Swarbrick ChlöeCHLÖE SWARBRICK (Green): E Te Māngai tēnā koe. Tēnā koutou e Te Whare.Everybody has stood up tonight and given pretty high and mighty speeches. There's been a lot of talk about principle but the fact of the matter is not too many people have actually acknowledged the machinations behind the scenes here tonight and that is politics. The Parliament of Aotearoa New Zealand is as I think most in this House would be aware one of the most whipped in the world. What that means is that even though we have heard some speeches from members of the Opposition about the importance of things like freedom of speech you've still had a speech from one of your departing members today who spoke to the fact that they had to vote against what they felt was their conscience in coming forward with a caucus position.There's also the case as was noted by members on this side of the House the fact of the matter that we have a very tribalist system. I think all of us have seen just how ugly that can get. That adversarial system has produced some of the worst behaviour in this place. But on top of that it has resulted in some very archaic first-past-the-post thinking particularly in what the major parties see and characterise as safe seats. I think that's a great example actually of the flaws of our present adversarial system.There's been a lot of talk about the Greens from speeches of both the Opposition and governing parties tonight. I think that it's really important that we are deeply clear—Tim van de Molen: Everyone's interested in which values you'll have tonight.CHLÖE SWARBRICK: —and that the Opposition doesn't heckle me right now because the Greens will honour our 20-year position on voting on this legislation tonight in much the same way that we honoured the coalition agreements and voting for the legislation that originally put it into place.I really need to address some of the points that were made particularly by Hon Dr Nick Smith when he spoke about the sanctity of our electoral law. But simultaneously back when the National Party were in Government they passed by bare majority legislation which disenfranchised prisoners in this country against advice from their own Attorney-General; that is unconstitutional. I think it's really important that members in here are reflecting on the politics alongside the so-called principle.Hon Dr Nick Smith: Principle—principle.CHLÖE SWARBRICK: The other thing Dr Nick Smith please if I can ask you one thing do not ever again invoke our former co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons when seeking to make a political point.Hon Dr Nick Smith: She was a friend. You have cross-party friendships.CHLÖE SWARBRICK: Because Dr Nick Smith the honourable Jeanette Fitzsimons the late Jeanette Fitzsimons if anything was absolutely disgraced by your former environmental track record. It's disrespectful and quite frankly disingenuous.So maybe politics would be a whole lot better if politicians stop talking about themselves as we are tonight. If politicians want a code of conduct as we're talking about and how we treat each other particularly within our parties then perhaps we could best start by all signing up to the recommendations of the Francis review. The Greens commend this bill to the House.