JOSEPH MOONEY (National—Southland): Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. It's a pleasure to rise as the member for Southland in the second reading of the Plant Variety Rights Bill. National supports this bill. This bill replaces the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987, which is now over 30 years old—older than some members in this House—and has not kept up with changes in the plant breeding industry. The bill implements an updated regime for plant variety rights. It expands the protection provided to plant breeders in a number of key areas to better safeguard intellectual property rights for new plant varieties. This includes providing protection to, essentially, diverse and dependent varieties.