Brown SimeonSIMEON BROWN (National—Pakuranga): Thank you Mr Speaker. Thank you for the opportunity to speak on the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill and I hope that that member who's just taken his chair Mark Patterson has got his rights from his wrongs. Maybe he'd like to spend a bit more time reading this bill to just double check that all the rights have been wronged all wrongs have been righted so that we have the right piece of legislation coming out of this Parliament.There are three aspects of this bill—Tim van de Molen: You're not wrong.SIMEON BROWN: I'm not wrong says Mr Tim van de Molen. That's very kind of you! There are three aspects to this bill. It enables transport instruments clarifying exemptions and revocation powers and other minor regulatory stewardship matters. And of course the National Party is very supportive of measures which help to make our regulatory systems work more efficiently. We've said that if we are in Government we'll be making sure that we have a regulation bonfire and that we will reduce the number of regulations by two for every new regulation that we put in place to ensure that we can reduce the compliance on New Zealanders and on businesses so that they can go about their daily lives in a more efficient manner but also in a way which saves them costs and keeps more of their own money in their own back pocket rather than spending money on regulations which simply sometimes only cause more inconvenience than actually making a real difference.It's interesting that the Government has decided that this is their No. 1 transport priority at the moment. Their No. 1 transport priority is the Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill. At a time of economic and health crisis where we have the COVID-19 coronavirus causing enormous stress and anxiety and health concern across our country and economic concern the Government has decided that it's time to fix up our transport regulation systems. Now we support the bill but surely there should be other transport priorities which they should be getting on with? Ever since this Government came to office they first cancelled a whole bunch of roads they postponed a whole bunch of other roads and then earlier this year they tried to resurrect them which is going to take many many months of re-planning reorganising re-skilling getting companies ready to tender for these jobs. In my electorate of Pakuranga we were waiting for the East-West Link. It was meant to be started consented and now it has been cancelled and it hasn't even been resurrected. That is a real shame and that shows that this Government has its priorities completely wrong. It might be one thing to improve the regulatory systems but it's another thing to actually get better transport in place for New Zealanders. New Zealanders want a good transport system not necessarily just good regulatory transport systems and I think the former is what they want. Both are required but if you think about priorities the first is what they need.Another point I'd like to make is that this bill increases the number of members which can be put on the New Zealand Transport Agency board and we do hope that that is for the purpose of increasing skill and people who can support the aims of this legislation and not just the ability for the Government of the day to put their mates in cushy jobs. So we'll be scrutinising that very carefully to make sure that that isn't the case.So we support the bill and we look forward to what will be a six-month select committee process is what I understand. That seems like quite a generous time these days—Tim van de Molen: That's unusual.SIMEON BROWN: Very unusual when it seems every single bill being put forward by this Government is being rushed through without regard to the democratic process that this House has set down which allows for a six-month select committee process so that New Zealanders can have their say put their submissions in come down to Parliament if they choose and speak to a select committee and for that evidence to be considered to make sure the bill is better and that the wrongs are righted. Thank you Mr Speaker.