Sio Hon Aupito WilliamSu'a WILLIAM SIO (Labour—Māngere): I am happy to take a call on this bill here and to say as my other colleagues have said that the Labour Party supports this bill. I also want to acknowledge the Minister in the chair Mark Mitchell in the role that he has received—I hope that you are not going to be like some of your other colleagues who just lose themselves and forget where they came from. Be yourself.This bill arises as a result of an inquiry that was undertaken by the Justice and Electoral Committee into the 2014 general election. I was surprised though—and saddened—that in 2014 the major political debates were aired at the same time that the All Blacks games were on.I have to say that yes things are changing in the media but the reality is that there is a generation of New Zealanders who depend on TV programming and who depend on receiving the New Zealand Herald or whatever the main paper is in their local area for their political news. My dad whom we had to force to retire for his own sake for his health at 78-years-old relies on TV. I suspect that that is where Mr Denis O'Rourke was coming from—it is that generation. For political news my dad relies on TV ONE—TV3 he flicks through but generally it is TV ONE. He has got a Facebook page that he does not know how to operate so it is my sister who helps him to get on to the links on his Facebook page and see the comments from his family from all over the world. He is illiterate when it comes to that media.I suspect that there is also a cohort of New Zealanders interested in politics who rely on the TV and want to receive that news but who are illiterate when it comes to social media. I raise that for the Committee because despite our believing that this is the right thing and despite it is also being welcomed by TV ONE and Radio New Zealand I think it is important that we continue to have a discussion and debate about how to convey and communicate our political message to the rest of the population.It is no accident that we have a million people who do not participate in the electoral process. There is a reason for that. I know that the young people—my 16-year-old son will pick up the phone anybody's phone and soon he is communicating with friends. Whether it is Facebook or Chatbox—a social box there that they are talking through—or some game they just do it fast. They are also up to date with a lot of information—he is asking questions about some of the antics that go on in this House. That generation will continue as the world changes and develops to get that information from various sources but we still have this other generation that relies on one or two sources for its news and information. That is important.I understand there were only seven submitters and three of them gave oral submissions. I accept the argument that the select committee was faced with trying to get these changes in order in time for the 2017 general election but I want to insist to this Committee that we do not collapse that process. It is a critical process. It is a process that I have on occasion—as others I am sure have—held up to the international community saying that we have one of the best select committee processes one where our communities participate in helping us make better high-quality decisions. Those are just a couple of points that I want to raise.I now understand from my colleague Louisa Wall about the allocation of expense returns and that for broadcasters this bill is now changed so that they do not have to submit returns but it still falls on parties to make those returns and to ensure that those returns are full and complete. That was one question I had which I believe has been answered by Louisa Wall.Other than that there are the offences under Part 6 of the Broadcasting Act. The Electoral Commission reports to the Police when it believes an offence has been committed. I am not quite sure as I am not a member of that committee whether it is just the Electoral Commission—[Bell rung] Mr Chair?The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): Su'a William Sio. Just one point—we are not on the Electoral Act; we are on the first one—Su'a WILLIAM SIO: Yes but I am referring to the Electoral Commission's broadcasting report page 3 where it says—The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): No that is fine but prior to that you just mentioned under the Electoral Act"—so carry on.Su'a WILLIAM SIO: Thank you. The question I am asking myself—as I was not a member of the committee I did not hear any submissions—is whether it is just the Electoral Commission that has the right to report to the Police when it believes an offence has been committed or whether that right is also available to any member of the general public. I assume that it is but it does not stipulate directly that that is so here so I am hopeful that the Minister in the chair might be able to answer that. Thank you for listening."