CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (National): I am delighted to see that parliamentary history has been made this afternoon. That would be the first coherent speech the boy wonder from Ōtaki has ever made. I congratulate him on that excellent speech, even if it was written out for him.
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (National): The National Party will support Supplementary Order Paper 216, and, of course, it is supporting the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill (No 2). The bill raises a small but very important issue about access to justice.
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (National): I will take a brief call, because I think everyone acknowledges there is a problem here that needs to be addressed, but, as so often happens, the devil is in the detail, and it behoves us to try to get right the formula of words.
