Clark David: Copyright (Parallel Importing of Films) Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeClark David: Copyright (Parallel Importing of Films) Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 02 July 2013. Volume:691;Page:11472. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Dr DAVID CLARK (Labour—Dunedin North):I join all my colleagues in the House in acknowledging the servicemen who are remembered in the plaques at the back of this Chamber.In discussing this bill the Copyright (Parallel Importing of Films) Amendment Bill I am a little disappointed that the previous speaker Mark Mitchell did not tell us a little about his favourite movie. Mr Mitchell is a man of much imagination and I am quite certain that we could have learnt a little more about his character. There is speculation over this.Hon Trevor Mallard: But why is he keeping it secret?Dr DAVID CLARK: Members on this side are wondering why he is keeping it secret and we will leave it to those at home to imagine or not why that might be. I am of course a fan of one of the earliest movies I saw which wasStar Wars: The EmpireStrikes Back  with Yoda on the big screen. Do colleagues remember R2-D2 and Obi-wan and many other characters?I have on occasion sat in this House and thought about who might fulfil those roles in a remake. I will not go into too much detail here because I think I will get myself in trouble but there are many members around this House who bear some of the characteristics and of course the Speaker and the other presiding officers all have Jedi characteristics of one nature or another in that parallel. There are obvious members for the Chewbacca link. We can all clearly see which side the Force is on at any given time but the Dark Side across the House are offering the kind of unhelpful speculation that will not take this conversation much further.I should put on record that it is a shame this bill is here under urgency. It surely is not a bill that needs to be here under urgency. In fact it probably could have been tucked away in an omnibus bill or a Statutes Amendment Bill. If what Mr Mitchell said is true—that it is a common-sense bill; and from my brief look at it it does appear to be that way—then surely it could have been dealt with behind the scenes.The bill could have been brought in essentially as a fait accompli to deal with through the processes of the House with consultation as is appropriate with other parties. But unfortunately this Government is a little bit disorganised it seems and so it is bringing us bills under urgency. As a consequence the bills will in fact take longer to deal with because when members do not have the bill more than an hour or so before it is to be debated—in fact in this case we had it for only 1 minute Ms Fenton tells me before it was due to be debated—it becomes a more challenging prospect.Members feel that they then have to work their way into the bill to make sure that it is really all that says it is and that we are not doing any disservice to the taxpayers who ensure that we are here to debate the issues on their behalf. Having put that on the record I would like to go back toStar Wars for a minute or two becauseStar Wars contains so many metaphors that are apt to this House.Alfred Ngaro: This member hasn’t even read the bill.Dr DAVID CLARK: Mr Ngaro opposite is claiming that I have not read the bill. I have Mr Ngaro. I can point to the many scribbles here and the underlinings. I know that the bill shifts the effective current ban of 9 months down to 5 months for a release of a parallel imported version of a film. I have read a little bit about the reasons for that. We have the regulatory impact statement supplied by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and we have a view expressed by officials that is different from the view taken by the Minister. We have all of that there. But I thinkStar Wars is the more interesting topic having had a look at the bill if we are all honest.I would like to take some nominations from around the House for some of those key roles: the Han Solo the Luke Skywalker the Princess Leia from around the House.Hon Members: Jabba the Hutt.Dr DAVID CLARK: Jabba the Hutt a colleague suggests. There may be no obvious candidates for some of these but we will let our minds wander. But Mr Assistant Speaker reminds me I have only half a minute left to wind up my speech on this bill. I do also want to make the comment that in some ways this is debating the issue of today and it does not take into account the issue of tomorrow when ultra-fast broadband finally gets here—probably under a Labour Government. We will have a much bigger issue to deal with and that is how we ensure New Zealand content is generated and protected. That is an issue for the future of our film industry.