Curran ClareHon CLARE CURRAN (Labour—Dunedin South): Thanks. Thank you Mr Chair. With reference to the Opposition's opposition to this bill the Corrections Amendment Bill I'd just like to make the comment that it appears to me on close listening to the arguments and reading the National Party minority view that it's an inability by the National Party to run a coherent argument around why they actually truly oppose this bill. Instead there is reliance on a dog-whistling approach and by reference to Dr Nick Smith high dudgeon to express their opposition.I just went and read what the opposition was and it is around the participation and rehabilitation.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! We're 60 seconds into the speech and the debate is on Part 1 not on the minority report. If you want to you can mention that in passing but you must debate Part 1.Hon CLARE CURRAN: OK. In passing the comment was made that it was the Corrections department—CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): As part of Part 1—you need to reference Part 1.Hon CLARE CURRAN: Yeah. Instead it was the Parliamentary Counsel Office's advice and I'm happy to talk about that further in future calls. But accuracy in why they're opposing the bill is important.In reference to Part 1 and clause 6 in particular which are the adjustments relating to prisoners vulnerable to self-harm I want to mention the absolutely critical intersection between mental health provision and the corrections system and the incredibly important work that's being done there given that 90 percent of prisoners have had a lifetime diagnosis of mental health or substance abuse disorder and many of them enter the corrections system with undiagnosed illnesses or corrections. The Minister in his Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) 392 is revising the delegation of a health centre manager's powers and functions and the revision is allowing that health centre manager to delegate their powers and functions to a registered health professional as opposed to a medical practitioner.Now it doesn't seem necessarily such a huge thing but in terms of providing the adequate support to people particularly when they're entering the system and being assessed this could be critical. Having recently advocated for a person within the corrections system who has very complex mental health issues these more considered powers and a more thoughtful approach to this individualised approach to this are absolutely critical in being able to ensure that the person sees out their sentence within the corrections service but does so in the safest way in the way that is safe for them and for the rest of the system and ensuring that there's a recognition of the mental health disorders that may have led to them entering the corrections system in the first place.I can't stress highly enough how important it is to take this individualised approach. This SOP in this particular piece of legislation is really trying to take a very considered approach to how we treat people within the corrections system. Interestingly it goes to the point that was being made by the Opposition member Dr Smith around rehabilitation which is that if you actually provide the adequate services then you can steer the person through into the system where they come out having taken a much more rehabilitative approach. So these clauses in Part 1 that go to the delegation of health centre managers' powers and functions may not on the surface seem the most important part of this bill but as I see it this is incredibly important.