Bennett David: State Sector and Public Finance Reform Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeBennett David: State Sector and Public Finance Reform Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 25 June 2013. Volume:691;Page:11220. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East):Just before we talk about the bill the State Sector and Public Finance Reform Bill I want to give a bit of a history lesson for those young people who may be watching this. They have just seen Winston Petersgive a speech in this House. Every speech he gives is the same. I was just going through that speech and I wrote down exactly what he said. He said the same thing 3 weeks ago and he said the same thing 3 years ago. He could not say it about something 5 years ago because he was not here. But he said the same thing 10 years ago and he said the same thing 20 years ago. His speeches are all the same—they are all the same. If you listen to his speeches they start off—the first 2 minutes of a Winston Peters speech has been prepared—Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I know that these rules are pretty broad and pretty loose and pretty lax but you are required to get up and at least within the first couple of minutes say that you understand which bill is before the House and that you might have some remote idea what the debate is about. [Interruption ] But he is inexperienced.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): He has been going for only 48 seconds and I am sure he is on to it now.DAVID BENNETT: Yes and I am sure that the member will enjoy it when we talk about this bill. That member had to use a point of order because he knew he was in trouble. It is the oldest trick in the book by the oldest dog in the House. But it did not work did it?Let us go back to that speech. We heard words about this legislation about better public services and about no tangible benefit for mums and dads in New Zealand. All those lines we hear all the time—more Government departments more chief executive officers. He does not want contractors. He expects it all to be done—[Interruption ] What is that?Rt Hon Winston Peters: More snouts in the trough.DAVID BENNETT: More snouts in the trough—now you would know about that would you not? How long has your snout been in this trough?The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Order! That is completely unnecessary.Hon Member: He’s accusing you now.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Yes and I do not—Rt Hon Winston Peters: Throw him out.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): No we will just stop that. Be very careful what you say because you are bringing the Speaker into the debate.DAVID BENNETT: That is the first part of a Winston Peters speech. Then when he gets to minute 2 he waits for someone to interrupt him and Mr Hayes was the interruption this time. Then we get the personal attacks like saying that there is a hard-working provincial MP like Mr Hayes—you know personal attacks on Mr Hayes. That is the next step.But then there is the third part of a Winston Peters speech. This is the bit you are always waiting and listening for because there is no way that that member can get through 10 minutes without saying the words “cronyism” “leaked papers”—Hon Trevor Mallard: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I think we are well beyond 48 seconds now. It is clear the member has prepared some comments that do not relate to the bill. He should stop reading those and get back to the bill.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Sure that is a fair comment and I will ask the member now to get on to the bill and from now on in to concentrate on the bill before us.DAVID BENNETT: Well it is my pleasure to speak in regard to the bill—Hon Members: Which bill?DAVID BENNETT: The State Sector and Public Finance Reform Bill. But I just want to clarify some of those comments that were made by the previous speaker aswell. We got to 6 minutes of his speech. We got the “cronyism” and then we got words like “sticking with his mates” and such like—Hon Trevor Mallard: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I know what the member will raise. Look I have warned the member. If he does not come back to the bill I will terminate this speech.DAVID BENNETT: So this bill is an important bill and it is good that the Labour Party actually agreed with it. In the Finance and Expenditure Committee it was good to see that agreement from the Labour Party members. They actually worked constructively in the committee to come to some plausible solutions I think. Mr David Cunliffe was leading the Labour Party in that role. He worked through the provisions of the bill to make sure that both National and Labour were confident that it retained the rights of State service employees but also worked together in the best interests of getting the bill through this Parliament. So I would like to commend this bill to the House. It is a shame that the Green Party cannot also be supportive of the bill but it is in the best interests of the New Zealand State sector going forward. Thank you.