McKee NicoleNICOLE McKEE (ACT): While I'm tempted there are some places I just won't go to. I stand on behalf of the ACT Party to support the first reading of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Bill although it is a bit of a hospital pass having been left to the last minute and when we were given this we were told that there could be some last-minute changes made by Cabinet to the starting line-up of this bill and we don't know whether or not they actually intend to spin it wide. But we wouldn't have needed to rush the bill if the Government had just listened to ACT's Damien Smith who on the day after St Patrick's Day—that's right 18 March 2023—gave the Government our Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Bill. Our shamrock here even named the bill for this Government who just added 2023" to the end of it just to make sure that it was in there twice. Damien Smith gave the Government an easy kick right in front of the sticks allowing them to take home the bonus point for the hospitality sector. The Government dropped the ball back in March and they should have formed a rolling maul and rumbled our bill over the line. Instead they panicked and they kicked for touch leaving our hospitality sector wondering if they were being penalised for a knock on. In March we outlined how our hospitality sector has been affected by the last three years of yellow and red cards from this Government and how our bill would help give certainty to these sectors to plan and to participate in a full legislative process as to what the temporary change during Rugby World Cup 2023 would mean to them. As David Seymour said back in 2015—which the Government copied in 2019—getting on to this set piece play back in March would have scored more points with the hospitality sector if anything to allow them to plan their moves get their reserves lined up and get set for kick-off. Instead the New Zealand hospitality sector has to deal with a Government who is addicted to spending and addicted to urgent legislation. There was no need for urgency here. As at 1.30 p.m. today there was no regulatory impact statement nor a departmental disclosure statement although I see it's on the Table now. This Government needs to spend the rest of the game in the sin bin. Analogies aside—DEPUTY SPEAKER: Yes I was about to take a "razor" to your speech actually Ms McKee. But we might spend some time on the bill shall we? NICOLE McKEE: We're on the bill now Mr Speaker. This bill will make some temporary amendments because the Rugby World Cup is scheduled to run between 9 September and 29 October in France. One wonders whether there could be extensions offered for 15 October for some but it's not Rugby World Cup for that allowance. It will allow those already with licences to apply to expand their trading hours when they televise games but they can be restricted by local alcohol policies as well as district licensing committee rules and determinations. The primary and sole purpose for opening during these hours are just to allow customers to watch a live televised game. Currently it can take 20 working days to allow this to happen but this bill will mean that they can go through under quicker time. If their trading licence has actually been cancelled in the last 12 months they won't be able to apply. So as my colleagues have said it's for existing licences and existing businesses and there must be a provision for police and territorial authorities (TAs) to be given seven days' notice of any changes that they want to make in writing. There needs to be a noise management plan as well as a requirement to notify police and TAs if there are any other changes to them say not opening should they get into a position where—I don't want to jinx it—there is not a requirement to stay open for the full length to 29 October. But also the police can shut it down—the bars that is not the cup—if they need to if things get a bit out of hand. So there are only a couple of little changes within the bill. These look pretty good. For example they can open an hour before a game but if they are actually still open two hours before a game they can stay open. They must shut 30 minutes after a game has finished and the one-way door policies won't apply within an hour before the extended trading. Police will also be keeping records of scale and demand which will be quite good for future world cups although we do notice that the next world cup is going to be in Australia in 2027. So temporary this bill is. Therefore for the final whistle on this first reading we commend the bill to the House."