Goldsmith PaulSALE AND SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL (RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023 EXTENDED TRADING HOURS) AMENDMENT BILLSecond ReadingDebate resumed.Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. Look in this House in justice areas there are many areas where different MPs from different parties disagree very strongly about policies. An example today was the Prime Minister talking about ram raids and saying It's society's fault that these ram raids are happening." We disagree with that strongly. We believe that personal responsibility needs to be restored in this country and that we need to end the culture of excuses for crime that we see in our communities. So there's much that we disagree on and that's why we fight so hard and will be fighting over the next three months to have the privilege to lead the next Government. But when it comes to World Cups and Rugby World Cups in particular and allowing New Zealanders to come together and celebrate and enjoy hospitality during the time of the World Cup we do—with the exception of the Greens I think—come together as a House and agree because it is important. New Zealanders love their rugby they love their World Cups they love going down to the local place to get a bacon butty and a beer if required in very late hours to watch the game to watch the Kiwis—well the All Blacks—succeed and to restore the World Cup to us. And so when it comes to the legislation that enables that to happen we're all for it. And so this is what the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Bill seeks to achieve.It is a little bit surprising that we have to come up with urgent legislation every time and that we haven't been able to come up with something that works every time there is a World Cup but perhaps the priorities of the Government have been elsewhere. It would have been good if they'd focused on dealing with well I could name a lot of priorities that the Government—Hon Gerry Brownlee: The clock hasn't started.Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH: Oh the clock hasn't started. Well that's all right I can go for as long as we need to on this bill Madam Speaker if we need to. But I think the point I want to make is that when we're out on the campaign trail people do often make the point "Wouldn't it be great if you politicians could work together on issues that affect us in unison?" And we do that from time to time on issues such as this where we all agree that New Zealanders do enjoy Rugby World Cups they do want to be able to go without an enormous amount of rigmarole and fuss and bureaucracy to the local restaurant or pub late in the night—it might be three in the morning might be four in the morning when the All Blacks are playing or heaven forbid the South Africans or Australians are playing—and watch the game. So this legislation was required—and I can go into the details of it but I don't think anybody's particularly interested in the details of it. But I do make the point that we do disagree on a lot of stuff also and that's fitting and appropriate because that's what Parliament is all about: testing ideas putting forward proposals making priorities. The Government's priorities in justice have been clear: they want to reduce the prison population irrespective of what's going on. We disagree with that priority. We have different priorities. We want to reduce the number of victims of crime; that's our fundamental priority in justice. But when it comes to the issue of sale and supply of alcohol we have a shared vision. We have a shared vision that New Zealanders together should celebrate the Rugby World Cup enjoy it enjoy some hospitality as I say and if that involves a beer well why not? Why not? Chlöe Swarbrick: What about logical consistency?Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH: The Greens are wowsers. They don't enjoy any of this. They'll try and stop us but we enjoy a beer while we're watching the rugby.Hon Gerry Brownlee: What could go with a bacon butty?Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH: And I enjoy a bacon butty as well although bacon has a lot of salt and I'm trying to cut back on my salt but that's by the by. Some kind of sausage would be even worse. But I'm off topic. The purpose of this bill is to make eligible on-licence and club licence holders able to extend their trading hours to televise games for the Rugby World Cup coming up. It makes sense and I don't think I need to say anything further about it but we support this bill and we commend it to the House. Thank you."