Penk ChrisCHRIS PENK (National—Helensville): Mr Assistant Speaker thank you. On this the third and final reading good morning" is the word. Can we ask: are we still in the morning? Unless we decide that we're still in Thursday as I think is technically the case in the arcane ways of this place. But I can probably be relatively brief as well. I'll just take a few moments to set out for the record as is traditional in a third reading speech even in a truncated process just to place a bit of emphasis on the themes that underlie our support for the bill and also to just raise again for the record a couple of notes about our expectations about how the system can and should be improved as we've effectively heard promised here today.So first the most obvious point is that fast effective justice is needed for society in general; in particular those who are going through the system at any given time. I make particular mention of those who aren't going through the system but are waiting to go through the system: that time spent awaiting trial is particularly egregious from the point of view of alleged offenders and also victims or complainants and so forth. I think that the Minister of Justice makes a good point in that regard and that goes a long way to underpinning our support for this move.We've heard about the need to reduce the courts' backlog and that's something that we support if that can be achieved by this bill. I think probably the other side of the House wouldn't overstate the case and suggest that this would be some sort of silver bullet but having said that the comments of Ms Andersen do raise the stakes somewhat. She's laid at the feet of the last National Government the increasing backlog of cases that's been around actually for quite some time. So my clear expectation is that she accepts responsibility if those do not reduce. While the comments of her colleague the Minister were much more measured in understanding the extent to which Parliament or the executive for that matter can and should influence the judicial branch her expectation is that she and her side of the House will be able to count themselves responsible for an immediate improvement in that regard.Of course as is traditional in debates about the judiciary I'll quote Spider-Man which is to say that with great power comes great responsibility. The legislative equivalent of course is that with great urgency comes great accountability.Hon Chris Hipkins: We've jumped the shark.CHRIS PENK: So with—and this is perhaps the sequel but spoiler alert for the Minister of Education opposite no doubt it will become part of the curriculum soon—great urgency requires greater accountability.With such an immediate change being made with appointments being able to start as early as next week perhaps Tuesday—I would suggest the Attorney-General might reasonably give himself Monday off it being a public holiday. But with Tuesday morning seeing the start of the process of additional appointments to the bench we can expect an immediate change in results seeing as that's what we're being promised today. I do acknowledge for the record that the Minister has said that there isn't a linear equation whereby we can say X number of judges will increase the speed of processing at a certain particular rate and I think that's a fair comment. I wouldn't suggest there would be some sort of sliding scale that could be so applied in such a straightforward manner. But we do expect and hope and will hold to account the Government for its statements that this will be making a material effect—excuse me a "material difference". So for that reason we welcome those commitments and we will hold them to it. We support the bill therefore in hope and expectation that these things will come to pass noting of course that the reason behind it is important as we acknowledge on the side of the House."