy over this side of the House.We will continue the hard work we are doing this place. We've seen a lot more police on the beat contrary to what the spokesperson from the Labour Party said yesterday about that not being the case. And that didn't go well because the figures showed that there are more police on the beat. That side of the House can continue to live in that alternative reality that they often live in but here on this side of the House we are a serious Government. We are dedicated to improving the safety and wellbeing of the people and communities around New Zealand. I commend this bill to the House."