SpeechCLAYTON MITCHELL (NZ First): Thank you Madam Chair. I wasn't going to take a call but there was just too good an opportunity to miss to not stand up and represent the committee of the whole House stage. I think the question that was put by Marama Davidson in relation to the suspension of a licence for an on-premise to host an event without alcohol—any licenced premises can apply to have their licence suspended but why would you need to go and do that? As the member points out there's nothing stopping any community getting together or the Greens hosting a big open-air venue where families and communities can come together. Also you've got facilities in those rural regional parts of our country that are set up specifically for that where people can enter a licensed premises even with children to go and sit there and have a plate of food and have a hot chocolate or a spider and watch soccer or rugby or anything that's going on.The issue that this really relates to—and it is for on-premise and club licences—is the fact that it is very much the timing of the Rugby World Cup in Japan. There's a four-hour delay for us which means that the 7.35 kick-off is going to be an 11.35 game kick-off. Many clubs around the country are closed between 10 p.m. and midnight which means the finishing time for a game would be around about quarter past 20 past 1 on any given game night where we've got games to go and attend. The reality is most licensed premises around the country—not all of them because there are a number that do close at midnight—do trade up to and including 1 o'clock but it gives them a little bit more headroom so that we don't have to go through the arduous task of applying for a special licence which is as has been already articulated this afternoon very subjective the way the DLCs or the district licensing authority views what constitutes a special event or not. Then you've got the views of the police of course involved in that.This just truncates that process because we all understand that sports in general in New Zealand makes up a large part of our culture for New Zealand and this event the Rugby World Cup is a huge part of what New Zealanders feel very very strongly and proudly about. I myself if I can't attend a game live to this magnitude I will absolutely go down to my local club which I do attend from time to time or the local pub to go and enjoy the festivities and I go there without getting inebriated or intoxicated. I generally go and have a dinner with friends and I sit there and I cheer and I enjoy and I get behind the festivities of the moment because it's all about that interaction with my community.There's nothing stopping any community going out there to have an unlicensed event anywhere in a hall to go and do that but you've got to create the atmosphere for the event. You need nice fittings and surroundings and clubs and bars are designed that way to host such events on a regular basis. So there's nothing withstanding in the bill that would stop any on-premise or club from suspending their licence. The whole point is: why would you need to when you've got people law-abiding citizens coming along to enjoy themselves watching something that is very important to all New Zealanders?That's the contribution from New Zealand First and we will be supporting this bill through all the stages. We've gone through this process before. We've taken it to select committee we've heard what submitters have to say; it is very widely supported throughout New Zealand. I just hope that this House starts putting together something that's going to stop us having a 2023 replay déjà vu of this very same problem that we face. Thank you.CHAIRPERSON (Hon Ruth Dyson): Before I call Jan Logie can I just apologise to the member because I cut you off a minute early so I'm in your debt.