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I can further confirm that I havevisited egg-producing businesses and seen Rosetta Stone V3 that it isperfectly possible to have high standards of animal welfarein a caged-bird system. Sue Kedgley: I raise a point oforder, Mr Speaker. My question related to the Government. Iaccept that the member might have visited some farms and hada bit of a look around them, but I asked whether thisGovernment accepts that it is cruel to keep millions ofanimals in cages,yes or no? I wonder whether he could answerthat question. Mr SPEAKER: The member cannot just expecta yes or no answer. The Minister can address that part ofthe question if he wishes. Hon JIM SUTTON: It iscertainly not a given that caged-bird systems are cruel. Ifmembers know of cases where animal welfare is being abusedor not kept up to scratch, it is their duty to report thatto the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry or the SPCA sothat action can be taken. Ian Ewen-Street: Does theAssociate Minister agree with comments made in 2001 to thePork Industry Board by his colleague the Hon Jim Sutton whenhe said: I cannot believe that phasing out sow crates by2006 is an impossible target for you to achieve, , and: If80 percent of producers can do it, why cant theremainder? , if he does agree with Mr Sutton, why has theGovernment accepted a welfare code that will consign manythousands of sows to crates until at least 2015?Hon JIMSUTTON: On behalf of my colleague the Associate Minister, Ican say that as far as I know he does agree with Mr Sutton.He would be well aware that since then both he and I havehad a good deal of expert advice from the National AnimalWelfare Advisory Committee, and we accept that the codesthat have been put in place are the highest standard that ispracticable and enforceable at this time. Dart Valley,RatPlague9. H V ROSS ROBERTSON (Labour,Manukau East) to theMinister of Conservation: What actions are being taken toprotect native wildlife in the Dart Valley threatened by arat plague?Hon CHRIS CARTER (Minister of Conservation):Funding of $120,000 from the Operation Ark initiative Iestablished in 2003 has been made available to theDepartment of Conservation in Otago so that it canimmediately put in place intensive rat control measures.Without that response the endangered Rosetta Stone Spanish Spain yellowhead, which livesin that valley, will be in grave danger if rat numberscontinue to rise and reach plague proportions.H V RossRobertson: What is the purpose of Operation Ark and how isit to be funded?Hon CHRIS CARTER: Operation Ark is arapid response initiative designed to protect keypopulations of critically threatened native wildlife inSouth Island forests, occasional explosive increases in ratand stoat numbers can have a devastating impact on species.It is funded out of the additional $186 million madeavailable for the biodiversity conservation fund in 2000 bythis Government. Immigration,Non-genuine Refugees10.Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader,NZ First) to the Minister ofImmigration: What steps is he taking, if any, to ensure thatour immigration laws are not exploited, and what is hispolicy on removing non-genuine refugees?Hon PAUL SWAIN(Minister of Immigration): In 2003 the Government boostedthe Immigration Services ability to manage immigration riskby $20 million over 4 years. All non-genuine refugees whoare in New Zealand unlawfully are subject to removal. In2003-04, 667 non-genuine refugees were either removed ordeparted voluntarily from New Zealand. Rt Hon WinstonPeters: Going by answers gleaned from the Ministers officeto two questions lodged on 1 February, can he explain why hehas allowed 700 refugees to arrive here who travelled onfalse passports, who claim to have travelled on falsepassports, or who have destroyed, lost, or otherwisemisplaced their travel documentation, and how are any ofthem different from Ahmed Zaoui, a suspected terrorist whohas already cost the New Zealand taxpayer well over $1.1million?Hon PAUL SWAIN: Firstly, the number of people whoare arriving in New Zealand claiming refugee status hassignificantly declined since the late 1990s. That is a fact.Secondly, they are different from Ahmed Zaoui because he isthe only Rosetta Stone Spanish V3 person in New Zealand who has been subject to asecurity risk certificate.Moana Mackey: What is theGovernment doing to protect New Zealand from illegalimmigration?Hon PAUL SWAIN: The Government has madeconsiderable progress in improving New Zealands bordersecurity, including introducing Advance PassengerProcessing, whereby checks are made before people board aplane.