McKee Nicole; Rurawhe AdrianNICOLE McKEE (ACT): Thank you Mr Speaker. I stand in support of Mr O'Connor's bill the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) (Overseas Travel Reporting) Amendment Bill. But before I start I would like to make just a couple of comments on some speeches that have gone before me including the one from the member from the Green Party Golriz Ghahraman who actually made a comment about this bill re-penalising criminals. I'm a little bit confused by that because I actually don't think it's a re-penalising but rather an addition to the Act that's already in place in regard to registration and extending it to an overseas jurisdiction. One of the other points that was made was that that member had said registers don't appear to work. I'm a bit confused by that because there is support for a registry for firearms owners but not support for one for child sex offenders. I just have to wonder where the priorities are there. Also some statements from across the House where the Labour members have talked about child sex offenders having compulsive behaviour and that they can't control themselves—well I can't help but put in here that this is why we need to have three strikes legislation in place to keep the worst of the worst in jail.But let's get back to this bill shall we in the name of Greg O'Connor. He and I have had quite a number of disagreements over the years but I'm really glad to be able to support this bill in his name this evening. This bill will require registered sex offenders who intend to travel overseas to inform police of all the places that they intend to stay in for more than 48 hours while they are overseas. They also have to disclose their passport details and information within it or them like the passport number where it was issued and when it expires for any and every passport that they may hold meaning that they could hold multiple passports from multiple countries. There is a lot of information that is required: where they intend to stay when they intend to travel overseas and when they intend to return to New Zealand again. And if they don't intend to return to New Zealand they need to provide details of which country they are intending to reside in. The important aspect here is that requirement is not for all criminals; it's only for registered sex offenders who wish to travel overseas.Sex tourism is an international problem. It is where overseas travel by sex offenders who can do so specifically for sex offending takes place. This bill will allow our agencies—the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Customs Service—to utilise their networks together working with each other to support identification of cases where sex tourism is expected. For those at home concerned at this prospect let us assure you that only those two agencies at this stage should have access to the information on the sex offenders register. It should not be publicly available. This bill is extending some of the current provisions in the Act to include an international lens on registered sex offender activities—what they will be directed to do if they wish to travel overseas. It's no different to what they already have to do here in New Zealand except details of all passports held by registered sex offenders are added to the list of requirements once they seek to travel overseas. If they intend to travel away from their home for more than 48 hours they must inform the register at least 48 hours before they travel away. And when children are involved we need to do what we can to protect them whether they are our tamariki or tamariki from around the world. When they are vulnerable changes like this will make a difference to their safety.There are a couple of concerns about the bill though that I'm sure can be clarified easily through the select committee process and that's around the storage of addresses that registered sex offenders visit—that is if they visit the house or the business of a friend family member colleague or even a stranger we expect that those addresses will need to be recorded and stored somewhere as being a place of interest. So we want to make sure that that information can be stored securely. We also wonder whether or not this bill in this current format has enough teeth in it. What is the information going to be used for overseas? So we will support this bill to select committee and look forward to working through it over the upcoming months. Thank you.DEPUTY SPEAKER: Also joining us remotely I call Willow-Jean Prime.