Faafoi KrisKRIS FAAFOI (Labour—Mana): It is a pleasure to speak to Part 5 and can I begin by thanking the Minister in the chair Chris Finlayson in general terms for his willingness to answer questions throughout this Committee stage. I think a number of my colleagues who have not sat on the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee have posed questions because I think they are important ones to answer in and around this important piece of legislation. I thank the Minister for his willingness to answer some of those questions despite the ignorance of some of the members who are asking them—myself included—so I thank him for that.My colleague Megan Woods has already spoken to clause 100. But I did want to ask the Minister in respect of clause 108 Review of agreements" where it says: "(1) The Ministers who have entered into an agreement must review the agreement every 3 years. (2) In conducting a review the Ministers must—(a) consult—(i) the Privacy Commissioner; and (ii) the Inspector-General; and (b) have regard to any comments received from—(i) the Privacy Commissioner; and (ii) the Inspector-General." My general question to the Minister is: how does he as the Minister who will be responsible for this see the role of consultation and also having regard to comments received from the Privacy Commissioner and the inspector-general?I have been speaking to my colleague here David Parker and he and I both assume that consultation principles outlined by Justice Blanchard in the Wellington Airport case will apply in this instance. I am not sure whether the Minister in the chair heard that but I think he would probably agree because consultation can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Consultation in its nastiest sense could be: "I'm telling you this and that's all I'm going to tell you." That is one sense of consultation. Or you could take the opposite end of the spectrum and have a deep and meaningful consultation process as I would hope would be outlined by the Minister who I think is preparing to take a call on this.The Minister at the time was talking to officials and I and David Parker would assume that the consultation principles in the sense within this bill will be the same as those outlined in the Wellington Airport case with Justice Blanchard as I am sure you would agree. Ha ha! So I would be willing to from the Minister in that case. But I think again having not been a member of that select committee when we are talking about reviews of pretty important agreements and information that will flow between agencies and other entities just how will those agreements work—the ability to bring in the Privacy Commissioner and the inspector-general and also how are those comments or the consultation with those two entities going to be taken into regard? Because if the Minister was of the mind to just read them and say that they have been taken into regard I am not sure whether or not that is the spirit of what would be intended—from members from right around this House. But I do not know that because I am not the Minister and I was not at the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee. So if in the fashion that he has taken so far during this Committee stage the Minister might be able to inform us and inform the public about how he would hope to see ideally himself and other Ministers who have this power to consult and take regard to those reviews that would be I think good for the public."