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Hipkins ChrisSECONDARY LEGISLATION CONFIRMATION BILLSecond ReadingHon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House): I present a legislative statement on the Secondary Legislation Confirmation Bill.SPEAKER: That legislative statement is published under the authority of the House and can be found on the Parliament website.Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I move That the Secondary Legislation Confirmation Bill be now read a second time.There are few things in the parliamentary sitting calendar that indicate that Christmas is coming more than the passage of the Secondary Legislation Confirmation Bill. It is a sign that Christmas is approaching and the House's sitting programme for the year is drawing to a close.Hon Grant Robertson: Brilliant speech. Well done!Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I do have some obligation to indicate to the House what's in the bill Minister Robertson but I will keep it very snappy!This year's bill includes the confirmation of 27 legislative instruments—I will spare the House from reading through what they all are but I will give a very brief summary of the matters covered by this year's confirmation bill. The bill includes reducing the size of security levies for domestic and international air travel as a Government that reduces levies; prohibiting the importation of motor vehicles with inaccurate odometers without the consent of the Minister of Customs; altering fees and levies charged to the dairy industry; establishing a new levy for wineries payable to the Fruit Wine and Cider Makers Association of New Zealand Inc.; amending various fees and levies for animal products such as increasing the annual levy for the export of processed honey products; broadening the definition of assistance dogs"; establishing new railway track user charges for rail freight operators; and imposing carbon dioxide charges on new registrations of a certain light vehicle.I want to thank the Regulations Review Committee for their diligent work as usual. This year unusually the committee has added an additional instrument that needs to be confirmed. I don't think that that's happened in recent history but it shows how diligent and conscientious they are in their undertakings. I commend the bill to the House.SPEAKER: The question is that the motion be agreed to."
SpeechSARAH PALLETT (Labour—Ilam): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise for the final time this year in support of the Therapeutic Products Bill and as a member of the Health Committee I am eagerly anticipating the many submissions that we will be receiving. I am looking forward to hearing in great detail from tāngata whenua who will be able to guide us so that we can support and protect rongoā as we have indicated is the intention of the committee and of this House.Before I end for the year I would just like to take this opportunity to thank the Health Committee for its hard work through the year. Across the House it's been a collegial and hard-working team. But I'd also like to thank the people who don't so often get thanked: our clerks and officials and advisers; everybody who works with us here in the House: Ivan Peter Jenny and the team; and the press gallery who work so hard. And I would like to wish you Mr Speaker a very happy Christmas and hope that everybody here has a restful rejuvenating break this year. I commend this bill to the House.
Simmonds Penny; Rurawhe AdrianPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise to speak in support of the Therapeutic Products Bill. Many speakers before me have said that this bill has had a long and somewhat tortuous gestation period spanning not just years but in fact decades. I congratulate the Minister on his fortitude in tackling the matter. I know it's not going to be an easy one for him nor will it be an easy task for the Health Committee because as we know there will be great public interest in this.I was in the Health Committee when Todd Muller's sunscreen bill went through and at that time there was of course much discussion and much anticipation of this wider Therapeutic Products Bill. So I'm pleased to be able to speak on it at this its first reading.The bill of course will regulate how products are manufactured tested imported promoted supplied and exported. So this legislation will aim to provide New Zealanders with assurances that they can expect about the quality safety and efficacy of the therapeutic products.New Zealand has come late to this so we will have the benefit of being able to align with international best practice. Of course the assurance of the safety of products that we use in any form of healthcare is incredibly important to the consumer. Natural health products as the Minister has said will be included under this bill to ensure that consumers have the information they need to make those informed decisions when purchasing and using those products. Natural products are not risk-free and it's important that although they are lower risk than medicines they are regulated and people can have assurances about their safety assurances that the products contain safe ingredients at a safe dose and assurances that the products are not contaminated and product information is clear and recommended doses are clear and that any health claims that might be made about natural health products can in fact be based on evidence.So New Zealanders are likely to have a strong interest in the matters that are covered by this bill and I look forward to how the Health Committee negotiates through the submissions and I look forward to seeing the bill back in the House. The National Party of course supports this Therapeutic Products Bill. Thank you.SPEAKER: This is a split call. I call Debbie Ngarewa-Packer—five minutes.
Ngarewa-Packer Debbie; Webb Duncan; Upston Louise; Hipkins ChrisDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Tēnā koe e te Pīka.SPEAKER: Are you taking a point of order?DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER: No I was wanting to take a call.SPEAKER: That call has already been taken. However it's not too late to organise—Dr DUNCAN WEBB (Chief Whip—Labour): Point of order. I seek leave for the Māori Party to be given an additional call.SPEAKER: No. Well—Hon LOUISE UPSTON (National—Taupō): The Labour Party still has one call. So I suggest the Māori Party picks that up.SPEAKER: That is the only way that that can happen. So—Hon CHRIS HIPKINS (Leader of the House): Point of order. I'm happy to indicate the Labour Party will split its last call and we're happy to offer half of it to the Māori Party.SPEAKER: OK. I call Penny Simmonds.
SpeechDr ANAE NERU LEAVASA (Labour—Takanini): Fa'afetai lava Mr Speaker. I rise as the MP for Takanini in support of the first reading of the Therapeutic Products Bill and also as a member who has grown up in my South Auckland garage contemplating with my brothers how we're going to make a difference in our community. This bill will make a difference and so I am quite happy—I pay homage to my South Auckland garage.So as a clinician that still prescribes I'm happy to see this long overdue bill come to the House. Medicines medical devices and natural health products need better regulation and a modernised legislation to sit on. So on that note before I close I just want to wish everyone a merry Christmas—manuia le Kerisimasi ma le tausaga fou. I commend this bill to the House.
Sosene Lemauga LydiaLEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise to take a short call on the Therapeutic Products Bill. As a member of the Health Committee I look forward to receiving the bill so that we are able to have our deliberations.The Therapeutic Products Bill is intended to replace the Medicines Act 1981 and the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 to provide for comprehensive risk-proportionate medicines medical devices natural health products and active pharmaceutical ingredients.We understand and look forward to the changes that are being proposed and specifically for the public to make informed choices around labelling. We do look forward to hearing best-practice safety technology and innovation. To that I commend this bill to the House.
Grigg NicolaNICOLA GRIGG (National—Selwyn): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise along with my colleagues in support of the Therapeutic Products Bill. It is important we think to modernise legislation as technology and science evolves to match and in this case we have seen the evolution of modern medicines medical products and devices and indeed practices over the decades. And as has been pointed out the current regulatory environment is only one year younger than I am which is significant. So it is indeed time for it to be updated particularly with the advent and indeed the rise of modern therapeutic products and indeed natural products. A lot has been said about around the intention of this new legislation in that it aims to provide New Zealanders with assurances that they can be guaranteed the quality and safety and efficacy of whatever the product is that they are using or is being used on them. The bill also intends to regulate how the products are manufactured how they are tested how they're imported and how they're promoted and supplied and also exported. Because we know that the nutraceutical industry particularly here in New Zealand is a hugely growing industry and has the potential to become a large export earner for us.I do look forward to hearing the report back from the select committee as it teases out these issues. We hope that whatever is reported back to the Parliament will align with international best practice and will be futureproofed to continue to evolve with those emerging and new technologies and medicines that I mentioned at the outset. Importantly this bill aims to help deliver health outcomes for New Zealanders and of course to ensure consumer safety and to ensure consumer trust in those products. And with that I commend this bill to the House.
McLellan Tracey; Rurawhe AdrianDr TRACEY McLELLAN (Labour—Banks Peninsula): Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise to take a call as a member of the Health Committee who will be happy to receive this Therapeutic Products Bill.As we've heard the bill replaces the Medicines Act 1981 which is an old bill that both industry and successive Governments have agreed is out of date and requires modernisation mainly because it doesn't cover many of the products that we now use in modern healthcare delivery.The bill also makes a clear distinction between natural health products and medicines it establishes a regulator and interestingly it enables a streamlined regime for clinical trials with greater emphasis on safety and efficacy oversight without increasing administration burden. That is good. This bill is good. I commend this bill to the House. SPEAKER: This is a split call. I call Nicola Grigg—five minutes.
Utikere TangiTANGI UTIKERE (Labour—Palmerston North): Kia orana Mr Speaker. It's a pleasure to speak in support of the Therapeutic Products Bill one that has a rather lengthy journey to this House. It will be the replacement for the Medicines Act 1981 which is over 14 years old and associated regulations. There are a number of changes that are proposed in this bill one of which is around labelling requirements to enable consumers to make informed choices when it comes to particular products.Members have alluded to the fact that it's suggested that this bill will go to the Health Committee which has had its final meeting of the year this afternoon. I know that it works extremely diligently and it looks forward to receiving this bill on its agenda. I commend this bill to the House.
Watts SimonSIMON WATTS (National—North Shore): Thank you very much Mr Speaker. I'm very proud to rise on behalf of the National Party and as the member of Parliament for North Shore in support of the Therapeutic Products Bill. I do want to use the opportunity to recognise the Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman former member of Parliament for Northcote who kicked off this process in 2014. It is good to see that this bill is now in the House. So I acknowledge Minister Little and also the previous Minister of Health David Clark for their work to progress that.As the prior speaker the Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall had noted this is a bill—and I recall we were on the Health Committee and that was very much on the agenda but because of the COVID implications obviously prioritisation was moved to other areas. But it is pleasing to see that this is back in the House and we are moving through this process.I think it will bring significant benefit for a number of players across our sector in New Zealand particularly in terms of the natural health products industry which has been continually calling for reform in this space for a long time. I think it is clear that this bill will take and has taken on board and will continue through the select committee process to take on board feedback in terms of what is required in order to bring our system up to a standard which is considered best in class.The inclusion around medical devices and also around gene and tissue therapies is also going to be a positive addition in terms of this and I think that reflects the important role that medical devices play in particularly chronic illness management. That in itself will be a benefit for a number of Kiwis.I'm looking forward to seeing the progression of this bill through the House and through to select committee. No doubt there will be a large number of submissions in regards to this and I'm looking forward to seeing this come back to the House in the new year 2023 where we will be able to progress that through and move from there. On that basis we commend this bill to the House.
Verrall AyeshaHon Dr AYESHA VERRALL (Associate Minister of Health): I'd like to congratulate my colleague Minister Andrew Little on bringing the Therapeutic Products Bill to the House. It has indeed been long in the gestation as the member who's just returned to his seat Matt Doocey has mentioned. I think my first speech in relation to legislation in this House or perhaps my second was on the work we had to do to amend the Medicines Act to enable a provisional approval for the COVID-19 vaccine so that we could use it in the vaccine roll-out in 2021. I think that illustrates the first of four limitations of the Medicines Act that is addressed by this bill that I want to touch on.The first is that we have no pathway in the Medicines Act to emergency or provisional approvals and that is created through this bill. There are times in public health emergencies where there are—even though all medicines and medical devices need to be comprehensively assessed in some emergencies we'll need to act quickly and authorise products for immediate use. The harm of waiting for full data must be weighed against potential harm for expedited approval with appropriate safeguards in place and I think this bill provides an avenue for doing that.Secondly I want to talk about the problem of surgical mesh and the suffering and pain that has caused for many people. That arises from the lack of an appropriate regulatory regime for medical devices that is addressed by this bill. It also creates an avenue for post-market surveillance of devices that are implanted.Thirdly it allows for the regulation of innovative forms of medical technology such as biologics that might be some of the—some used in tissue transplant; and others—for example the procedure called chimeric antigen receptor T-cells transplant that's been developed at the Malaghan Institute here in Wellington. These types of biological innovation are really where medical technology is at and the regulation and safe use of those is enabled by this bill.And fourthly we sometimes have problems with rarely used medicines and I was familiar with this problem in the area of tuberculosis medicine. We often had to use medicines that had come off patent and there was no pharmaceutical company willing to sponsor their passage through the regulatory process. There is an alternative means created by this bill.So my congratulations to the Minister for finally bringing this important piece of legislation to the House. I commend this bill to the House.
Personal Explanations — Personal Reflections and Unparliamentary Language—Reflections on Members
SpeechPERSONAL EXPLANATIONSPersonal Reflections and Unparliamentary Language—Reflections on MembersRt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Prime Minister): Point of order Mr Speaker. I'm aware that comments I made in the House yesterday in regards to the leader of the ACT Party were recorded on the Hansard. On that basis I wish to formally in this House withdraw and apologise for those comments which I won't repeat.
Rurawhe AdrianPETITIONS PAPERS SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS AND INTRODUCTION OF BILLSSPEAKER: Petitions have been delivered to the Clerk for presentation.CLERK: Petition of Deborah Chappell requesting that the House amend section 109 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 to align more closely with section 108petition of Brett Rawnsley requesting that the House extend the Income Related Rent Subsidy to Wellington City Council housing tenants petition of Mahi for Ukraine requesting that the House urge the Government to declare Russia a terrorist Statepetition of Chlöe Swarbrick requesting that the House urge the Government to match Auckland Council's contribution towards restoring the St James theatre. SPEAKER: Those petitions are referred to the Petitions Committee. Ministers have delivered papers.CLERK: 2021-22 annual report of Fire and Emergency New Zealandreport of the Minister for the Environment on the operation of the Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996 for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021signed letter to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership to exclude investor State dispute settlement between New Zealand and Chile together with national interest analysis.SPEAKER: Those papers are published under the authority of the House. Select committee reports have been delivered for presentation.CLERK: Reports of the Petitions Committee on the: petition of Danielle Petriepetition of Gloria Edwardreport of the Primary Production Committee on the Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Bill.SPEAKER: The bill is set down for second reading. No bills have been introduced.
Visitors — United States of America—California State Senate Delegation
Rurawhe AdrianVISITORSUnited States—California State SenateSPEAKER: I'm sure that members would wish to welcome the California State Senate delegation led by Senator Steven Glazer who are present in the gallery.
Salesa JennyWEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2022The Speaker took the Chair at 2 p.m.KARAKIA/PRAYERSHon JENNY SALESA (Assistant Speaker): E te Atua kaha rawa ka tuku whakamoemiti atu mātou mō ngā karakia kua waihotia mai ki runga i a mātou. Ka waiho i ō mātou pānga whaiaro katoa ki te taha ka mihi mātou ki te Kīngi me te inoi atu mō te ārahitanga i roto i ō mātou whakaaroarohanga kia mōhio ai kia whakaiti ai tā mātou whakahaere i ngā take o te Whare nei mō te oranga te maungārongo me te aroha o Aotearoa. Āmene.[Almighty God we give thanks for the blessings which have been bestowed upon us. Laying aside all personal interests we acknowledge the King and pray for guidance in our deliberations that we may conduct the affairs of this House with wisdom and humility for the welfare peace and compassion of New Zealand. Amen.]
Rurawhe AdrianSPEAKER: Mr President on behalf of members of the New Zealand Parliament we would like to thank you for your time this morning. You and the Ukrainian people are in our thoughts and we wish all the very best to you. That song was a song that was written in the Second World War and it was an honour for our Parliament to sing it to you this morning. Nō reira huri rauna huri rauna tēnā rā tātou katoa.This session is concluded. The House will sit again at 9 a.m. today. Kia ora. [Applause]Session concluded at 8.35 a.m.
State Occasion — Address of the President of Ukraine His Excellency Mr Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ngarewa-Packer DebbieDEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER (Co-Leader—Te Paati Māori): Kia ora. Tēnā koe e te Rangatira. Ka mihi ki a koe mō tō pōuritanga ka tū ahau ki te tangi mō tō ao.[Greetings Mr President. I stand to acknowledge your sadness and to grieve for the difficulties you and your people are undergoing.]I stand here on behalf of Te Paati Māori e te Rangatira to mihi to you to cry for you and to acknowledge the pain and the suffering that you and your people are enduring. Ka tautoko au Te Paati Kākāriki. We also support a lot of the kōrero that was shared from Te Paati Kākāriki—Green. The fragility of our world is no more felt than when we see the suffering of women and children.I want to be able to keep this call very short and simple. We have little to say today. All the teachings have been learnt on former occasions of war. We have been living together quietly. There'll be nothing but mate—but death—for generations to come. We are small in numbers but we are strong. We are fighting for not the part of peace but the whole of peace. It may be dark today and many think that it will be fine tomorrow but the people are dead and the land is dead.We today have one role—one role only—and that is to fight for peace. That was something that was shared from Tohu and Te Whiti our prophets in Taranaki our leaders who fought for peace. E te Pirīmia e te Rangatira we condemn war. We have nothing at all to share in the perils of war that we can sit there and say that we endorse anyone or anything that has taken the mana motuhake of a community a world a country. Our role in this generation is and must be to fight for unity and as we did in Parihaka we—Te Paati Māori—at all costs no matter who is in this House will continue to fight to uphold peace and to continue to make sure that there is no suffering and that there is nothing that this legacy in this generation can be ashamed of that we have seen in the past.So for us e te Rangatira we again mihi to you and to all your people. We share in your pain and we wish you peace and that is our role today e te tungane. Rawiri. WaiataKia ora rā. Tēnā koutou katoa.
Seymour DavidDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): Mr President thank you for taking the time to address our Parliament. I'll keep my remarks short because you have many urgent things to do. I want you and the Ukrainian people to know that on the other side of the world people care deeply about your struggle against evil and—to echo our Prime Minister—yours is not a forgotten war. We read the news. We see the pictures of what has happened to your people and how you are fighting back for your lives. But I want you to know that we understand that a dictator attacking a democracy matters to New Zealand. Your people are not fighting just for their lives but for all of our freedom and democracy and I want you to know that your leadership and courage inspires us. New Zealanders I know are on the ground in Ukraine right now not with Government but by their own initiative. In our community people have come together twice this year to raise money for your effort. At two fundraisers we organised we raised $80000 for your UNITED24 fund and to buy warm winter clothes for the defenders of Ukraine and we'll keep doing those fundraisers until you win. Our donors were particularly pleased to buy luggage tags made from bits of aluminium from downed Russian jets—what great initiative under fire. As Opposition MPs we've pressured Government to do more—more sanctions more refugee places more lethal aid. We'll keep pushing them from this side of our Parliament and if our Government changes before you win the New Zealand Government will do a lot more than the $3 million you saw today. I want to finish by quoting the former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. He said recently in Foreign Affairs To prevail in the unfolding ideological war that now stretches before [us] will require a radical reembrace of the principles that distinguish liberal-democratic political systems. Western leaders must defend those ideals in word and deed. They too must become true believers." For now please let me say that you are right and you are fighting against evil for all of our freedom and we back you not only in word but in deed. Слава Україні."
Tuesday 13 December 2022 (continued on Wednesday 14 December 2022) - Volume 765
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 76New Zealand Labour 64; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): The question is That the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill be considered by the Justice Committee.Motion agreed to.Bill referred to the Justice Committee.
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill — First Reading
Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill — First Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 76New Zealand Labour 64; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): The question is That the Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill be considered by the Justice Committee.Motion agreed to.Bill referred to the Justice Committee.Instruction to Justice CommitteeHon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Justice): I move That the Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill be reported back to the House by 25 May 2023.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Are there any objections to that motion?Motion agreed to.
Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill — First Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 74New Zealand Labour 64; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 45New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time.The result corrected after originally being announced as Ayes 74 Noes 43.SPEAKER: The question is That the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill be considered by the Finance and Expenditure Committee.Motion agreed to.Bill referred to the Finance and Expenditure Committee.Instruction to Finance and Expenditure CommitteeHon Dr DAVID CLARK (Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs): I move That the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill be reported to the House by 25 May 2023.A party vote was called for on the question That the motion be agreed to.Ayes 74New Zealand Labour 64; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to.VOTINGCorrection—Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection BillHon EUGENIE SAGE (Green): Point of order Mr Speaker. My apologies. I should have cast two votes against the bill for Te Paati Māori.SPEAKER: OK. That's what I thought I was asking. Can you seek leave that—Hon EUGENIE SAGE: May I seek the leave of the House to correct the voting record on the Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill and cast two votes against the bill on behalf of Te Paati Māori?SPEAKER: Leave is sought for that purpose. Is there any objection? There is none. We'll just get that updated. Therefore the record will be altered to say that the Ayes are 74 and the Noes are 45. Thank you.
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the motion be agreed to.Ayes 74New Zealand Labour 64; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10.Noes 43New Zealand National 33; ACT New Zealand 10.Motion agreed to.
Water Services Legislation Bill — First Reading
VoteA party vote was called for on the question That the Water Services Legislation Bill be now read a first time.Ayes 64New Zealand Labour 64.Noes 55New Zealand National 33; Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand 10; ACT New Zealand 10; Te Paati Māori 2.Motion agreed to.Bill read a first time.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jacqui Dean): The question is That the Water Services Legislation Bill be considered by the Finance and Expenditure Committee.Motion agreed to.Bill referred to the Finance and Expenditure Committee.Instruction to Finance and Expenditure Committee
Sosene Lemauga LydiaLEMAUGA LYDIA SOSENE (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. As the final speaker on this side of the House I want to say some very short quick comments. I thank all the members specifically the members on this side of the House who are very clear in terms of this bill.This bill will deliver to the people of our community specifically to have community participation; there is a lot of evidence in the community—Madam Speaker just if you could indulge me just for a couple of seconds. I came from the community where we had a very difficult time in trying to go through the process that the legislation enacted by the previous Government said that we had the tools to challenge in the proceedings.I just want to acknowledge our colleague Grant Hewison who is up there in gallery. For a number of years we worked very very hard in the community. For the community as you've heard the speakers in Porirua in Lower Hutt in Flaxmere in Howick in Auckland—the community and Auckland Council across Tāmaki-makau-rau we had a very difficult time to challenge the district licensing panels.This bill the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Community Participation) Amendment Bill will deliver the outcomes. I invite our members across the other side to come to South Auckland come to my garage I'll show you that evidence loud and clear. It will show you that community participation to challenge in the process of district licensing is required.On that note we will get the consistency through this bill through the process when it goes to select committee. I commend this bill to the House.
Edmonds BarbaraBARBARA EDMONDS (Labour—Mana): Thank you Madam Speaker. In my maiden speech I stood in this House and I said the community knows what the community needs. This bill absolutely acknowledges what the community needs. Case in point Dr Grant Hewison who is representing Communities Against Alcohol Harm spent 10 years in South Auckland—10 years in South Auckland—advocating for such a bill.Now Porirua is one of the few communities that has a local alcohol policy. It took them five years to get to the point where they could actually have a ratified local alcohol policy and what that has meant is that advocates like Aiga Caroline Mareko and Sose Annandale from Porirua East and Liz Kelly the CEO of the Porirua Whānau Centre they were able to support their community and use the local alcohol policy plus the current framework to be able to stand there and stop alcohol stores opening across the road from their local school. That is why this bill is in the House because the community has asked us for it the advocates like Dr Grant Hewison have asked us to do this and I'm proud to stand on this side of the House and commend this bill to the House.
SpeechNAISI CHEN (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. I've never heard such controversy in one single speech. From the other side of the House we heard that they were for harm minimisation from alcohol" then we heard that they "supported local communities" but what does their deed actually say? They're against all of that they don't listen to their local communities they don't actually go out on the streets to the communities that are the most affected by alcohol to hear what will actually help them. This bill is one that was driven through our grassroots organisations. That's why I commend this bill to the House."
Rurawhe AdrianANNA LORCK (Labour—Tukituki): I have never heard so much nonsense from the National Party and the ACT Party as I've heard now. National says it wants to back councils. This bill backs councils. Councils want to be able to have a say on the liquor stores that are built and run in their communities.I speak on behalf of Henare O'Keefe who has fought tooth and nail in Flaxmere against a proliferation of alcohol stores. He wasn't able to get anywhere. This bill—this bill—puts the power in communities' hands to have a say.National has no local in them. Everything they're opposing is just for politics. But this time National has got it so so wrong. Thank you Mr Speaker.SPEAKER: This is a split call. I call Simon Watts—five minutes.
Williams ArenaARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa): Mr Speaker thank you for the opportunity to speak on what is a great bill. This is an exciting day for South Auckland. I'm really proud as the member of Manurewa to stand here and say that the community of Manurewa that has been calling for a stop to the proliferation of bottle stores is getting that because this Minister of Justice is brave and this Government is delivering for South Aucklanders. It is a good day. It's doing that because the continual appeals of the Auckland local alcohol policy have resulted in very light-touch regulation for the country's most dangerous drug that is available to everyone on every street corner in South Auckland. The neighbours don't want it. The mums of Manurewa Playcentre don't want it. The church leaders the principals the iwi leaders the Māori wardens—they don't want those alcohol shops and this Government is giving them a voice. It's giving them a voice like the Government tried to do in 2012 and failed because councils weren't able to put in the local alcohol policies that they want. Councillors around the table have been asking Governments to do this.We're doing the hard thing. We're making it possible for those local alcohol policies to be put in place. We're making it possible for when submitters go along to these hearings that they're not put under cross-examination by well-paid lawyers who are set to make it so uncomfortable for them that they won't try again. And we're making it possible to have a procedure within the room that is respectful of everyone. This is a great bill. I hope in select committee that we can bring our colleagues on the other side on side with it because this is something that we should all be able to support.
Andersen GinnyGINNY ANDERSEN (Labour—Hutt South): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. Well in my days when I worked in Parliament I was taught a really important lesson: you shouldn't go to a Minister with a problem unless you had a solution.The National Party at points of time like this resembles a children's birthday party where they chase each other around without actually knowing what the outcome is going to be. So I weep for the National Party today for simply bleating about community issues that cause pain and suffering without having any tangible outcomes or solutions. That is the epitome of the National Party to me.Communities are battling with the effects of alcohol-related harm which was introduced by National in 2012 and contributed to the silencing of our communities' voices and favoured the interests of those in the alcohol industry who made money at the expense of the wellbeing of our people.I commend this bill to the House. It is a current appeal process that is failing and is costing our councils and ratepayers millions in legal fees as alcohol companies and supermarkets thwarted the effects of local councils to limit the sale and the harm that puts upon our people. I'm proud to be part of a Government that is strongly taking a stance to make this work better and I'm ashamed of those opposite who can't stand up and back an outcome.
Williams ArenaARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa): This bill is pretty mild. It's a simple change that people can understand and appreciate that makes speech that is likely to incite hostility unlawful. It should be read as part of the Government's staged approach to the royal commission of inquiry into the terrorist attack in Christchurch in March in 2019 that recommended these changes and others which the Government is making. This is a sensible bill. I look forward to interrogating it in select committee and having these fun debates that Chris Bishop enjoys and I hope he comes along. I commend it to the House.
Utikere TangiTANGI UTIKERE (Labour—Palmerston North): Mālō e lelei Madam Speaker. As previous speakers have said the Government has given very careful consideration about how to respond to the inquiry conducted by the royal commission and that's the reason why I support this bill. Members have also referred to the fact that it is a staged approach and while this is step one it will seek to tackle hate-motivated offending and to tackle that offending head-on. This will go to select committee and no doubt the members of the Justice Committee will hear from submitters and I'm sure that many people will have much to say. I commend this bill to the House.
SpeechNAISI CHEN (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. As I've listened very carefully to the debate going around in this House I do think that often including some of the speakers that have participated in this speech—have lacked the views of a migrant. And when we talk about religion obviously a lot of times it does come in together with different ethnicities as well and often these groups are not able to defend themselves in these spaces of public debate. And so that's why this bill will fundamentally help them in protecting their human rights. And so that's why I commend this bill to the House.
Prime Willow-JeanWILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour—Northland): Madam Speaker thank you. This will be a very brief call. This is to remind everybody in the House that the introduction of this piece of law is in response to the royal commission's recommendations after the Christchurch terrorist attack. This is our new normal and this is our response to that. It is important to understand for those that are listening today that this is a two-stage process as the Minister has said in her introductory remarks. The first is this piece of legislation and second the Law Commission will carry out a comprehensive review of incitement discrimination and hate crime law. As a member of the Justice Committee I look forward to receiving submissions on this bill and to carefully considering them. I commend this bill to the House.
SpeechSORAYA PEKE-MASON (Labour): I'm pleased to stand and take a call on the Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill. I hope that what happened in Christchurch masjidain in 2019 never ever ever happens again in Aotearoa. Regardless of what your religious beliefs are to do nothing is not an option. Section 21 does not cut it. I'm pleased to see these extensions in both the civil section 61 and criminal section 131 provisions in this amendment bill. I commend this bill to the House.
Andersen GinnyGINNY ANDERSEN (Labour—Hutt South): Kia ora. Kia ora Mr Speaker. It's a pleasure to take a brief call on the Human Rights (Incitement on Ground of Religious Belief) Amendment Bill. Currently under the Human Rights Act 1993 it is illegal to publish or distribute threatening abusive or insulting words likely to excite hostility against or bring into contempt any group on the grounds of race colour ethnic or national origins. Those grounds under this legislation will now be extended in both the civil and the criminal provisions to cover religious belief. The changes being undertaken are part of this Government's response to the recommendations of the royal commission of inquiry into the terrorist attack in Christchurch on March 15th. This change will protect more groups from harm and strengthen social cohesion in Aotearoa.The Government has carefully taken consideration in this space as to what next steps should be taken. We've decided to take a staged approach to tackle hate-motivated offending. This bill is the first part of an approach that will immediately provide better protections for people from speech that incites hostility towards groups based on their religious belief. The second part of our approach is to have the Law Commission carry out a comprehensive review of incitement discrimination and hate laws. This is a good piece of legislation. I look forward to the select committee process and receiving submissions from across New Zealand on how we can strengthen our laws in this space. I commend it to the House.
Brooking RachelRACHEL BROOKING (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker for this opportunity to speak as the last speaker on this fourth bill that's part of the package of reforming our three waters—being stormwater waste water and drinking water.Now Simon Watts in his contribution said that the case for change for this package of reform has been built on sand. I refute that totally and say that it's built on under-funded pipes and treatment stations and the need for more of these things.We see here that this bill establishes an economic regulator and consumer protections by using the existing Commerce Commission and adding in a new water services commissioner. I recommend it to the House.
SpeechANNA LORCK (Labour—Tukituki): Thank you Mr Speaker. The whole purpose of the water entities bill is to keep rates lower. We are facing a between $125 billion and $185 billion bill to fix our water infrastructure across this country. Of any piece of legislation that is coming through this is the one—this bill is what ratepayers want to know about. It is about making sure that what we are paying for our water infrastructure is fair—is fair. If we don't keep it fair prices are going to go through the roof. We have seen rates going through the roof over and over and over again up and up and up. Rates are going up across this country. This bill will make sure that the cost of fixing our water infrastructure is fair to all. This is about making sure that we have transparency regulation and protection for consumers and for ratepayers so that when they open their rates bill they can see exactly what they are going to pay for water and what they're going to have to pay in the future because without this type of legislation and protection we can't make sure that it's fair for all. That is why I commend this bill to the House. Thank you Mr Speaker.
Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote): Meri Kirihimete ki a koe and happy holidays to all of my colleagues across the House. It's my privilege to speak on this Water Services Economic Efficiency and Consumer Protection Bill. Last night I spoke openly about the contaminated waters across Tāmaki-makau-rau Auckland and my shared concern for my constituents that they suffer swimming in our local beaches with human waste. That's not good enough in my view.Secondly today under this bill the importance of acknowledging the water rates that Aucklanders have experienced in the last year; a 7 percent increase—7 percent increase—Aucklanders have had to pay for their water. So that's why it's important that under this Government we've got on and taken action on the things that really matter. If we look at the issue and the problem that we're actually trying to solve with water reform that we actually all agree on then those are the things that we need to work on and the action that we need to take.So this particular bill: the Commerce Commission will become the economic regulator of water infrastructure services. That is important in my view because we do need to have some eyes across the way that water operates the costs that are incurred to every constituent in this country. It's important that collectively we do take action and I look forward to after this first reading being a part of the Finance and Expenditure Committee that New Zealanders are able to come and have their say once again. I know and feel confident that they will be looking at the cost of living and ensuring that we keep our water prices down. I commend this bill to the House.
White Helen; Rurawhe AdrianHELEN WHITE (Labour): Hello. It's a lovely thing to be able to talk on the second bill today which is going to fill out our response to water. It's always a pleasure to go after the ACT Party in these debates because there is quite a stark contrast. There was a list just read of the things that Labour has done to reform what are actually areas that really affect New Zealanders. Things like electricity and water are essential to actually having a good life. Our world is changing and we actually do need to respond to those things maturely. We can't just throw stones into the arena; we have to get in there get stuck in and fix them in a modern world. And what we have are these big entities that are actually coming into our world which can actually control and skew things and we need to make sure that we are actually controlling that space for people so that we have decent utilities. Minister Clark talked about the power imbalance in those areas of utilities. They are really very serious. If we don't actually put in consumer protection if we don't put in things like a regulator then we end up with a bloody mess and it is very much a mess. That's what we have at the moment: we have rivers we can't swim in we have beaches in Auckland we can't swim in and we have had people die because they drank the water. That's not good enough for New Zealand and we need that response to actually consider all infrastructure. And that's what it does. So yes there is no apology for our actual response to things like our need to regulate in areas of fuel and electricity and yes pipes and infrastructure and water because every New Zealander needs to be safe when they use those facilities. Every New Zealander has that right. That's the real difference between one side of the House and the other: one throws stones; one fixes problems. I am very pleased to be on the select committee the Finance and Expenditure Committee that will look at this bill. I'd like to finally thank the Minister responsible for this bill which is Minister Clark. I've learnt a lot from Minister Clark because he is looking at the entire picture and I will be sorry to lose him from our Government and I wish him well but I thank him for the work he's done in this area which is informed by all those other areas that are important. All those utilities that we rely on in New Zealand need to stay working for the public not the multinationals not for interest groups but for us all. I am satisfied that we will work on this bill and make it absolutely the right response to this situation. Thank you. I commend the bill to the House.SPEAKER: This is a split call. I call Sam Uffindell—five minutes.
Leary IngridINGRID LEARY (Labour—Taieri): When it comes to the water infrastructure reforms this particular bill is about ensuring that there's value for money for all New Zealanders so that New Zealanders can get clean safe and affordable water. What this bill does is it creates a water services commissioner to ensure that the market is competitive but also fair that there's monitoring of services and that there are consumer protections. The Mayor of Clutha Bryan Cadogan advocated very hard to get consumer voice fairly into the mix and I think that this piece of legislation is a good reflection of that consumer voice that will ensure value for money for New Zealanders. We've got similar types of regulations in the electricity sector with airports with natural gas and currently in my electorate there is still a boil-water notice in place. Although the infrastructure has now been fixed I am told a week ago this week the boil-water notice is still in place as the water flushes through which means people need to boil water in order to drink in order to cook and so on. That's exactly what we're trying to fix and this is the legislation that will ensure that when we do so there will be value for money that it will be done in a fair and regulated way. I commend it to the House.