Bridges SimonHon SIMON BRIDGES (National—Tauranga): National supports this bill. Intimate visual recordings as this bill euphemistically calls them are a modern phenomenon and a huge concern. National agrees that where such recordings are posted without consent of the person in the recording that should attract a criminal penalty. This of course was already at a level an offence in the current law of the land the Harmful Digital Communications Act. But that Act required as I understand it proof of intent to harm. And there's an argument—in fact I think it's right to say that that bar is set too high. Like the last member I actually want to speak as a member of Parliament a local member of Parliament and also as a dad fortunately with very young children—this is not an issue before its time. I can say in my electorate at intermediates at high schools I know this is an issue because I've been told by the leadership of those schools. Images and recordings of young people are made—and like the last member said really young we're talking 12-year-olds; I've been told of these instances and in quite significant numbers at certain times—and then there is a threat there is blackmail. The cases I've been told about say by leadership in the schools are for sexual conduct or other favours in return for these publishings or postings not being published or these images not being published or posted. I'm going to make a plea to our young—they may say I'm an old fogey but rarely if ever is it a great idea. In fact I'd say it's a really bad one to let others have intimate images and recordings of yourself. In friendships in relationships look we know that when you're young chances are—I hate to break it to you—they're not going to last. But I do know this: thanks to this bill if you do—if anyone does say they'll post it or worse if they do post it it will very soon no ifs no buts be a criminal offence. I'd suggest you go to the police actually. They will help you and solve this with respect to your dignity and your privacy. I want to say congratulations to the member opposite Louisa Wall on yet another member's bill in this House. She has the luck of the devil it seems to me with her many members' bills drawn out of the ballot. As I say the luck of the devil; I'm not sure how she does it. I don't always agree with the positions she takes in the bills that she puts forward. And I think there's a danger as I say with respect to the member—because I don't want it to turn into this glossy friendly thing—that sometimes she can be intolerant in the name of tolerance in some of the bills that she puts forward but I do want to say this: I do think she's an incredibly strong member of Parliament. And I do think as they have overseas—actually I think it's The Spectator magazine that has Backbencher of the year". She will have won it by now and she's you know potentially in it. I personally think I may also be in it for bringing The Wiggles to New Zealand I think in the next month or so. That's a pretty strong contender I would have thought. But congratulations to her once again—Hon Member: I hope you get good tickets.Hon SIMON BRIDGES: Hamilton I think on 26 March. But I digress. I do want to say congratulations to the member on a good law that will improve the law on what is not just a topical issue but an important one."