Yang JianDr JIAN YANG (National): Finally—Madam Chair I'm very very pleased. Now I will focus on integrity and speak to Dr Nick Smith's Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 73. It reads in new clause 3A integrity means—(a) working in such a way that decisions reflect the democratic will of the people; and (b) that members of Parliament act consistently with the principles on which they were elected". This is exactly what I understand of integrity for MPs.Basically seven years ago when I was elected as a member of Parliament under the National Party's banner I said to my community "I believe the National Party represents the interests of New Zealand and the Chinese community the best and that is why I will stand under National. However if someday I believe the National Party no longer represents the best interests of New Zealand and also the Chinese community then I would not hesitate to leave the National Party." That was my pledge I made to my community. I'm very pleased that the National Party has been very faithful to the Chinese community in the past seven years while I have been a National member of Parliament.Last week when we were talking about the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill I criticised Labour's Chinese-sounding names theory. Had that disgraceful Chinese-sounding names theory happened to the National Party or if the National Party had proposed that I would have resigned from the National Party simply because this theory deeply hurt the Chinese community. I would feel deeply ashamed to be a member of that party.So this is the reason why I believe this bill will not help the integrity of MPs in New Zealand. Now I'm the only Chinese National MP in Parliament. I'm here to represent the Chinese community; I'm not simply here to make up the numbers in the National Party. This is particularly important.To talk about integrity I have three perspectives. Firstly my own perspective. That is I'm here to represent the interests of New Zealand the newly adopted country home and also to represent the interests of the Chinese community. I'm here to promote National Party policy to the Chinese community. That is my role my responsibility. At the same time I represent the party in my community. But one other particular role for me is to inform my party of the concerns of my community and therefore to make policies accordingly. That is my integrity. If I believe the party is no longer there representing the interests of my community why the hell should I be in the party? That is exactly what I'm here to represent—the community in my party. That is important to remember.From a party's point of view integrity for me means that I will be able to represent the National Party in the Chinese community so that the party can better represent the Chinese community. That is exactly what happened in the past seven years while I have been a member of Parliament. The National Party has been very consistent in representing the interests of the Chinese community. We are the party which really defended the interests of the Chinese community when the Labour Party proposed that Chinese-sounding names theory.Why it is important for me to be here to represent the party in the Chinese community is simply because it is very difficult for new immigrants to get into politics. There are many challenges such as language such as lack of understanding of the democratic system. From my community's perspective integrity means that I represent my community's interests and also make sure that I encourage people—people from my community—to participate in politics. So I am a role model for my community. If I can no longer represent my community why the hell should I be regarded as a role model? This is integrity. Thank you Madam Chair."