Williams PotoSecond ReadingHon POTO WILLIAMS (Minister of Police): I move That the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Amendment Bill be now read a second time. We know that we are passing this legislation under urgency and the normal process would be for it to have gone to select committee for examination by the committee and for submissions. So in the interest of providing a round-up of that I just want to make some comments about the contributions that my colleagues have made across the House.Firstly I want to thank you all for your very considered contributions and I also just want to remind the House that sometimes we do disagree but it is actually not a bad thing sometimes that we consider everyone's perspective and points of view particularly when we have such an important piece of legislation to pass so I just want to comfort colleagues that dissension isn't always a bad thing—it gives us perspective. Second I want to say that one of the impacts of this legislation will be to support those who are impacted by historic sex abuse and that there are very public cases going through courts at the moment where it is the case that the courage of victims to speak out often doesn't find them until they're a little bit older in life. That's one aspect that I didn't put in my first reading speech but I want to make note of it now.My colleague Simeon Brown with regards to query that you have about new clause 11 of Schedule 1 inserted by clause 5 I do want to say to you that the reason that is there is that two members of the Supreme Court including the Chief Justice found that the appellant's risk was not sufficient to justify the making of a registration order and I guess this person has been through the court process to find that. My colleague Ginny Andersen thank you for your contribution and in particular for your acknowledgment of the Police Policy Unit. Mr Mitchell yes retrospectivity is not always a thing that we like to deal with in this House but you were very clear in stating that we had as a Parliament made clear intent and we are sending a message back to our courts about that. My colleague Vanushi Walters—the role of key Government agencies in monitoring. Thank you very much for that contribution. Ms Ghahraman yes there are concerns regarding the breaches to the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act but balance must be reasonably required and I think in this case that is what we are achieving here. But I thank you for the perspective on the human rights impacts on this.Ms McKee thank you for your approval of the reason for urgency and dealing with retrospectivity and thank you for also saying that it's the mature assessment of what Parliament is here to do. My colleague Melissa Lee—intent and effect. That is often the trade-off we have and I thank you for that contribution that makes it very clear that sometimes it doesn't always match but the intention of this bill is clear. My colleague Emily Henderson—child abuse epidemic. It is no doubt an epidemic and I thank you for reminding us of that and the reason we are here and that we are trying to support a piece of legislation that as you call it has a muted and appropriate response to the bill of rights concerns. My colleague Arena Williams—clarification of registration and what that actually means if you are someone who is about to be put on to the register. My colleague Michael Woodhouse thank you very much for speaking about points of principle versus the rule of law and I hope that that clarification regarding clause 11 is also what you were wanting to understand. Finally my colleague Rachel Boyack—you know the nature of sexual abuse and the courage of victims when they come forward. Thank you for reminding us of that.I don't want to traverse much more in this. This is a bill that we do want to pass today so I commend the bill to the House.