Bennett GlenGLEN BENNETT (Labour): I hear what the Minister is saying. One of the comments though is around the previous laws that have been poorly drafted—laws from times gone by to quote what the Minister said. And of course the Government and yourself Madam Speaker will just sort of think Well it's just the Opposition trying to slow things down for the sake of slowing things down." But what we've seen is that a whole lot of mistakes happen and I'm concerned that it is actually only 33 working days. If you take into account King's Birthday and if you take into account our Matariki celebrations and if you take into account weekends it's only 33 working days for everything to be completed and done.And this is the concern I have because it's a challenge for us—and before the dinner break we had the challenge around the regulatory impact statement for the water services bill that had hidden and incorrect language on it.Hon Shane Jones: Different bill. Different bill.GLEN BENNETT: Yeah but I'm making a case here a pattern here Madam Speaker. And also before the dinner break the last Government speaker commended the Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Bill to the House.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): Just come back to the motion.GLEN BENNETT: Thank you. I guess I'm just building a case.Hon Shane Jones: Relevance. Relevance.GLEN BENNETT: It is completely relevant because we want to get laws right and the Hon Shane Jones said that there have been poorly drafted laws from times gone by. We don't want to be looking back in 30 years' time and have people talking about poorly drafted laws from times gone by and they're talking about us. So when you look at this I really do think—[Interruption] Yeah it's not us; it's the Government. I have to make sure I get that right. So it is really important and there are two things I really need to say about this. One is around timing and those 33 working days in terms of community engagement and business engagement. We keep hearing that it's all about the economy and it's all about getting us moving forward and making more money but we need to make sure that we do it with industry so the challenge is having 33 working days a really short amount of time to get people to submit on the bill and get the bill right.Secondly it's around the capacity of the workforce here at Parliament and I have to say that the Clerk's Office and the Clerk's team do an exceptional job. And the fact that we're looking at legislation that—we already had it; 18 July has already been used once today for the previous bill and again for this. And again it is relevant because I'm on the committee that's dealing with the fast-track bill which is taking up a huge amount of time for the Clerk's team and they do God's work because they are working day and night to sure they get it right.So my question around this legislation is: if we can do what Minister has said he wants done we need a little bit more time. So I propose potentially a three- to four-month process. I think there's nothing unreasonable in that. I'm happy to cede in a couple of months on the end so not the traditional six months—that is OK with me. We want to fair and reasonable on this side of the House.I've heard what the Minister said about the time period in terms of these consents that are coming up for renewal. It's a large amount. And that's why we're not asking for 12—and I'm speaking on my own behalf here; I'm not speaking on behalf of my party. We're not seeking the full six months. We're saying we should just extend it a little bit more so that I say to the Hon Shane Jones we don't have poorly drafted laws.So that's really my point—those two things. The first is the time frame for the community and for business to be engaged in the process because business has so many of the answers and we support that. And the second is around the Clerk's team and the pressure that is going on here in Parliament. It's wonderful that that we have such busy and engaged Clerks but how do we actually make sure that they are equipped that they are sustained to make sure that that we can get this right?This bill the Resource Management (Extended Duration of Coastal Permits for Marine Farms) Amendment Bill is not a big piece of legislation. But as we've seen already this afternoon there have been a few holes and a few leaks in the boat and we don't want that boat to sink. We want to make sure that we have it right for the sake of the future of New Zealand because again we as parliamentarians want to be proud of our work and I know that the Minister wants to be proud of the work that he does on behalf of New Zealand but also on behalf of the world. We need to get it right. We need to get it right for the sake of New Zealand but also for the sake of our standing on the world stage.So I think when we look at the date of 18 July I'd be potentially—and I'm looking to my whip; I'm unsure that I can propose this—be proposing 18 September so that gives us two more months to look into this. I would suggest 18 September as the date and secondly that would give space to the Clerks to help get it right for the submissions to come in and for us to then be able to really critique. I know that good law is made—I've been here long enough now to know—when we take the time to listen to the people listen to the pros and listen to the cons listen to business listen to environmentalists and to listen to iwi and hapū because we've got to have everybody at the table to make sure we get it in the right place and we have it set so it's something that the Government can be proud to present when it comes time for Royal assent. Imagine that—imagine if the bill went for Royal assent and then within weeks or days or months it had to be amended. That would be embarrassing and we don't want you to feel embarrassed. We want to do our best to protect you.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): I won't be embarrassed.GLEN BENNETT: Sorry Madam Speaker. We want to do what we can to ensure that this Government can be proud of the bills it puts through and we've really challenged you this weekend I know because there's been some stuff we've really disagreed with. And this we don't agree with but it is actually something we need to really consider because as the honourable Minister says we don't want poorly drafted laws. We don't want to be those laggards that in the future people look back at and say how wrong we got it."