Hon Dr NICK SMITH (National): I want to begin my contribution on this bill by acknowledging three Nelson people who told their stories to the select committee as it considered both the bill but also the select committee report on Wendy's petition. Now, Wendy Hamer is a Nelson mental health nurse that was brutally attacked in her work. She was punched, she was kicked, she had boiling water poured over her, and her attacker told her it was his intention to kill her and that he would get off on an insanity plea. The insult that was added to the injury was not only the "not guilty by insanity" plea but the fact that legally she had no entitlement to make a victim impact statement to the court, and then, worse, was that the offender was soon placed, without any consultation or involvement with her, back in her very community, supermarket, and the like. 