Davidson MaramaMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): The Greens are supporting this third reading of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (No 2). We were opposed to the bill originally because of the meth-testing framework that was being supported through this bill and we were very clear about that at the time. The meth testing was the main concern of our opposition. Many other colleagues have highlighted very well just how immoral and wrong that regime was. I still to this day congratulate Minister Phil Twyford for exposing the rort and the frenzy that was driven by a cowboy industry of testing homes against standards that should not have ever stuck.So the Governance and Administration Committee did some work to change strengthen and reduce the abuse of power of those standards to ensure that renters are treated fairly and to ensure that we have got an evidence-based scientifically worked-through framework for testing contaminants and not just meth. Because of those changes and the work done at select committee we are very happy to now support—and we did at second reading also—the bill based on those changes.I was also grateful for the select committee—the other part of the bill was around clarity for damage to rental premises outlining who is responsible for what and when. I wanted to thank the committee for making the change that came through in their report under new clause 4A which is about landlords having to provide a written statement rather than in the original. My understanding of reading the bill is that originally it was going to simply say landlords need to provide one if requested by the tenant. What it seems to me that the committee change has done is instead said landlords have to provide a written statement as part of an ordinary tenancy agreement. So it removes the burden of the tenant to have to ask. This is good sensible stuff here for both tenants and landlords to have clarity.Further the committee seemed to add teeth to that amendment under clause 4A where they amended another part of the law to make sure that there were some teeth and enforcement around asking for that written statement to do with insurance and that there would actually be a fine and that it would be stated that it was an unlawful act—[Interruption]ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): Order! Sorry to interrupt the member. There's a lot of interference and lots of conversations going on. It's really difficult to hear.MARAMA DAVIDSON: And also I apologise because my voice is weird at the moment. But it's a busy place—this place in here. We're always trying to catch up with each other.But I did just genuinely want to thank the select committee for giving some teeth to the clause of landlords having to provide a written statement about insurance-related information so that tenants and landlords are very clear on who is going to be liable for what and how the insurance—well actually even if there is insurance but what standard and what sort of insurance is applicable to the home to the property.And then the only other point that I thought would be worthwhile making it on to the floor of the House today was that there is lots of other work going on in other parts of legislation and connected legislation to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (No 2). While this is all really good stuff and I'll be working closely with all of the relevant housing Ministers to put these changes through across various legislations when it comes to residential tenancies—basically renting because more and more New Zealanders are in a renting situation than has ever been the case in this country—it needs to not be a second-class citizen reality of living renting a home. It needs to not just be a good thing to do if you happen to have a higher income. I'm lucky to be able to sustain a rental home at the moment but renting needs to be considered a decent option and for people to still be able to live a decent life while at the same time we also want to allow for homeownership to be a choice for more New Zealanders.So this is one part of ensuring warm dry secure and affordable homes. I'll continue working across the other parts of rental law to make improvements in this House—improvements for communities people being able to put down their roots improvements and clarity for people who own a home that they rent out as well. Those are all positive steps for this House. Thank you Mr Speaker.