Seymour DavidDAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): As tends to be customary I follow Marama Davidson and I can observe that the best I got from her speech is that she has a vision of humanity where humans are not bothered by such things as statistics numbers and graphs. That is why she can have as much emotion and goodwill as she likes but no actual solutions to the practical problems facing New Zealand. This has been an extraordinary debate. At one point Grant Robertson told the children of New Zealand that there is no free market and there is no Santa Claus and I want to conclude this debate by telling the children of New Zealand that he is wrong on both counts. We found that Marama Davidson cannot hear. We saw Newshub smash the Labour Party and the Opposition tonight. That is something that should be watched by the Opposition because no matter how clever the Opposition members think that they have been the way that the press have reviewed what they have done to their viewers is that basically the Opposition has wasted a huge amount of time and taxpayer money achieving nothing. That will be the net result in the eyes of the New Zealand public.The Labour Party does not know its own history—that is another thing that we got out of this debate. We discovered that the Labour Party does not really understand what the role of the State has been in building housing throughout New Zealand history. It was never more than a very small fraction of homes built even at peak home-building times in New Zealand history. But we also had more serious issues that we needed to consider because I cannot think of many problems in New Zealand today that would not be resolved if we had a more functional housing market. The fact of the matter is that Auckland has built 20 percent fewer houses in the past decade than were built in the 1990s. That is the reason why we have financial instability it is the reason why we have social problems and it is the reason why for instance you can visit a school where they feel they are almost teaching a different group of kids each term because of transience in the student population related directly to the shortage of stable housing and accommodation. So we were addressing what is a very serious issue. It is regrettable that Phil Twyford's amendment that would have effectively outlawed urban growth boundaries—which have caused so much damage to housing markets in New Zealand—was not able to pass but the member has got no one to blame but himself. He gave 1 hour's notice of one amendment amongst seven that actually had some merit. So I would say to the member next time he wants to make a proposal that is actually useful do not hide it amongst all of the other banal asinine policy initiatives that the Labour Party usually gives out. It is impossible to keep track of Labour's good policy initiatives because they are hidden amongst so many bad ones. Having a grab bag of failed policies such as a capital gains tax has not worked. Foreign buyer restrictions have not worked. Government building programmes have never been a big part of New Zealand's housing agenda. What about inclusionary zoning from Metiria Turei? It never worked. When there are so many bad policies from the Opposition how are we supposed to know that it actually proposed a good one? The fact of the matter is Phil Twyford could have had a big success but he could not even pick up the phone and give me a call. Next time Phil call me.Let me just conclude by saying that this bill was necessary to continue the existing special housing areas. It is not ideal but none the less the special housing areas are one of the best things that the Government has going right now. They are an island of fantasy attempting to suspend the reality of the housing market which is a sea of dysfunction. I can reiterate that Part 2 of this bill has not seriously changed property rights. It has clarified what was already legal and it has simply protected the Government from legal challenge. I am very proud that the ACT Party has made the only successful amendment to this bill which is more than your Phil Twyford can ever say. By having a review of that clause we will substantially improve public policy in New Zealand in good time. We are actually improving public policy for all New Zealanders because we are going to review Part 2 of this bill within 10 years and with the cycle of development being 10 years that means it will be reviewed very soon. Mr Deputy Speaker thank you very much for the little bit of extra time. I proudly support this bill in this House.