Mooney JosephJOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. I was just enjoying that little discussion there but it's my pleasure to rise and take a call on the Customs and Excise (Arrival Information) Amendment Bill which will soon become law. This bill amends the Customs and Excise Act 2018 to provide clearer arrival information obligations to improve the enforcement and functionality of the system to improve border management and passenger experience by supporting a safer and smarter border and to support modernising our border by making improvements to support the implementation of a digital arrival card. I trust that the focus will very much be on what those intentions are noting that we want to ensure that those who come here and don't have maybe as great an access to the digital tools that others might are still able to take advantage of what's intended by this bill.I also was pleased to hear South Auckland customs workers getting a call-out. Look I've lived and worked in that region in the past myself but I should say the border certainly doesn't end there. We're here in Wellington tonight and I need to make a shout-out to those who are working here in Wellington. I need to make a shout-out to those in Christchurch who are doing the hard work and in my home town of Queenstown—make a shout-out to all those workers who are doing that work to make sure that we protect our border and look after our economy.I should just say that this is an arrival bill we have. I'm pleased to say we have been seeing a strong growth again in tourism. It's certainly not back to anywhere near what it was but it is coming back and that is very very good to see. It's very important for our country and our economy. At a time when we have a balance of payment deficit that is the highest in the developed world it's really important that we have this foreign exchange coming to the country and it's great to have those tourists coming from overseas to share our wonderful country and that we can share with them. Also this bill is to make sure we protect that other part of our economy the primary sector which is so important and that we make sure we don't get any foreign organisms that could severely damage that sector. So this bill is a good one to address that and make sure we are protecting our border well in that respect.I do have to make one light comment and I hope it's light but this is an arrival bill; maybe it should also be a departure bill because I picked up the bill from the from the Table tonight and I see the Hon Meka Whaitiri is still listed there on the bill—a Government bill in the name of the Hon Meka Whaitiri. So there's you know a little bit of an oversight there maybe but we all have these moments.So anyway—Hon Michael Woodhouse: The first bill passed by an independent MP!JOSEPH MOONEY: First bill passed by an independent MP as my colleague says. So there we are—there we are. There's always a time for a first and maybe tonight's it.But look in all seriousness this is a good little bill. It's well-intended. We want to make sure that we continue to have people moving smoothly through our border but also protecting that border and with that I commend this bill to the House.