Hon Dr NICK SMITH (National—Nelson): Thank you, Madam Speaker. One of the things that makes me just so proud to be a New Zealander and a member of this Parliament is that we are the fourth-oldest continuous democracy in this world, and this Parliament has actually been at the core of so much of New Zealand's success. But democracy is a delicate flower that we must be continuously out to protect and safeguard and I want to congratulate my friend and colleague David Carter as an experienced parliamentarian and as a Speaker caring enough about our democracy to introduce this bill. 