Simmonds PennyPENNY SIMMONDS (National—Invercargill): Thank you Madam Speaker. Well we're hitting a new low. I don't think the speaker before me Glen Bennett even managed to get to a minute. I'm rising to speak in support of the Civil Aviation Bill which repeals and replaces the Civil Aviation Act 1990 and the Airport Authorities Act 1966 with a single Act that will perhaps better respond to the industry's future challenge. I'd have to say when I put my hand up to become a politician I thought I was coming to take part in a democratic process that would be both respectful and mindful of the people of New Zealand. I would have to say the arrogance and the disrespect that is being shown by the Government speakers in this House to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand who pay their wages is astonishing. I would hope that there are some new MPs that came in at the same time as me that feel somewhat disillusioned and somewhat embarrassed by what they are being asked to do here today because I think the people of New Zealand should be able to expect us to debate fulsomely in this House legislation which is going to impact on them. They should expect a little bit more than a few seconds of discussion before they sit down.Civil aviation isn't something that I've been very involved in and one of the beauties of getting to speak on bills that are not in your area is that you can take some time to look into it and why the bill is there and relate it to your own electorate—again those people that pay our wages so that we can sit up here and show them some respect. So I'm pleased to have looked at the impact that this might have on not only the main authorities but also on individual airports and ones in my area.Some of the main provisions around it take into account that we'll have remotely piloted or autonomous aircrafts. As my colleague said drones that wouldn't have been thought of a few years ago when legislation was put in place now need to be accommodated in this legislation. Drones of course are doing some incredible things in our productive industries and I think of the uses that they are being put to in our primary sector and the difference that they are making for some of the high country stations for some of the more remote farms and in times of emergency for flooding. But it's really important that people who are operating those drones have the responsibilities laid out very clearly for them which of course this legislation is going to be able to do.The aviation authority the aviation sector prior to COVID was of course incredibly important to our GDP supporting around 11.2 percent of it enabling our $17 billion per annum tourism industry and also enabling our $5 billion international education industry the two of which actually are quite intertwined. So it's a very important enabler to ensure that we have our airline industries operating appropriately.Unfortunately a member prior to me got the dates wrong in terms of when this legislation started. It actually started in 2013. National launched a review of the Civil Aviation Act with an aim to refresh and improve the usability of the legislation around it. And things have happened—many things have happened not just things like the drones but of course that ever-changing and evolving global environment of security around our airports. I look at how that's changed even small airports like Invercargill with the security that we've had put in there and I congratulate the general manager Nigel Finnerty and his team for the great work that they've done there. It's important that we get that security right for the produce that we export through our aviation industry and I think in my electorate or in my area—sorry Joseph Mooney my colleague; I may be pinching a little bit when I say about some of our high-value seafood like crayfish which of course comes out of Te Ānau a lot of it out of Fiordland and also some of the high-value horticulture produce like tulip bulbs which are growing by the millions in a farm next to our farm. So that importance of security is not only for people but for the produce that earns the GDP that allows people to be able to pay taxes and pay for our salaries up here which I would urge that other side to think of every time they stand up for 30 seconds and disrespect those people.National wants to be very constructive with this. Of course we understand the importance of this. We understand the importance of aviation security of national security. We are very pleased to see that it improves the safety through drug and alcohol management. Of course following that dreadful Carterton balloon incident in 2012 and the tragedy that those families that were involved with that suffered we need to have better fit for purpose legislation around drug and alcohol management improving the safety and security of our aviation system. So there are important elements of this bill that deserved quite frankly more than less than a minute's contribution from the previous speaker from the Government. I would have thought they would have wanted to have a debate around some of these matters.The other points that I'm very keen to see debated at the select committee or see extended there are some of the feedback that has come from stakeholders. Obviously the New Zealand Airports Association should have considerable submissions that they want to make in this. They certainly have indicated that they have concerns around the clarity of the Public Works Act changes and the enforcement of regulatory undertakings and they have noted they'd like to see a wider approach to the review of airways. The select committee will be an appropriate process for them to be able to do that. The Civil Aviation Authority has noted some concerns around the entering and remaining in the aviation system the independent appeal authority reasonable cost—and all our industries are obviously concerned about costs that we impose on them through legislation. They also want to be sure that our legislation benchmarks itself with best international practice—all of those things very reasonable comments that we would hope will be teased out and fleshed out in the select committee process.But I would have to say that it has been certainly a long time getting to this point starting back in 2013 and I acknowledge those in the National Government at that time who had the foresight to instigate this review. I would like to acknowledge those in the National Party who have chosen to read the bill and scrutinise what's in it and speak fulsomely in their opportunities here this morning. I'd like to acknowledge how this bill is going to pick up on the changes the ever-evolving nature of our aviation industry and the work that we have to do to ensure that we operate at a standard that is appropriate for us to be able to open up safely as a country to the rest of the world because on this side of the House we know that New Zealand cannot be self-sustaining sitting here thinking that we don't need the rest of the world because very clearly we do. Very clearly our exporters and our business people know that and it might be more respectful for the Government to acknowledge that as well. Thank you very much Madam Speaker.