Nash StuartHon STUART NASH (Minister of Police): Thank you very much Madam Assistant Speaker. I would like to answer a question that that last member Hamish Walker asked. He said How can you explain the slaughter of fit healthy stock to your kids? How can you do this to your kids? Some of this stock is individually named." Well I will provide an answer to that member. How you do this is you stand up and you take responsibility and say that the last Government got this wrong. The last Government did not put the processes and the procedures in place that would mitigate the risk of this happening. The National Animal Identification and Tracing system if it had been up and running and working well would have mitigated this. It would have allowed the Ministry for Primary Industries to follow this through and ensure that it didn't happen. But do you know what? Because that Government did not want to offend its farmer mates it did not enforce the one system that would have mitigated the risk around this.The interesting thing about this is that I have watched this debate and I have seen Nathan Guy sit there smiling and laughing and joking. He should be out there in his office or talking to farmers doing a mea culpa saying "If we had got it right"—if that Minister had taken responsibility—"then we wouldn't be in the situation we are in at the moment." The member asked "Why are we doing it under urgency?" Because it needs to be done urgently—it needs to be done urgently—and that's a consequence of that last Government taking its eye off the ball completely. It's going to cost the taxpayer $800 million. I think the Hon Damien O'Connor has done an absolutely brilliant job of salvaging this. I will acknowledge that the rural support trusts Federated Farmers and all the support agencies have got behind the farmers and they've said "We recognise that in your time of distress we are here to help."But the other group that says "We are here to help." is this Government—is this Government. That is why Minister Damien O'Connor has been travelling up and down this country and being really honest and having very honest conversations with the men and women who farm our land—very honest conversations. He's put action in place—"This is how we're going to do it." and he's done it. And he's done it. If the Minister that he succeeded the Hon Nathan Guy had shown the same level of leadership that this Minister has instead of burying his head in the sand not wanting to offend his farmer mates not ensuring this was implemented we wouldn't be in this situation. And what's happened? Eight hundred million dollars—$800 million—that's the cost. That's the cost. I'm pleased the farmers in New Zealand are pleased and I suspect the taxpayers of New Zealand are pleased that we have got a Minister who is a Minister of action who's got a strategy to sort this out—who's got a strategy to sort this out—and I thank the Hon Damien O'Connor.We're going to support this bill 100 percent. I know that that side is going to support it. Mr Carter said we shouldn't play politics. Well don't. Do the right thing. Do the right thing and see this through because it's coming and you'll find that that member what's his name—Hamish?Kieran McAnulty: Hamish van de Molen or something.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Order! Use the member's correct name.Hon STUART NASH: Sorry the member for Clutha-Southland. Well what I can tell that member is finally he will be able to go out to his farmer constituents who he says he visits a lot—I doubt that—and actually say "Well we're taking action on this. This is too important." and it is. So well done Minister O'Connor. Let's get this through and let's get the sector sorted finally. Thank you very much."