Boyack RachelRACHEL BOYACK (Labour—Nelson): Mr Speaker thank you. It is a pleasure to take the final call on the third reading of what is a very important bill for this Parliament the Counter-Terrorism Acts (Designations and Control Orders) Amendment Bill. May I just begin by acknowledging the Minister of Justice Kiri Allan and the Justice Committee and officials who have done a large amount of work on this bill.I'd just like to begin my short contribution by acknowledging the context that has led to this bill being developed. Everyone in this House and those watching will be mindful of the work programme that this Government put in place following the terror attacks in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 and the need for us to ensure that we have a robust system in place in order to protect New Zealanders but that also balances the rights of individuals. I just acknowledge the comments from the previous speaker Chris Penk around the importance of this Parliament getting that balance right and in my view this bill does exactly that.But further to that context we will all also remember the horrific events that occurred at the Lynnmall supermarket and that following that there needed to be a review from Cabinet about how the control order regime could be strengthened. As a former organiser of supermarket workers can I just acknowledge many of my former members at Countdown supermarket those who suffered as a result of that terrible attack and also all those who witnessed it—those who were shopping that day going about their business and who rightfully will be asking what more could Parliament and this Government do to ensure that we have as many protections as possible for people.So what the bill does is it amends the regime for imposing control orders in the Terrorism Suppression (Control Orders) Act 2019. These amendments will strengthen the control orders regime and include some lessons learned from the one control order made to date in New Zealand. The bill includes the following changes to the control orders regime. It expands the eligibility criteria for those who can be covered by a control order to include if the person has received a conviction for objectionable publications that promote torture extreme violence or cruelty. This is in addition to the current criteria which includes a conviction for objectionable publications that promote terrorism. Further it expands the eligibility criteria to include people sentenced to home detention and community-based sentences. Currently it is only limited to sentences of imprisonment. It allows sentence conditions and control orders to exist concurrently for these offenders to ensure a consistent approach to risk management.The bill allows for greater judicial discretion when setting control order restrictions to ensure they can be more closely tailored to risk. It provides in more detail requirements of the following kinds: requirement that the relevant person reside at and remain at a specified address and electronic monitoring requirements. And it makes name suppression requirements more flexible so that an appropriate balance can be struck between preventing the glorification of terrorism activity and reassuring the public that a known terrorism risk is being appropriately managed.I want to just note some changes that were made by the select committee during the process that this bill went through at select committee. It originally applied to young people designated as terrorists serving a sentence of imprisonment in a youth justice residence. This was on the basis that youth justice residences have similar restrictions to adult custodial settings. The committee received additional advice from officials demonstrating that youth justice residences are more open environments. This means that the Prime Minister would be able to more accurately assess whether a designated young person continued to pose a risk carrying out terrorist acts. As such the select committee has recommended that the bill should only apply to young people who are in a Corrections facility or police custody.Since the bill was introduced in October the security information and proceedings legislation has been passed and will come into effect later this year. These Acts provide designated persons with the right to request a summary of classified information when it is used to inform a decision about them. The committee has recommended changes to align the bill with this legislation as it will commence prior to those Acts coming into force.I think we can all agree that in this country we need to balance the freedoms of people and their rights while also ensuring that we protect against the growing risks of terrorist acts as a result particularly of the exposure of people to extreme materials on platforms like social media. This is an excellent bill that balances the rights and protections and the need for protection of New Zealanders and I commend it to the House.