Curran ClareHon CLARE CURRAN (Labour—Dunedin South): Thanks very much Mr Speaker. Before I begin can I also acknowledge the Hon Nathan Guy.Kieran McAnulty: Oh this is getting silly.Hon CLARE CURRAN: Well it's a mark of respect and acknowledgment. I had a bit to do with him in his role with civil defence. I always saw him as a pretty straight-up chap. So good luck with whatever you do next.I'm really pleased to be speaking albeit briefly on this bill because it's a real example of the Government's commitment to transparency to practicality and to a much-needed upgrade of what started off as a good idea but turned into a flawed system. That became very apparent during one of New Zealand's most serious biosecurity incidents and issues in recent times. I know that everybody agrees that the Mycoplasma bovis issue is very serious but unfortunately the system that was put in place to underpin the knowledge of tracking stock movements was very flawed and was not fit for purpose. Thankfully the Government acted swiftly and made some very clear decisions that were big decisions for our nation because they had at risk a whole sector of our economy and exports. And that was with the very large package of I think $886 million to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis over 10 years I think it is but then to introduce the National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Bill—the bill No. 1—to put in place the technical amendments that were needed to be able to get things moving and then we've now got the No. 2 bill before us today the National Animal Identification and Tracing Amendment Bill (No 2) which will be taken through a proper process and which is absolutely essential to have a system in place that is fit for purpose for our country to underpin our primary sector to underpin one of our most critical industries to underpin and protect our export industries and to ensure that the sector is accountable.If you look at the state of the system around the time that we were facing this major biosecurity crisis the enforcement of the flawed system that was introduced in 2012 was extremely lax. As at December 2017 only one infringement of $150 had been issued for failing to declare a movement of an animal. At the time of the 2017 election which was when that review was taking place NAIT compliance in some areas was as low as 30 percent—30 percent.Marja Lubeck: It's shockingHon CLARE CURRAN: It is shocking. I haven't been in the House for all of the discussion today but I acknowledge the issues around the technology. I acknowledge the fact that there are external issues but actually I did some reading of the Hansard today around when the bill was introduced in 2012. As I understand it it was the idea that came from the former Labour Government and it was eventually and grudgingly introduced by the previous National Government. It wasn't properly put in place. It didn't have buy-in from the farming community and therefore it was lax. We're fixing it. We're getting on with it. We've made some really big decisions that go alongside that about eradicating Mycoplasma bovis. I want to really pay tribute to the Minister who is doing an incredible job in this space. I hope that the primary sector does buy in this time and that we do protect that really important primary sector and make sure that we never put at risk that part of our economy again.