Auchinvole Chris: Land Transport and Road User Charges Legislation Amendment Bill — First ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeAuchinvole Chris: Land Transport and Road User Charges Legislation Amendment Bill — First Reading[Sitting date: 27 August 2013. Volume:693;Page:13045. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]CHRIS AUCHINVOLE (National): When New Zealand First stood up we thought “What’s this going to be?”. But no it was Denis—Denis the dyspeptic the dismayed the disconsolate the disgraceful the derogatory the destructive. But worst of all it was Denis the dismal. I live for the day when New Zealand First says “So we will vote for it and we like it.” But no it did not say it this time. He did say—it squeezed out—and his last words were “So we will vote for this.” Denis congratulations and you are looking happy. Did it make you feel good?Denis O’Rourke: Well even we want to help you to correct stuff-ups.CHRIS AUCHINVOLE: Here we go! I had prepared my speech with this final line: “This is a constructive non-controversial bill whose changes affect only a small number of vehicles and owners but which will be received positively by these people and by all parties in the House.” I have never heard such a controversial delivery on such a simple little bill as this the Land Transport and Road User Charges Legislation Amendment Bill.I do not know how many people have driven tractors. I have driven a tractor. Paul has driven a tractor. David has driven a tractor. Would members on the other side like to indicate whether they have driven tractors? Lots of people have driven tractors. Oh there you are. We are all one on this bill—we are all one. And the Assistant Speaker has driven a tractor. Without engaging the Speaker in the debate I suppose one could speculate on what sort of tractor it was. I would suggest aLanz. ALanz tractor would be the one. [Interruption] No not aLanz. Ferguson 28?The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): John Deere.CHRIS AUCHINVOLE: John Deere? Oh John Deere. I am old enough to remember when they were introduced to this country—the green tractors.Hon Annette King: Are you that old?CHRIS AUCHINVOLE: Oh yes. We had a lot of fun on tractors in those days but my goodness me we used to take a little bit of risk—Simon O’Connor: At 40 kilometres an hour.CHRIS AUCHINVOLE: —at 40 kilometres an hour. But I am glad now that we have much safer procedures for tractors.Have they not done a lot for the country? I think it was Mike Sabin who said that it is the people on tractors who earn this country’s living. I think it is a good opportunity just to take note of the fact that we have the Minister for Primary Industries with us. Minister we believe in tractors. We believe in the people who drive them. We believe in the work they do.This bill will bring about a correction to—[Interruption]. As I said I do not know what it is about tractors but it has certainly livened up the Opposition members. It has certainly livened them up. They are having a bit of a race over there towards the leadership and it is a tractor race because it is not exactly moving that fast is it?These minor improvements that this bill introduces are positive steps and they play a part in this Government’s efforts to simplify and modernise New Zealand’s transport operation and to make it effective efficient and fair for all users. And this is the standpoint. This is the procedure that you see. For those members who have come along to the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee just to see how a meeting should be chaired—just to see how a meeting is properly chaired by my colleague David Bennett—it is an unforgettable experience. David Bennett and I have been sitting together in Parliament for 7 years now and it has not made any difference to either of us. I commend this bill to the House.