Walker HamishHAMISH WALKER (National—Clutha-Southland): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker for getting my correct name. It's always nice—nice start. I just want to talk briefly about the previous speaker Kris Faafoi's comments and just want to know when he was actually last on a farm. I have been meeting farmers affected by this awful awful beast most weeks and it's actually quite emotional to recall some of what they've said to me. Some have said they don't know if they'll get through the day. Some have said they're going to lose their farm after it being in the family for 90 or 100 years.I have some serious concerns about this. This morning in select committee when we had the chief executive of Operational Solutions for Primary Industries New Zealand come in we asked her about this system and she said it's going to take six to 12 months to implement. So if that's the case what's the point of rushing this through urgency? If we can get it to select committee we can panel beat it a bit and actually make a much better bill. We also asked how much this is going to cost to implement—several million dollars. Again this is an expensive piece of work—why would you rush it through urgency? It just makes no sense at all.What else doesn't help is this Government continuing to talk down the farming sector. If we want to attract people to the industry the last thing we should be doing is talking down to it. The media reports this offshore which affects our markets. If we want to get top dollar for our farmers the last thing we want to be doing is talking down to them.I just want to talk about the search and surveillance rules which are not quite dawn raids material but I mean they are going to be over the top. My concern is that I meet with these farmers most weeks they come to me—and an MP's office is a bit like the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff—and tell me their stories and more often than not it's their stories about the overzealous Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) officials who come on to their land that they know—it's their business it's their home—and tell them basically how to run things.Some stories—I had one farmer come to me because he had an MPI official and the farmer being a very considerate bloke got the MPI official in for a coffee and he said to this official My friend said X Y Z." and then the MPI official used that in evidence against him. I took it to the top of the organisation and luckily that person Geoff Gwyn who has been doing a fantastic job—works long hours—got this case manager removed straight away. What's concerning is that it takes an electorate MP to pass these concerns on.Another concern—a comment made to a farmer. The first thing the MPI official said to this person: "Your 40-year farming history won't count for anything." How disrespectful is that—the first thing he hears from an MPI official? Another one—an MPI official said to this farmer's kids: "I'm here because your parents have done something wrong." I mean what message is this sending? And then all of a sudden we're giving these MPI officials more powers than the police.If we actually just pause for a moment and we send this to select committee we can iron these things out because it's pretty sad that these people have to come to an electorate MP to get some sort of action. I had another farmer contact me on Tuesday this week from West Otago: "Hamish I've had 17 different personnel from organisations like MPI on to my farm and nearly every single one has told me something different."We all just need to take a breather take our time send this to select committee get the best result possible because I'm concerned that what's actually happening on the ground is quite different to the—perception is reality at the end of the day. At the moment—there's a good old saying "A stitch in time saves nine" or "The right hand needs to be talking to the left hand". It's just not happening at the moment.Dr Duncan Webb: Any other metaphors?HAMISH WALKER: You enjoyed that though didn't you? Thank you Dr Webb.Lastly I just want to pay tribute to all the amazing organisations out there that have been supporting our farmers. You are doing a tremendous job. This is too important for us not to get right for our farming sector and our country."