SpeechHARETE HIPANGO (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. Under urgency this Parole Amendment Bill has been introduced to the House and the National Party without hesitation supports this as has been noted and shared by my colleagues who have previously spoken and addressed the House. The Hon Judith Collins has spoken from the experience previously as a Minister of Corrections a Minister of Justice and spoke on the basis of extensive knowledge and experience around these violent offenders and particularly sexually depraved sexually deranged and sexually violent offenders. That's what this bill is about in terms of addressing what has been detected by the courts as an anomaly in terms of the law.As spokesperson for children for the National Party without hesitation without reservation the National Party and I as the spokesperson for children support this bill because as has been heard in the House this is about balancing rights and correcting the law where the court has deemed that there has been an inconsistency and that under the Parole Act the extended supervision order has effectively been breached with the implementation of these residential rehabilitation programmes. In terms of balancing of rights without hesitation the children who have been the victims of these sexual abuses their rights are far greater and so it is just it is right that the duty we have as parliamentarians is to amend the law. I take a short call on this basis.The National Party is concerned as has been heard—the Government is amending and correcting what has been an anomaly and how that's been interpreted by the courts. There is concern that under urgency on the last day of this 53rd Parliament the Minister of Corrections who is also the Minister for Children is front-footing this now. It's noted that this declaratory judgment came out on 27 June and so there is a question as to why this wasn't given greater priority—and no doubt in my mind in terms of children's rights in this country the importance of this legislation to be amended to ensure their protection.Under urgency last night also was a member's bill that again addressed the issue of violence and it was around family violence and the importance to prioritise the victims. That's what the National Party's position and stance is to acknowledge that victims have been victimised and to ensure that there are ongoing protections that are in place under the law. So without hesitation without reservation the National Party is supporting what is the correct thing to do.As spokesperson for children I am somewhat perturbed to hear the Green Party's stance on this in opposing this bill in opposing it on the basis that it's viewed that the breaches of sexual abusers' rights for some reason take priority and precedent over children who are victims of these sexual abusers. So I put that on the record as spokesperson for children. I've always said and I will always continue to advocate as I have done in my former life the paramountcy of children's interests and their welfare.From the National Party's point of view this Parole Amendment Bill will ensure that our children are cherished that their rights are far greater than any sexual abusers' rights under this law. So without hesitation without reservation the National Party supports this bill.