SIMEON BROWN: Thank you, Madam Speaker. The National Party is opposed to this piece of legislation, which gives prisoners who are sentenced up to three years in prison the right to vote. This piece of legislation does not put victims at the heart of criminal justice; this piece of legislation puts criminals at the heart. People who have committed offences, people who have broken the law, and people who have done crimes against other people are the ones who will be getting the privileges which, currently, they do not get under this piece of legislation. 