Hon SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I, too, join with colleagues from across the Chamber in supporting this piece of legislation. It's been a long time coming. New Zealand—it's fair to say, I think—could be accurately referred to as an outlier, in terms of our speed at which we have confirmed the arrangements under this protocol. In fact, I did a little of research earlier this evening—I didn't sit on the select committee, so I wasn't privy to the submissions that were made, and I see that the select committee records show that there were only eight submissions and only two were heard orally by the committee. But I did a little bit of research and I see that there have been a number of academics who have been literally badgering successive Governments over a long number of years to sign up to this protocol and for New Zealand to be playing our role, in terms of our international obligations.