Muller ToddTODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. I rise to take a short call on the Corrections Amendment Bill—the first reading. Well it really is quite something sitting on this side of the House listening to the Government pass judgment on the merits of this bill—yet another piece of legislation whose intellectual core that has driven the thinking on this sat on this side and was driven by Louise Upston. That famous saying that Success had a hundred fathers and failure is an orphan."—well we just heard that for the last 20 minutes. Each Labour and Green speaker was talking about the merits of this legislation and completely ignoring the fact that this is yet another example of a party and a Government that is so bereft of their own ideas that they are spending time lauding the detail of the previous Government's legislation agenda. And that is quite remarkable.With respect to some of the contributions that we've had today I just listened quite intently to I think a very considered observation from Greg O'Connor about the various components in this bill. He talked about his own experience around the importance of ensuring that prisoners when they leave from prison have the appropriate support to ensure they don't reoffend—that they are welcomed into society and that they make that very difficult transition which he understands because he has been on the front line of this challenge. That he says is very important.Well we had expressed provisions with respect to enhancing rehabilitation—specific provisions which would've done exactly what Greg O'Connor had wanted that would have helped prisoners through their period of incarceration to be able to transition back out into society in a way that maximised their success. But the Government removed them. But here he is standing up lauding the fact and focusing the fact that that is actually what is needed in this legislation unaware clearly that his party and his Government have removed precisely those sorts of provisions that the Hon Louise Upston had put in the original thinking of this bill.We heard Darroch Ball talk about the importance of mental health and support for those with addictions. Again that falls into the same category of enhancing rehabilitation in the provisions that we had put in this legislation that that side has taken out. It is just extraordinary. Even the Green contribution talking about how the prison system is broken—but any particular sections in here about rehabilitation and enhancing that have been removed. These guys talk out of both sides of their mouths and this country is increasingly seeing that and seeing it for what it is: a party bereft of ideas bereft of the ability to actually take anything to this Parliament which has got real comprehensive thinking. We had a complete bill which included rehabilitation. They have taken it out and this is a lighter version of what our vision was. Frankly it is a lost opportunity that they will of course have to account for in due course.I look forward to the robust debate that no doubt will occur through the select committee process as this bill is considered and I very much commend it to the House. Thank you."