McKelvie Ian; Tisch LindsayIAN McKELVIE (National—Rangitīkei): Just as I start a short contribution on this bill I am disappointed I guess that the Greens have taken an opposing view to this bill. They believe that it has all been brought about as a result of the activities of one person—in fact Kelvin Davis supported this view in his earlier contribution on this bill. This piece of legislation probably is necessary. It was triggered by the activities of one person. As is so often the case it is either a crooked person a clever person or just an ordinary person tripping up who causes legislation to come before this House and this is no exception.Since 2008 the Government has worked very hard to ensure that its agencies share information where relevant and useful. This is just another case of there being significant advantages in agencies sharing information and in making processes a whole lot easier for all of those agencies trying to either enforce legislation or enable people to come and go as they please. It is a most essential part of what we do as a Government and I think we have got to a very good space with some of this sharing of information.I do accept that there is some risk in sharing information and obviously the select committee as it moves through this process will ensure that all possible safeguards have been put in place. The bill itself includes built-in safeguards against inappropriate sharing by providing clear parameters for the circumstances in which that information can be shared. Alongside the existing privacy protections outlined in the Privacy Act these parameters include limiting the information that can be shared to identifying information. Only certain named agencies can share that information and in specific circumstances. I think that is a very good start to the safeguards we need to ensure are in place to protect those people. We have got to remember that on the whole these laws are not being put in place to protect people who are perfect angels so we need to make sure that we deal appropriately with those people. That then enables everyone else in the country to move about with a great deal more freedom than they previously had.I think the ironic thing about technology is that as we enable technology to participate in our regulatory environment it actually frees up life for the rest of us. Access through customs for example is a very good example of this. Some of us recently had the opportunity to visit Auckland Airport. We were on a Ministry for Primary Industries agenda more than a customs agenda up there but it was really very interesting. Despite the assertions of the last speaker Mahesh Bindra on our border control and Customs Service they are not the laughing stock of the international community. In fact our Customs Service and border control are probably as good as if not better than anywhere else in the world and I think we should be very proud of them. This bill will give them just a little bit more horsepower when it comes to making sure that those people whom we want to make sure are where we think they are are where they are.So I have a great deal of pleasure in supporting this bill and I look forward to the discussion in the select committee as well. Thank you.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): The next call is a split call. Dr Kennedy Graham—5 minutes.