SpeechHAMISH WALKER (National—Clutha-Southland): Thank you very much Mr Chair. I just want to reflect on a few of the Minister's comments especially around my colleague Nick Smith who's raised a very sore point with the Government. Mr Smith was raising the point of the fact we had a horrible horrible one of the worst days in New Zealand's history 15 March last year: 51 lives destroyed many families ripped apart. The community of Christchurch went through a bloody tough few weeks.The fact that this happened 15 months ago and then the Minister in his previous speech said on 22 March about a week later he had a report from the police which stated all processes were followed. The Minister then said we had to find a solution to what the issues were. A solution to why a terrorist went on a spree which resulted in New Zealand's worst day.Now I'll put it to the Minister: the solution to what the issues were—you are the solution; you are the issue Minister. You are the issue. The fact is that this policeman a long-serving police officer came out in various media organisations in the last week stating that the proper processes weren't followed. Now according to these reports he raised this the following months—two months later—to the New Zealand Police and the most open and transparent Government the very police Minister has the cheek to sit here and say he knows nothing about it. It's a disgruntled police officer.CHAIRPERSON (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! It won't take much for the member to get his contribution so far in order and relevant to the bill. We're doing Part 1 so if he can make those points and make them relevant to the bill—it won't be difficult and he'll be in order.HAMISH WALKER: Thank you Mr Chair. Just on Brett Hudson's Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) especially Part 1—Brett Hudson: Good SOP.HAMISH WALKER: It's a very good SOP. My question is to the Minister: can he put his hand on his heart and say that he didn't know? Because this very police officer raised these concerns to the police two months after the fact. And in the meantime the Government has gone after law-abiding citizens a quarter of a million of them who are very caring people. They are responsible. They undertake extensive training to get their gun licences. They care for their environment because without the environment they wouldn't be able to go hunt. Yet the Government has attacked these law-abiding citizens the last 15 months and the police Minister didn't disclose the fact that proper processes weren't followed.In the meantime the celebrity Prime Minister goes over to America and tells everyone she's banned high-powered firearms. Yet the most open and transparent Government haven't disclosed the fact this proper process wasn't followed.The National Party—I think my hard-working colleague here Brett Hudson—put up a very good bill last year to give police the ability to search for illegal firearms on gang members. Police can stop a gang member and search them for illegal firearms. Yet the Jacinda Ardern Government voted it down and spent the last 15 minutes going after very responsible caring law-abiding citizens being gun owners.So my question is to the police Minister tell this House tell the law-abiding citizens out there the gun owners that he truly didn't know about the very fact that the proper process under the old law wasn't followed. That's my question to the Minister.