Meager James; Kuriger BarbaraJAMES MEAGER (National—Rangitata): Thank you Madam Speaker. Well it appears that the only thing standing between this bill passing before the dinner break and putting Mr O'Connor through an hour-and-a-half of the most heightened tension we've seen all day will be how long I take in my speech. So in the interests of collegiality and Kumbaya and the avoidance of future terrifying bus trips with Greg O'Connor—through Mākara or Ōhāriu wherever we're going—I will keep my contribution relatively targeted and timely so that Greg O'Connor can celebrate what is a very very good bill and an excellent effort by the member to progress it through the House.I had a whole list of acknowledgements here for you Mr O'Connor but I wanted to say that I think the way you turned up to our select committee and the way you contributed and your knowledge in this area is just exceptional. I'm not sure if you can refer to the absence of yourself but I was at one of my select committees noting the start of the debate in the third reading and I noted that Mr O'Connor outlaid his history and his experience in this area and the fact that he had established child sex abuse teams in Masterton as part of his career and that he has one of the most lengthy and storied histories in this area.So it's only appropriate that it falls to a member like him to not only bring this bill before the House and see it pass through but also to do it in a way where he has articulated a purpose of the bill—which is to protect children—and advocate for that purpose so strongly that he has convinced other members across the House to change their position.I want to acknowledge the members of the Green Party Tamatha Paul and Kahurangi Carter for their decision to listen to the submissions to hear the arguments to review the evidence and to balance that against the strongly held views of their party and their principles and to I guess come to the conclusion that on balance it is a bill worth supporting. So that's a testament to the member and a testament to how the select committee process and how Parliament can work and how we can tease it out in the committee stage.Can I also just acknowledge the work of the Justice Committee? We are of course known as the busy and effective Justice Committee" and it's nice to see one of our bills out of the room onto the floor of the House and hopefully passed into law. One down only about 11 to go. So Greg O'Connor if you're ever looking for some spare time to fill on a Thursday you're more than welcome to join us again for one of the many pieces of legislation we'll be debating over the next 2½ years.Look I just wanted to touch on a couple of other contributions by members in the time we've got remaining—mainly the contribution by Mariameno Kapa-Kingi who talked about her own history in this area. I want to reflect on some of the work that I've done as counsel in the royal commission into abuse and some of the horrific stories that I've been privy to and I've heard about child abuse—and the realisation that it is not as we've been taught growing up "stranger danger". It is often those that we know and we love who are the ones who are committing abuse.That is what this bill is designed to do: it is designed to make sure that those travelling overseas—we are aware of where they're going and we are aware of the situation they're putting themselves into and that we are putting the interests of the children in those potential locations first. So it's a very good day for Mr O'Connor; it's a very good day for the people of Ōhāriu who get to see the member pass a bill into law. But it's also a very good day for the children of New Zealand who can add one small but significant protection to the list of protections that we provide in our statute books.So saying that I will very happily on behalf of the National Party and if I can say on behalf of the Justice Committee commend the bill to the House.Motion agreed to.Bill read a third time.DEPUTY SPEAKER: The House is now suspended for the dinner break. The committee will resume after the dinner break. Sorry I forgot to call on members' order of the day No. 2. That will be the committee stage after the dinner break. Thank you.Sitting suspended from 5.59 p.m. to 7.30 p.m."