Bennett David: Summary Offences (Possession of Hand-held Lasers) Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBennett David: Summary Offences (Possession of Hand-held Lasers) Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 25 September 2013. Volume:693;Page:13739. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): I would just like to congratulate my good friend and colleague Dr Cam Calder on the excellent work he has done in progressing this Summary Offences (Possession of Hand-held Lasers) Amendment Bill to this House. I am sure it will be a very proud moment when he sees this bill pass through the House. Mr Calder is a member of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee along with other members of this House. I would just like to acknowledge the Labour members who have worked so diligently with us on these types of bills.Hon Todd McClay: What’s in the bill?DAVID BENNETT: We will come to the bill Mr McClay. Mr McClay is a good shooter and likes to play with guns so I am sure he will be interested in what this can be about as well.John Hayes: That’s not all he plays with.DAVID BENNETT: Yes. But thank you Mr Iain Lees-Galloway for your support of the bill and your involvement with the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee as well. But this is Mr Calder’s day and well done to him. We look forward to this bill progressing through the House.When we look at it it is a preventive bill and I think that is the nature of Mr Calder. He sees that we need to go out there and do things before they happen and to be—[Interruption] Yes Mr McClay I am sure that is a very generous contribution. Mr Calder has looked at a problem that he has seen out there and done something about it before it actually ended in tragic circumstances which it could—it very well could. It is one of those things that it is easy to dismiss and say that this is not going to happen and in some bizarre circumstances it may well happen. The reality is that is exactly the time that something does happen. As Mr Calder said there have been over 100 cases that have caused him to look at this bill and the measures he has taken here to assist.Mr Iain Lees-Galloway mentioned an issue around the degree I guess of laser capability. That is going to be very very hard to actually identify and to make possible and makes it difficult for the police in enforcing that as well. But I am sure the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee will look at that issue as we go through it. Just from a general starting point there is an issue there around how you actually determine those different classes and nature of the instruments. Mr Calder will show you one of these later on in his speech. We look forward to that demonstration. I have been lucky to touch it. I was told I am not allowed to touch this but he has finally given it to me. It must have been all those good words I said about him. This is the instrument which I am holding up. This is the nature of what we are looking at.Hon Member: Don’t shine it at me.DAVID BENNETT: I will not shine it at anybody. But this is the kind of thing that can cause a terrible tragedy and that could cause the loss of life. Nobody wants to see that happen and this Parliament with this bill has the opportunity to take some steps to stop that happening.I would just like to once again congratulate the proponent of the bill. The Transport and Industrial Relations Committee looks forward to hearing submissions and working with the bill’s proponent to make sure it is a reality. Thank you.