Naylor JonoJONO NAYLOR (National): When we come to the annual reviews time in Parliament it is always an interesting time. We get to hear from various different Government departments that come in and talk to us and we get a better feel for what is going on. Certainly in the Justice and Electoral Committee which I am a part of we have had a wide variety of people come and talk to us.In terms of the reports that we have sent back to the House—and I am sure the Attorney-General will be pleased to see some of these—from for example the Parliamentary Counsel Office and the Law Commission it is a case of no news is good news. They had probably the shortest reports to the House that I have ever seen actually saying that there is in fact nothing to report back to the House. However with other organisations—for example the Ministry of Justice—lots of news is also good news. It has been great to see so many impressive things that have been happening right across that whole area and I just want to touch on a few of those today.There has been a lot of innovative work that has been going on. For example there was the alcohol and other drug treatment court. Our committee actually made a visit to the alcohol and other drug treatment court in Auckland. Unfortunately I could not be there but the feedback that I got from my fellow committee members was that this innovative piece of work is actually seeing some great results whereby people can actually go and do alcohol and drug treatment programmes prior to sentencing. That can have an impact on the sentence they receive particularly when alcohol and drugs have very much been a driver as a part of their offending. I think it is a really positive step forward. It is just one of the ways that we are seeing that innovation creep in.Also in that line in the Rangatahi Courts and the Pasifika Courts we are seeing young people being able to sort of have their issues addressed—not any more leniently but in a way that is more culturally appropriate which then delivers better outcomes for those young people as they progress through the justice system. In fact both of those—the Rangatahi and Pasifika Courts—have had international acclaim and have received international awards. I think that is something that is good for us to stop and pause on and to acknowledge—that actually our justice system is moving forward. As we went through the whole judicature modernisation process—it is one thing to bring it up to speed but we are also seeing this innovation that is going forward delivering very good results for our community and also particularly for those younger offenders who are needing to break their way out of I guess a bad circle that they are involved with in terms of their behaviours.There has been a significant legislative programme over the last while that has kept the Justice and Electoral Committee very busy and it has been great to be a part of a hard-working and collegial committee. We have seen wide-ranging legislation come through in this area—for example harmful digital communications legislation whereby it is now an offence to send messages and post material online that deliberately causes serious emotional distress. It is now an offence. There is going to be a new offence about inciting people to commit suicide. It is great to see that we are starting to develop and get our laws into the 21st century reflecting that actually harm can be put on somebody not just through physical harm but actually through our social media way in which we communicate. That too has been great for us to see as we have reviewed the Ministry of Justice—to see the work that it is doing in this space.Finally I just want to touch on the extensive work that the Ministry of Justice has been doing in trying to reduce the very high levels of domestic violence that we have in New Zealand. The new legislation which has just recently come before us—and I do want to make sure I get the name of it correct; it is the Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill—is introducing some new offences. It is an overhaul of the Domestic Violence Act and I am really looking forward in 12 months' time—though I will not necessarily be there on the Justice and Electoral Committee—to hearing about what the impact of this new legislation is going to bring in. I am sure it is going to be equally successful and I think that if we can continue obviously with a great Minister in charge of this area who will be bringing these changes into effect we will see greater inroads being made around domestic violence and around harm to others. I am sure we would all agree that that is a positive thing for New Zealand.