Hon PAUL GOLDSMITH (National): Thank you, Madam Speaker, and it's my pleasure to speak on behalf of the National Party on this legislation that we are supporting: the New Zealand Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Bill. First up, I agree with the Minister who has just spoken, David Parker, who said that going back into the history of this, when there was a proposal for the ability for senior courts in New Zealand to strike out legislation as the US Supreme Court does, which breaches the constitution there and it would have breached the Bill of Rights Act here, that would have been a step too far. I agree that no system is perfect. If you look around the world, there are many imperfections with our democracy, as there are with the British democracy and other places all around the world, but the politicisation of the courts, which is an inevitable consequence of that power, I don't think would be helpful and would fundamentally change the nature of how things work in this country.