Foster-Bell PaulPAUL FOSTER-BELL (National): E Te Māngai Tuarua o Te Whare tēnā koe. I would like to follow on from the member who has just resumed her seat Clare Curran and begin by thanking her and also Ruth Dyson the chair of the Government Administration Committee for conducting a very good open process and for making sure that everyone who had a view on this issue was able to be heard because it is a very important piece of legislation that we are dealing with. It updates two significantly out-of-date pieces of legislation from the 1970s—the Fire Service Act 1975 and the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977—and consolidates the rural and urban fire services. Can I also commend the work of the Hon Peter Dunne as Minister and perhaps call on Minister Dunne to give even greater reassurance to us all that museums will be—in terms of the levy-raising and the funding arrangements—considered very carefully and that they will not have costs imposed on them that they are not able to bear.I think the member Clare Curran had a good point. I too heard the submission from Otago Museum but it was similar to others around the country from even the very big museums—the well-funded museums like Te Papa here in Wellington—through to for instance the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland. MOTAT made the point that its Lancaster bomber may be worth a huge amount—perhaps over $100 million—but because it was one of only seven remaining such artefacts it was effectively irreplaceable and the choices that it makes over how it chooses to insure such a precious and rare artefact should be based on a sensible and prudent approach as the manager and steward and guardian of that taonga rather than with a view to minimising levies. So I felt reassured in the committee by our advisers and our officials that museums would receive I think a favourable and sensible treatment in the way levies are raised and I hope that that is further confirmed in this House by the Minister.We did hear extensively about the important work that the Fire Service does and at this time when firefighters are risking their lives to combat one of the largest fire emergencies that we have faced in this country in recent times I want to commend the amazing work of the members of the Fire Service—or Fire and Emergency New Zealand as it will be known after this bill passes into law. They risk their lives on a sometimes daily basis to keep us all safe to protect us and actually the work goes beyond that traditional remit of a fire service; it is not just putting out household fires. We know from the hearings that we have undertaken in this legislative process that a significant amount of their work these days is keeping us safe on the roads and responding to accidents and emergencies in that area. So I say: well done to the men and women of the Fire Service.This seems to be a relatively uncontroversial piece of legislation in this House. We have yet to hear contributions from some of the other minor parties but I welcome the cross-party cooperation and bipartisanship on what is an issue too serious to play politics with. It is an example of how we can take legislation through the select committee process and improve it by working together in a constructive way and I commend this bill to the House.