Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Foreign Affairs): I want to thank the honourable member for allowing me to open up the committee stages of the Maritime Powers Bill. Can I just, by way of introduction to the committee stage, acknowledge and thank the select committee for their careful deliberations and also helpful suggestions to amend the bill, the officials in the Parliamentary Counsel Office also in their deliberations. The committee received seven written submissions on the bill from the New Zealand Port Company CEO Group, New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties, the Privacy Commissioner, and the New Zealand Law Society, and three individuals. It's evident in many of the submissions and the way in which the select committee discussed elements of the bill that they took on board some of those recommendations and went further to ensure that we are achieving the intent and purpose of legislation that can extend enforcement powers into international waters.