I also want to emphasise how badly this law puts New Zealand out of step with other liberal democracies. None of the top 20 democracies, as ranked around the world, have such laws. This law would breach the constitution of the United States and of Australia or Canada. It would be anathema in any of the United Kingdom parliaments, and for those who justify this law on the basis that we took MMP from its home in Germany, I draw to their attention the constitution that was so carefully crafted after the horror of World War II, in which their constitution would prohibit such a law. 