Bennett DavidHon DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): Thank you Madam Chair. I think it's important we respond to that speech because it's just not true. This side of the House does care about farmers and their lives and their livelihoods and that's why we're saying in this House that there shouldn't be a Government putting all these restrictions and costs on to farmers. That is the reality of what is going on now. This Government is creating the problem. We have a situation where as my colleague said there is a massive decrease in the value of farms. That decrease in the value of farms can be directly sheeted home to the policy of that party—they stopped overseas investment and that took out the bottom of the market in the South Island and now farms are dropping in price because there are no buyers for those properties. I know Madam Chair that last speaker didn't mention the bill once in his five-minute speech. He was enabled to speak for that period of time. He made a lot of innuendo and mistakes that need to be rectified in this House. This party on this side is standing up for farmers. We are voting for this bill. We have said that it's going to have little or no impact and it won't have much impact but we will still vote for it because we stand up for farmers. If anybody really wanted to do anything for farmers they would vote people like him out of this House because they and their side are the ones that are creating all the problems for farmers. There's a reason that member will never become an MP for Wairarapa: because it's a farming seat and farmers will never vote for him because they know he intends to kill them. That is his policy.Kieran McAnulty: I raise a point of order Madam Chairperson. Look everybody in this House knows that I'm up for a bit of banter and poking fun but the suggestion that I intend to kill farmers is deeply offensive. I am utterly appalled by that suggestion and I would ask that he withdraw and apologise for that suggestion.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Ruth Dyson): As chair of the Primary Production Committee that considered this bill I do think it would be appropriate for you to withdraw and apologise.Hon DAVID BENNETT: I withdraw and apologise. CHAIRPERSON (Hon Ruth Dyson): Sorry just before you carry on—I will give you the remainder of your time despite my inclination—you did criticise my chairing—Hon David Bennett: No I said—CHAIRPERSON (Hon Ruth Dyson): Would you mind sitting down? Just chill out. You criticised my chairing by saying I hadn't called Kieran McAnulty to account. I did actually ask him to refer to the bill. Then I interrupted him again and said it would take more than a reference to the name. Then he started talking about the bill and I'd invite the member to do it as well.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Well I don't remember that member saying too much about the bill but we have to respond to that kind of speech and say that the reality is that that party is causing the problems that farmers are facing now; whether it's from water reform to dairy to this bill. This bill is not going to change the situation that farmers are in. And for the Labour Party and the New Zealand First Party to come to this House and say they're supportive parties that are really there in farmers' best interests and that this bill shows how they're in farmers' best interests is simply not true.This bill is a bill that can assist farmers; there's no doubt about it but it will be very minor and very ineffectual. The reality is the pressure on farmers comes from the other legislation that farmers are facing and they will hurt farming businesses they will send farming businesses to the wall and they will take farmers out of the farming communities as we are seeing throughout this country through their policies. I stand behind my statements in this House.