Bennett DavidHon DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): What a terrible contribution that last one was. I can't actually believe that speaker Tracey Martin. She wouldn't actually acknowledge and look at anybody across this room because she knew it was a barefaced lie everything she was saying in her speech.Hon Tracey Martin: I raise a point of order Madam Speaker. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): I'll ask the member to withdraw and apologise.Hon DAVID BENNETT: I'll withdraw and apologise. But it certainly wasn't telling the truth anyway. And—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): The member will resume his seat. If he wants to continue with the remaining time of his 10-minute contribution he will not only not repeat an offence but also be so directly offensive to the Chair. Withdraw and apologise please and don't repeat it.Hon DAVID BENNETT: I withdraw and apologise Madam Speaker. But that party over there spent the whole five minutes in their speech didn't once mention the bill didn't talk about the bill at all and it just was a verbal attack trying to present themselves as some virtuous party that is holier than thou when their whole party is based on deals and shams and all those things that have littered the history of that party for the time that it's been in Parliament. Its leadership has been part of all those high-profile events that have been in the public arena been in media for years and years and even today it's in the media again around fishing and where the cameras are on boats. So to have that member then come into this House and try and present that they are some holier than thou party that actually tried to put a spin on what had actually happened when they are the party that is the party of shammy deals that has a history of abuse of the process of Parliament an abuse of the process of legislation—Hon Tracey Martin: I raise a point of order Madam Speaker. Sorry Madam Speaker. I just seek your guidance. I'm not clear on where the point is—where the line is that a member crosses with regard to making accusations about other members or other parties. Can you give me some clarity there?ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): I think there's plenty of guidance in Speakers' rulings and the Standing Orders and if you feel that he did breach any of those you could raise that. I wasn't aware that he had. We've all got different levels of sensitivities on different issues and some members can be offended when others aren't. But if you think there was a Standing Order or a Speaker's ruling breached I'd certainly be keen to hear it.Hon DAVID BENNETT: We heard some great lines from that last speaker—the truth" from New Zealand First. Isn't that ironical to have somebody from New Zealand First talk about truth and—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): Sorry Mr Bennett. That's the third time.Hon DAVID BENNETT: I was just quoting what she said. ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): That's the third time. [Interruption] Mr Bennett will resume his seat. I asked you twice. It's now the third time. You're breaching the protocol of this House and I'm of the view that you know you are because you're a senior member in your caucus. Please don't do it again. Withdraw and apologise for that comment and then resume your speech thank you.Hon DAVID BENNETT: I withdraw and apologise. But I'm just taking—I wrote down some direct quotes from that last speech.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Ruth Dyson): Don't push it please.Hon DAVID BENNETT: One was "respect for law"—you know that was another direct quote we had from the New Zealand First Party. I found that deeply ironical as well. "The Green Party simply made a mistake." Those were the comments made from—and "Grown-ups sit down and work it out." Well that's not the history of the New Zealand First Party is it? You know how many times has the New Zealand First Party acted like grown-ups that sit down and work something out? Never. They always throw their toys out. That's the nature of their party. They come to the last six months of a coalition—Hon Poto Williams: How is this relevant?Hon DAVID BENNETT: No I'm just rebutting the previous speaker's speech. They do that every time. I've never seen that party act as grown-ups and sit down and work it out. I'd love for the member to give us examples of where they have done that because it just doesn't happen. Every six months before an election they start throwing their toys out. That's how they work. That's the New Zealand First Party and that's the modus operandi of that party. So to have them come into this Parliament and say how great they are is so rich—so so rich. The reality is what has happened here. It is that the New Zealand First Party and the Labour party made a mistake. They were backing their Green mates and thought well this deal would be done and there'd be that amendment to the bill and then we'd all be good and it'd be all hunky dory—and that's not a reference to fishing for the New Zealand First members if they're that sensitive about fish issues today. The Green Party were silly enough to actually put two amendments up and didn't realise the implications of their second amendment. There were smarter members in this House and we've heard from some of our members that spoke on that very day that took advantage of that opportunity. It's not our role to actually make the Government's life easier as Simeon Brown said. Our role is to hold them to account and our role is to show the failings of the Government. There are definite failings there because the Green Party in all their majesty thought they were doing something wonderful and the New Zealand First Party and the Labour Party were simply asleep and their whips just sat there and let it happen and didn't really realise what was happening until it was too late. That's the reality of what happened. Now we spend a whole day in Parliament doing this again and then we get sanctimonious speeches from the New Zealand First Party about how wonderful they are and how they represent these values and these beliefs that nobody—nobody—in the public would associate with that party. There's no way that anybody puts that party in the same word as "trust" or "grown-ups that sit around and work something out". That's just not how people think of the New Zealand First Party.I get great pleasure from seeing the failings of the New Zealand First Party and how their voters are now moving en masse to the ACT Party because they should not be in Parliament. The New Zealand First Party are a leech on the political system in New Zealand. They always have been and it will be a good day's work if they are removed from this Parliament. I think that that's something that will happen because we've got the greatest candidate in Northland that will win that seat and Jones can go around flirting all the money he likes—nobody's going to vote for him. He's seen as arrogant. They don't like him so there's no way the New Zealand First Party will get back in. That is a great day for New Zealand politics and a great day for New Zealand because they don't add anything to this place. They never have and they never will and that's just the simple reality of it. It will be good to see their failings being exposed and that those people there in their party that aren't there for the best interests of New Zealand but only for their own interests are removed from this Parliament. It's going to be a great day when we see that happen on 20 September."