Simpson Scott; Rurawhe AdrianHon SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. The speaker who has just resumed her seat Chlöe Swarbrick is a new member to the House and she would do well to realise early on in her parliamentary career that simply coming to the House on an important piece of legislation such as this that is so historically important and so meaningful to the people who have been patient and waiting so long with a formulaic cut-and-paste speech that she's used previously is an embarrassment and an insult to the process of Treaty settlements. My advice to her is to do a bit of homework—do a bit of homework—and spend some time investing something more than a cut-and-paste and just putting the name of the iwi into the stock standard speech. The Ngāi Tai people deserve better than that.I listened very carefully to previous contributions in this debate. Like my colleague Todd Muller I was very impressed with the speech of the Hon Willie Jackson and like my colleague Todd Muller it's not often that I sit and listen in very concentrated form to the Hon Willie Jackson but on this occasion I did. I think that he nicely summed up some of the issues and dramas that occur on Treaty settlement bills such as this.The story is that we're not there yet. This is only the second reading of this bill. There is a way yet to go but my goodness what a long way we have come already. I didn't sit on the select committee but I note from their report back to the House that the committee hasn't made any substantive amendments to the bill. That's a credit to the negotiators that's a credit to the tribe that's a credit to in particular my friend and colleague the Hon Christopher Finlayson who has been so involved with so many of these settlements all around the country in a way that has been the hallmark I think of his parliamentary career. I know that he's going to be doing a lot more good in this area yet.So when Willie Jackson stood and spoke about the struggle and the history and the patience and also of the people who have passed on during this process that resonates with me and it resonates with members on this side of the House. Doug Graham and Jim Bolger started this process back in the 1980s at a time when they were largely vilified by large sections of New Zealand society for embarking on the process. But here we are all these years later making good progress and this iwi has been patient along with many others.The history of the wrongs that have been done and of the ills that have occurred as a result of alienation cannot as the Hon Willie Jackson has said be even remotely properly addressed by the financial and cultural redress that this bill contains. But it's the apology—it's the apology that so often is the important factor. I want to line up with others on this side of the House and across the Parliament to ensure that actually this bill and its progress through the House is given due attention appropriate attention that is respectful of the gracious humble patience experienced by those who have brought it to the House. I wish this bill well as it progresses through to third reading.At times this is Parliament at its absolute best. It's interesting that if the Government was busy and had a full legislative programme we probably wouldn't be debating this on a Thursday afternoon. But that being as it is it's still a good bill. I endorse it and I commend it to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Adrian Rurawhe): This is a split call—five minutes.