Bennett DavidHon DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): Thank you. I'd just like to thank Ian McKelvie for bringing this legislation through to the House. Ian is a very respected farmer in his own right and has given a lot in his career to agriculture in New Zealand. From his days looking at FMG Insurance and Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust and on to his political career in local and central government he's a very well respected farmer that has the interests of his community and farmers in general. He will be remembered in the farming communities as somebody that has been a strong advocate in a very nice and peaceful way and friendly way but effective in what he's done. And this is another step in his process.Rt Hon David Carter: Just reminding you he's still alive.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Now Mr Carter's sitting there to take a little bit of the credit. But no Mr McKelvie well done and congratulations.Ian McKelvie: Could be my father David.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Yes yes. So this bill—it's great to see that there is support across the House as well. I'd just like to thank the Labour and New Zealand First parties that have spoken for their kind words to Ian McKelvie but also for their support for the bill. I think that's a good sign that we have that connection with these issues on the other side of the House as well. So we thank you for that support and look forward to that continuing through the select committee process and as we go through the rest of the parliamentary process.It's important that I think this House is seen as united in something like this because it is a genuine interest and an issue that many farming communities and increasingly urban communities will find is something that they will have to deal with as well. I just wanted to touch on how that will actually happen over time. A lot of the examples that we've heard of today from the earlier speakers have been about farms in remote areas where there have been fences cut and stock taken and generally on quite a large scale. But in areas closer to urban environments it is also a very big issue. It can be an issue that not only is about missing stock but it actually can be quite a difficult environmental issue to deal with as well if stock are killed on the premises or are taken away. In a difficult area like close to an urban environment if there are fences cut and there is the prospect of danger to those other people that are using roads and other access points it can be a very serious issue beyond just the stock rustling that is taking effect at that time.Also with changing land use you're actually seeing that there's a different way that stock rustling may actually be occurring and it might be quite good to have a look in a wider scale at some of our horticultural industries. You often hear of avocado theft these days where people go into orchards and steal avocados.Hon Nathan Guy: Beehives.Hon DAVID BENNETT: Yes and beehives are another example.Hon Member: A bit trickier.Hon DAVID BENNETT: It is real it is happening and you are seeing a change in some of those agricultural and horticultural areas where there is a change.But the essence of it is that there must be an intention to steal. This is not an offence where somebody is in a shop you know in the supermarket they're poor and they're hungry and they take something because it's there and they want it at that point. This generally involves a very intentional act. It is something that involves somebody taking time to actually work out where the stock are how to access them how to take them and to find an end point to sell that stock to or to dispose of them. So it is a very intentional crime that is at a high level and it deserves to have that high level of sentencing then because somebody has taken it up that scale of consideration in exercising that activity. I think it's also important to look at the increasing value of stock. As we look at more value-add in what we produce you're going to get higher-value stock stock of a higher quality that actually are more vulnerable to stock rustling over time. This is about protecting farmers that want to make those next steps in the generational change of agriculture so that we move on to those higher-value products we move on to that higher-value stock. It gives them a little bit of protection as they make those changes in their business. Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker.