Gallagher Martin: Injury Prevention Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2) — In Committee 
Gallagher Martin: Injury Prevention Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill (No 2) — In Committee 
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MARTIN GALLAGHER (Labour—Hamilton West) 
: 
 It is interesting that the previous speaker talked about electioneering. When I read through Part 2 I cannot see exactly where the so-called electioneering is. But I do note of course that Mr Key himself when speaking to the Large Herds Association conference on 21 March 2007 said: “I want to confirm today that National’s policy is to re-establish a competitive market to provide accident insurance. This delivered more efficient accident coverage in the 1990s and will do so again when National forms the government.” I wonder whether the submitters to the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee would necessarily have agreed with that; I wonder whether that would have been the case. 
Darien Fenton 
: Definitely not. 
MARTIN GALLAGHER 
: My good colleague says “Definitely not.” I also wonder whether we will see more of the National Party’s policy with regard to this bill and with regard to accident compensation. I wonder whether we will see the policy or is the member for Coromandel Sandra Goudie still waiting for the Insurance Council to deliver the policy to her? 
Dr Paul Hutchison 
: I raise a point of order Madam Chair. You earlier brought to the Committee’s attention the fact that it is important to stay close to the parts. I understand we are debating Part 2— 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Marian Hobbs) 
: I am well aware of that. I take the point. 
Dr Paul Hutchison 
: —and I challenge the speaker to explain what relevance whatsoever anything he said had to Part 2 or the schedules. 
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Marian Hobbs) 
: I have taken the point. I would like to make this point in reply. I make notes of all that members say. The previous speaker David Bennett spent some time fairly widely on electioneering and that was the member’s response. This is the last time. I ask the speaker now to turn to Part 2. He has had his chance to respond to David Bennett’s electioneering. 
MARTIN GALLAGHER 
: It is pretty obvious to me that the intent of the Labour members of this Committee is a commitment to ensuring the long-term viability of a no-fault fair and sustainable accident compensation scheme that also covers people with mental trauma psychological illness etc. and emphasises injury prevention and of course also tries to give them a fair go. It is relevant because I am very interested in the detail of the Insurance Council’s submission to the select committee. I am very interested in the context of this hearing in the relationship between the Insurance Council and the National members of the select committee. That is the issue that I think is very very relevant in the context of this Committee stage tonight. I think it is very pertinent. 
I acknowledge the constructive contribution that the Insurance Council made on a number of issues but I think in the context of this part and in the context of this bill we need to seek out the wider meaning and the wider nuance. It is very obvious that the members opposite have had more discussions on this part and on other parts of this bill than they are letting on tonight.