Mitchell MarkHon MARK MITCHELL (National—Whangaparāoa): Thank you Madam Speaker. Look it's a pleasure to stand and take a call on this the second reading of the Integrity Sport and Recreation Bill. I held the sport and recreation portfolio for only a very short time before it was passed to my good friend and colleague the Hon Michael Woodhouse who was probably far better qualified to have it having been a top-notch rugby union referee and also a very very good halfback for the parliamentary rugby team as well.But the one thing that became apparent to me very quickly on having that portfolio—and it was a big surprise—is that I had top-level sportsmen and -women come to me seeking meetings that were trying to deal with sometimes serious issues within their code and I had top sports administrators come and seek meetings as well for exactly the same reason. The one thing that I worked out very quickly is that especially when you're dealing in high-performance sport you've got very strong characters that have to be extremely driven to want to be the best that they can be and the best in the world in their chosen sport but what this often means is that it can create conflict as well. So I think that the need and a decision by us as a country to have a commission in place to deal with some of those issues that sort of provides a neutral and unbiased place for some of those issues to be able to be dealt with is a very very good idea and a very good move on our part.I think that the previous speaker highlighted drugs and I think drugs now—we've all seen the stories where you might have an athlete that inadvertently takes some sort of even prescribed medicine that suddenly traps them in a negative or a positive test whichever way it may fall. It's a complicated and complex world out there now in terms of how they're operating and competing and I think that us as a country in terms of maintaining our own integrity on the sports field—because as Kiwis we like to think that we've got a pretty fierce reputation around the world for being very very tough competitors but also being fair—I think that it's important that we continue to maintain and guard that great international reputation that we have.Although I didn't sit on the Social Services and Community Committee and I didn't hear—Angie Warren-Clark: You missed some fun.Hon MARK MITCHELL: It was fun was it? I'm sure it was because it looks like you had a wide range of submissions and I'm sure that on the select committee certainly that feeling of the fact that we've got lots of fantastic sports administrators in this country who are deeply passionate about their codes or their respective sport backed up by incredible athletes regardless of what level they want to compete at. It's actually really important to make sure that they are supported and they've got a place to be able to go that's safe to be able to maintain those standards and make sure that their respective codes are operating in the best most professional and fairest way for everyone whether it be an administrator whether it be a competitor or whether it be someone that's just involved in the sport as a supporter or you know more on the sidelines.So look I think that this is a very good bill. We are supportive of it. There were some changes made on this I see in the select committee process which were good changes which certainly on our side of the House made it easier to continue to support the bill. I'm very happy to recommend it at this second reading. Thank you very much Madam Speaker.