After having the good fortune to have my bill pulled from the ballot, I've so far been able to meet with biosecurity advisers from DairyNZ, Horticulture New Zealand, and Zespri, and I especially want to thank DairyNZ for their support, and Horticulture New Zealand, who I know were thrilled when they heard that this bill had been drawn. Each of these organisations, as well as many others who support our food and fibre sector, have a strong focus on biosecurity. They spend millions of dollars each year trying to understand the probability of a potential threat entering New Zealand and the potential for those threats to spread to a large number of farms or growers and the resulting impact that would have. By knowing which of these threats pose the greatest risk to their industry, they can develop targeted surveillance programmes to detect incursions sooner. It also means they can better support our farmers and growers to respond. 