Hon SIMON BRIDGES: —I just thought I'd show them I could do it twice in one speech—is entirely wrong. But, look, the serious point is this: regardless of whether it's criminal or civil, it is always against the rule of law—which should govern how we operate in this Parliament, in our courts to act retrospectively in relation to bills that become Acts in this Parliament. The reason in this case, I suggest, is very, very simple, and it's the practical point that Nick Smith made. We apply the legal theory about retrospectivity to the practical consequences the Hon Dr Nick Smith talked about. People go out, they work hard to get signatures, they plan on a certain basis—that the law is going to stick with them as they do it, because it was the law when they collected the signatures of this referendum petition, but by the way, what we're doing here is we're changing the rules. We're pulling the rug from out under their feet. That is, quite simply, against the rule of law and it is wrong.