Bennett David; Mallard TrevorHon DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): Thank you Mr Speaker. Just following on from that last speaker Priyanca Radhakrishnan there will be support across the House for this bill. It is something that all New Zealanders and all politicians take very seriously. For those that have constituents that have suffered from family violence it is something that when as politicians we have the ability to assist those families in those communities and especially the children involved it will be something that makes a big difference to our communities and something that all members of this Parliament I'm sure will be in support of.This is a bill that has its genesis in the previous Government. A lot of work had been done at that time and has been followed on in the current Government. There have been some changes to this bill made by the current Government. Some of those changes National supports and some of them we don't necessarily think are an addition to the bill but they are part of what the Government has put forward for this legislation and will be debated in their entirety as part of this bill.Some of those changes that we have seen coming through relate to the duration of public safety orders from five days to 10 days. The current maximum length was five days and now is going to go to 10 days under the bill. That's something that National will be able to support and live with. It's not something that was in the original concept of the bill but it is a change that has been made and in the end is something that will be supported through this House.There was another change in the patterns of behaviour to clarify what may be seen as cumulative in those behaviours and that is something that will of course be supported as we look at those cumulative actions rather than just one-off actions that an individual may engage in.There are other principles relating to patterns of behaviour clarifying that family violence often includes coercive or controlling behaviour. Again that's another change that in essence is something that all members of this House will agree with as something that will assist in how we apply this bill.We had another change in regard to dowry-related violence in the definition of family violence. The last speaker spoke passionately about that from her connection with the Indian community. And we take on board the comments made. That is something that I think members of this House will want to see: that that cultural awareness is there in the legislation to make sure there is that protection in all our communities throughout New Zealand.There's another change in regard to carers and the recipients of care. That's something that hadn't actually been promoted in the original bill and it's something that has been added to it. It does take the bill to another level in the sense that it includes a wider group of people in that relationship issue. We understand the reasons the Government may have sought to do that; however it is one of those areas of a point of difference between the parties as to whether that extension is required.Another one where there is a point of difference is requiring family violence assessors and provider to take into account a victim's views—that's safe and appropriate; we do support that—but the amendment of the title of the bill is something where there is a bit of a point of difference between the parties.So this is to repeal and replace the Domestic Violence Act with a more modern accessible Act which is definitely needed. But it also amends the jurisdiction in which police safety order breaches are heard: from the civil court the criminal court. And that's another issue where we did have a point of difference the civil court being the appropriate court to hear this and that was what submissions and the intention of the bill originally was. But the current Government has moved that to the criminal court as the mechanism.There's another change or two in regard to the Minister of Justice being able to issue codes of practice—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired.